I am from Ferozepur . I have been working for Indian Railway since 1992 and I am a steam enthusiast . Thnaks for sharing these rare videos which transported me back to my earlier days .

I was born in 2005, and i showed this video to my mother and believe me, she was overwhelmingly pleased. Thanks a ton and wish you visit us again, Regards. 😊

This is gold! thanks for sharing the compilation. in 94, only the mainline had electrification and while travelling, there used to be technical halts to change locos from electric to diesel. Stream locos were also plenty, but were at the fag end of their service in the 90s

Thanks. You took me 30 yrs back. I was in my graduate yrs , last travelled in steam locomotive at jabalpore India in 1994. I remember how beautiful it was , since then its very sweet memory.

Just nothing can replace the sight, the sheer beauty of a steam engine in action! I have been one of the those lucky folks who personally had the privilege to travel in these trains runned by steam engines. Yes, the early 90's were the last years before steam engines got finally phased out and were replaced by diesel engines especially for metre gauge tracks. Thirty years is such a long time and things have changed like crazy in all this time... It's like the era of 90's was a different world altogether. Those were simple times. We used to enjoy and value small, small things in life... Which made our life meaningful. Today's kids can never understand that! Just a sight of a steam engine on a chilly winter morning brought goosebumps to people like me. I still can feel that emotion after watching this video... Where have we come in all these years?! 😭

Those where the last days of steam locomotives...Really enjoyed these black beasts & their chugging passing thru my dad's railway quarter.....thanks for taking back to those childhood memories....!

Great stream loco video taken in India just before steam traction was withdrawn. In fact, less than a couple of years after this video, steam became a rarity, if not relic. How completely things changed in barely months after this video. Kids born after 1995 will scarcely believe this, except for the video which plays into the theme of backward India, snake charmers, steam, coal, crowded roads with honking cars etc. Simple lives, innocent times and mesmerizing steam, all like a haze gone, as if modern times were better times but only more pretentious.

This is gold.. a true relic of our recent past.

BRO. YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART ! TRAIN IS MY SOUL. MY FATHER, GRANDFATHER, UNCLES WERE IN RAILWAYS.

Wow! I had no idea steam locos were in service in 1990s. CR & WR, at least in Mumbai, had long transitioned to electric locos by then, and the British built WCM 1's hauling Mumbai-Pune trains were themselves considered relics. Thanks for uploading!

January 1994, I was preparing for my 12 Std. final examinations and my age was 18 yrs 9 months 😂...I was also one of the luckiest person who traveled alot during steam engines were at its peak..never remember all those days and again after watching this video all my memories refreshed again.

Thanks for sharing these wonderful visuals with us....i was 14 that year...... great old memories!!!!

Nostalgia! I last travelled in a steam driven passenger train from Ludhiana to Jalandhar in 1989 or 1990. Seemed to take ages as she halted at every little station. From Jalandhar just barely managed to catch a ramshackle Punjab Roadways to Pathankot. (I shouldn't complain about the bus being ramshackle, though. It was late because of its sad mechanical state and thus I could catch it). In those days buses in Punjab weren't allowed to run after dark due to security reasons.

All regular broad-gauge steam service in India ended in 1995, with the final run made from Jalandhar to Ferozpur on 6 December. The last meter-gauge and narrow-gauge steam locomotives in regular service were retired in 2000.

I was born in 1995, so from these steam locos to today's Vandebharat or WAG 12 , Nostalgic development of technology. And the journey continues.

I was born in '94. Its mind boggling how far we have come (and how much it remains the same). Looks depressing yet beautiful, you can somehow feel things changing after liberalization. My home state was neglected altogether for many years until recent years, when development took place.

How beautiful ! So well made. Without any added music, makes it so good. A rarity. Steam engines & there whistles were so nice. Govt. of India should have kept a few running. So natural.Thanks.

I enjoyed a lot....it took me to those days when I was just 10 yrs old and used to travel from Varanasi to Calcutta (now Kolkata) and remember those days Punjab mail (13006) coming to platform no. 5 hauled by a steam loco till Mughalsarai. Last it was 1982 and 1984. I saw steam locos till 1994 in West Bengal and right in Calcutta, but thereafter, abruptly these were withdrawn by Indian Railways and Diesel locos started rolling on tracks.

Childhood memories Steam locomotive awesome days

This film is fabulous 😍 Kudos to you for documenting this.. I was 4 years old at this time.. India looked so different yet similar

Old time memories ❤ Ye video kisi khajane se kam nahi hai ❤

Thank you so much for sharing. It's a glimpse of my childhood memories. I love trains and especially steam engines. We used to live very close to the train station before moving abroad. Sometimes I think, wish someone had captured videos or photos from Punjab India and shared them here on KZfaq. 🎉😊❤ I feel delighted after watching this video. Thanks a million for sharing this and many likes from my end

Glad to see that no one is busy in mobile like nowadays, golden days .

Super cool video!! Can't believe steam engines were so common just 29 years ago! Thought they were phased out by Indian Railways back in the 80s itself!

Wow What a Fantastic Old Rustic India Used to Be at that Time Absolutely Raw , Now with Rampant Electrification the whole Beauty of Indian Railways and it's Golden Past is Dead .

This video is a Gem. Thank you for sharing.

My salute and gratitude to all the great men on the footplate and the ones who so diligently maintained and took care of these black beauties 👏👏💪🙏🇮🇳

Thank you sir for this footage....i m from saharanpur....born in 1992 i remember all the places shown in the video.😊

I was born in January 1994 this is really gold memory thank for shearing ❤❤❤❤

This is a real rarity. So beautifully filmed. I am so lucky to have lived those wonderful years. Literally we used to roam in the steam hauled trains, got down wherever we wanted, ate samosas, kachoris and jalebis in the road side stalls hugging the stations and then used to catch another train in the opposite direction. We used to travel frequently in Punjab Mail, North Bihar Express, Benaras Express which were hauled by steam locos, in the Asansol- Burdwan- Andal section with our student pass and sometimes without ticket 😅 We were 4 or 5 of us and we used to take the risks of travelling w/o ticket sometimes. Those were the days and now they are a sweet memory. Thanks for uploading this beautiful video. This is a treasure...!!!!

Wonderful films here, thanks for sharing! I recall seeing steam trains in India during trips there '90-'95, mostly though for shunting around the yard. Quite a sight then to see them in service! Long gone, and so much else has changed.

Thank you, Ian Silvester for your hard work. If only some rich Indian could watch this great clip and give money for editing and making it a high resolution film? Am i dreaming?

Been to Haridwar in 1993. At that time some passenger trains were drawn by steam from Mughal Sarai to Haridwar . Kashi was full of stam locos both broad and metere gage. Today we have Bande Bharat. All electrified. In Bengal from Bardhaman till Sahibgunj many trains were pulled by steam. From Howrah to Bardhaman steam had left in the late 70s. Japanese sumitomo electric used to haul even the Darjeeling mail to Bardhaman. Then steam and later diesel used to take over. In north Bengal many of the MG trains were hauled by TATA . When static they used to make sound like a jet engine. There was a bullet nosed wp loco working as a shunter with steam leaking from all the pipes. It was a sad sight. I must admit the steam locos of Northern railways looked more well maintained than eastern.

I AM JAYAKUMAR BR FROM SHORANUR IN KERALA THIS IS A NOSTALGIC VIDEO OF BLACK BEAUTIES IN INDIAN RAILWAY IN SHORANUR ONCE THERE WAS A HUGE STEAM ENGINE LOCO SHED WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST FIFTY STEAM ENGINES OF ALL TYPES WP WG WL XC ALL PASSENGER TRAINS WERE RUN CONNECTING STEAM ENGINES TO KOCHI KOZHIKODE MANGALORE NILAMBUR COIMPATORE AND SO ON THEIR VOICES WERE TOO MELODIOUS NOSTALGIC A MUSICAL PATTERN ALSO STILL I REMEMBER THAT BEAUTIFUL SCENES OF SHORANUR STEAM LOCO SHED WITH PLENTY OF BLACK BEAUTIES STILL IAM A BLIND FAN OF STEAM LOCO ENGINES INCLUDING BG AND MG THANKS A LOT FOR THIS THRILLING VIDEO OK SEE YOU I EXPECT MORE STEAM LOCO VIDEOS OK

And now we are laying Viaducts for Bullet Trains and are introducing semi High speed trains like Vandebharat, RRTS ❤ Those steam trains look cool

Childhood memories of Punjab, revisited. Thank you for creating the video

थँक्स फॉर थिस व्हीडिओ । मेरे बचपान कि यदे ताझी हो गाई । बहोत शुक्रिया सर ।। स्टीम इंजिनोका क्या बाधिया दौर था वो । कभी ना भुलाया जा सकता ।।

the beautiful era that was.... for a railfain like me!!! Northern Railways❤

In The Year Of 1994 As A 25 Year Old Indian Youth, Those Were The Golden Period / Years. Very Simple Life. Most Of Us Faced Many Difficulties In Our Day To Day Life But Still Happy, No Hatred At all Against One Another. I Used To keep On And On Travelling From New Delhi To Calcutta By Rajdhani Express In 1St AC & AC 2 Tier ( New Delhi Calcutta / Kolkata Rajdhani ) In Those Years All Routes Nearly 90% Eastern Sector Was Electrified / Electric Line All Thanks To Ghani Khan Choudhury Indian Railways Minister From Malda

Old India. Childhood memories as a 90s kid 🙂

A Marvelous upload Ian, I have subscribed your channel...😊

भाई साहब आपका यह रेलवे फुटेज वीडियो बहुत ही अच्छा लगा मैं भी यह दौर देखा है अब इस भागदौड़ वाली दुनिया मुझे अच्छी नहीं लगती काश वह पहले का समय फिर से आ जाता

Bachpan yaad Aa gaya Ji, very nice sir ❤

Very nice video. Got emotional watching the Steams ❤😊

Thanks for sharing this video...I was 15 years old then. I read the comments and looks like some people wants to go back in time, but trust me friends.. these were pretty difficult and hard days. My father was in Army and therefore I travelled all of Indian. I remember how unorganized and shitty these old times were. Roads were broken, not much of a transport was available, getting it touch with someone far was matter for months. I remember when we were travelling to Panchmarhi, we were on train till Itarsi.... Black thick smoke from these locomotives turned everyone's face black. I don't want to get back in those days... but yeah, this does reminds me of some good memories too.

Mostly clipped from Sharanpur Railway station and nearby areas where my childhood spent a lot, these are gems to watch and bring old memories back.

Wow wow wow 👏 😍

"O dil todke hasti ho mera wafai meri yaad karogi".....i was born in october 1989, my first train ride was in 1992 in rajdhani from howrah to delhi, then from delhi to kalka in shatabdi express, i only remember in the context of railway during that year was that i was shivering inside the train & my mother took me in her arms with a quilt to defy the temperature. We were travelling to himachal for vacation with numerous family members. Anyway, thanks for the memories of 90's & the video documentary is truly a blessing in disguise. Keep up the good work mate.

Golden era of Diesels, Electrics and Steam 😍❤

I love this Child hood memories

Awesome video bro plz post more videos of Amritsar punjab area railway station from 1994 ❤❤😢

Amazing footage. Thanks so much for sharing. This took me right back to my childhood.

I am from Kerala.Felt very glad to see your videos especially on steam engines, which is not we can see in moving in service and helped to show my step children Thank you and appreciate your efforts of 1994 to cover in camera and your attitude to show people like us when mobile camera was not available.

Thanks for uploading such a nostagic memory.

From land of snake charmers and steam locos to landing n the moon. We have come a long way! 😍 What a nostalgic video.

Thanks for your Tv channel as well as Vedio maker .. golden memories we love vintage classics steam trains 🚂 🚂

16:14 That crane also run on steam engine... What a golden era😊

ah the classic rainy north indian weather! i sure do miss it now that im in the south...

Unimaginable. Wonderful, Priceless, Beyond comparison. Present generation will not be able to feel the aroma of Steam Engine puffing out smoke in the morning.

Wow ..Great ...A treasure for steam locomotive enthusiast...like me ... nostalgic memories of childhood...

Very excellent demo Childhood memories reminder , feeling fresh as if i were in that era. Kindly send another old vedeo that really makes inspiration.

We are Railway folks from Bhusawal. Steam, Diesel and finally electric engines were worked on by my husband. What a great time that was.

Old Memories .......... Golden Period Of India I For The very First time Travelled In a Steam Locomotive As A 3 - 4 Year Old In The Year of 1973-74 I For The Very Last Time Travelled in A Steam Locomotive In The year 1982 As A 13 Year old

Chanced upon your video. These were the sites & sounds of those days when steam locos used to haul people & parcels across India. Almost three decades later, some of these locos landed in museums & few were refurbished , but most were auctioned only to melt in furnaces. Some enterprising business owners converted them into boilers. But they had their own charm & their rhythmic chugging & whistling was music to ears. Alas, they are already an extinct, at least in India.

How the time drastically changes this video is the proof. Love the video so much Our golden days ❤😢

Ah the good old Era of steam locos!😀

WHAT A COMMEDABLE JOB DUDE. YOU HAVE ARCHIVED A RARE PERIOD OF INDIAN HISTORY

🙏💯 Excellent ❤ I enjoyed this clip from my ♥ heart . Thank you so much dear.

Thank you so much for this video…. I was quite overwhelmed as i am a resident of saharanpur district ❤️

Thrilling to see these coal steam engines reminding my school days 😊

i love this video thanks for posting its remind me my old era

The good old Steam locos and that mechanical signaling system.

I do remember brown bogeys but I don’t have memories of steam engines. Thanks for sharing!🙏

Thank You Mr. Ian. My mind flown back to my childhood era.

i was born in that year hahah thanks for sharing a valuable video and to show us how our state look back in that era

This is Brilliant 👏❤ video vintage gold 🥇 collection love you ❤️ from India 🇮🇳🙏

amazing....thankx for uploading this

absolutely gorgeous footage

The golden n sweet memories.... Thanks n Good luck dear all... 4 presentation...

Mesmerizing video..........😢 it reminds me of my childhood and college days too. We are very lucky to have seen and experienced Steam era which is mow in videos only.

This is pure gold

It has been said before, and I'll say it yet again... The closest thing we have to a Time Machine is KZfaq. ❤

Its a treasure! Thanks for sharing.

I was in Kolkota in 1994....and boy ...there it was all electrified with high speed trains...

Old Days Is Gold Days 😢❤️❤️🚂

Simply have no words to comment anything about this piece of work.

Fantastic Vedio golden memories

Just amazing, I could go back to my childhood in my place of birth - Saharanpur.

And this is exactly the same vibes for our diesels now😢

Fabulous seeing a bygone era. Thank u.

Watching this video took me back to my school days, when, I would take a short cut passing through the Central Railway steam engine workshop at Mazagon adjacent to Hancock Bridge, as I lived bang opposite the railway lines and usec to spend a lot of time admiring those workmen overhauling the steam engines, at time in the 70's, security was lax and people would tresspass through the main gate and either go through the then semi forest type path to cross over to a Tadwadi BIT Blocks, where my Parochial School St. Anne's & St. Mary's was located. And, I loved walking on those tracks in the Marshalling Yard on my way and back from School. I recollect travelling by train hauled by Steam Engines to Delhi ( 1976 ) and to Madras from Bombay by Jayanthi Janatha Express ( 1979 ) in those marooned colored coaches in 2nd sleeper ordinary type bunk ( no cushion then ) Thanks, your clip took me back in time.

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT !!! LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU BROTHER. FROM JALANDHAR CITY. I AM WATCHING MY CITY 30 YRS. BACK.

पुरानी यादें ताजा हो गयीं।❤

Seen this hundreds of times. Child hood memories

Nice to watch the steam locos in real action....especially WPs hauling 12 coaches at full speed...We miss these beasts..In few years we will be missing the diesels also...especially the Alcos..

Wao ❤🇮🇳 Do u have any videos of Indian sugar mill railways there were many sugar mill in India where they have private steam loco system to transport sugarcane from nearby feilds to the mills.

I thought much of the Pullers were already replaced with Diesel Engines.......Amazed at Steam Pullers still plying in this part. Thanks for sharing.

Loved it. if you have more please upload it uncut or unedited. Thank you so much.

Precious footage 👍

Wow lovely memories of North west India. The holy city of Amritsar as I remember it. Now so much has changed.