Burma Steam 2018

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3 steam locomotives of the Myanmar Railways (YD967, YD964 and YC629 formerly built for India) are seen on three different lines. All trains shown are charters, except one: YD967 was used to haul service train No. 85 up (mixed freight-passenger train from Bago to Mottama).

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@alandavis3019 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Burmese trains, track and stations are already totally out of this world - but these trains, not to mention the camerawork and the editing....fantastic stuff.... all Burmese life right is here in these pictures (save, thankfully, but for the Tatmadaw)

@TrainLordJC 4 жыл бұрын

Superb camera angles with the magnificent huge tropical forest trees and country life being depicted. When I was travelling across India overland back to Australia from Holland I had the opportunity to go to Burma in 1975. Apparently in those days all that was required was to buy a bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label whisky and a carton of 555 cigarettes to be sold in Burma which would have paid for the seven day stay allowed in the visa in those days. Once again you have captured the essence of Burma. I hope that there are many more steam locomotives around the world that you will capture in the future.

@StaffsTransport 4 жыл бұрын

One of the very best videos I have ever seen on KZfaq. Seriously awesome. So much to enjoy, trains and landscape. Mind blowing.

@GarethJonesPilipala 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best railway videos I have watched. Superb choice of location for videoing the trains.

@mcmurugan4239 4 жыл бұрын

I went as a boy to a steam locomotive (Salem Junction). In that age of being scared to look. The last time I saw this was in 1992 at Salem Junction. Thanks. Steam engine in the same way. Beautiful Burma. Beautiful steam engine. Thanks 💐

@ujjalkumardas7534 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant videos on Steam queens and Burmese rural setup. Great job done.

@WideWorldofTrains 6 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing video, great quality and the steam power is awesome. I subscribed also

@seb95028 6 жыл бұрын

Super gemachter Film! Sehr schöne Motive, besonders auch links und rechts der Gleise. Danke fürs zeigen!

@jean-pierrenennig4593 6 жыл бұрын

Tout est très beau, le train, le paysage, les prises de vues. J'apprécie cette camera fixe ne balayant pas le paysage.Tout est d'une très grande qualité. Encore bravo. J'en redemande...

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Merci même si, par rapport à d'autres de mes vidéos, ma caméra n'était pas si fixe que ça. J'en conclus que les mouvements éventuels de la caméra n'étaient pas gênants. Tant mieux. Pour la prochaine épisode, il faudra attendre un peu, genre la fin de l'année (Érythrée ??)

@gantondale 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Nice to see they still press steam into regular ordinary service. Thanks for sharing

@johnnyjames7139 6 жыл бұрын

Delightful, thank you so much.

@AungAung-zd8zu 6 жыл бұрын

Nice with Burma's beautiful landscapes.

@MichiganRailProductions 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful shots of these locomotives working hard! They have nice whistles, too!

@Preyser123 5 жыл бұрын

Greetings from South Africa. Great stuff! The whistle at the beginning of the video sounds like a slightly lower pitch South African 3-chime.

@KochersbergTV 5 жыл бұрын

Those locomotives were built in the UK for the meter gauge railways in India. They came to Burma after the second world war. All locomotives I heard in Burma are fitted with the same kind of whistle.

@jonathansmith8672 4 жыл бұрын

6:52 For some reason, it almost sounds like an American steam whistle. So beautiful. :)

@randomclass4653 2 жыл бұрын

because '30s indian meter gauge trains used them.

@solomonflavius24 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video with painstaking details included. The light and sound were excellent but you forgot to include the lovely smell of coal. May be the next time. This steam engine is a beauty, love from Canada.

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

If I ever managed to do this, you would be disappointed: they are oil burners and do not smell so good.

@janioandrade2523jla 4 жыл бұрын

Boa tarde amigo..adorei suas ferrovias. Magnífica. Nos remetem ao passado. Quando o Brasil tinha exelente rede ferroviária. Hoje meu amigo tamos pobres tanto com trens de passageiros como transporte de cargas. Nós restou somente uns pingados 25 km. Isso pra nós brasileiros vergonha. Tudo culpa de políticos corruptos anteriores..Abraço amigo obrigado. Deus conserve suas ferrovias.

@cliftondean4333 4 жыл бұрын

You show a few diesel locos here, which appear generally modern and clean. But those old steam machines look better cared for and maintained than the newer machines. Good for them!

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

Most diesel locos shown on the video are of French origin (Alstom) and were built in the early 1980's. You can find the same type of locomotive in Ecuador (see for example my corresponding video). It should be appreciated that the diesels are strictly service locomotives whilst the steam locomotives belong to the railway museum.

@Grace-pp3dw 2 жыл бұрын

26 Praise the Lord. God bless you 86. Thank you. Blessings from Brisbane, Australia.

@HenrysAdventures 3 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video!

@pamfulcher6037 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for this video, super 👍🇨🇦

@user-tn9sk2uy9p 5 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank. Sehr tolles Video. Alles ist super.

@yc4503 6 жыл бұрын

Quality footage 👍

@myanmardemocracy4706 3 жыл бұрын

The chinlone play is in south yinnyein village. The other side if a bridge is north village.

@myanmardemocracy4706 3 жыл бұрын

In bago, first train is 4 down and second train is 5 up

@hussainwarraich8139 3 жыл бұрын

Such amazing reflection in the water

@kristinawashington1773 5 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thanks lots. 🖤

@ADMIRALSCORNER 6 жыл бұрын

What a great experience!

@myanmardemocracy4706 3 жыл бұрын

In Pa Ya Gyi station, that train you meet is 33 down

@jansuwannala5240 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent Locomotive !!

@elizabethfarrell9650 5 жыл бұрын

Truly liked this. :D

@sheebohans1 6 жыл бұрын

ladies winnoing the grain such memories good to see

@fnakatani0303 2 жыл бұрын

Very immpresive films. Thank you.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I really enjoyed watching this.

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tim. I also enjoyed being there. My only regret: they are oil burners. Did not smell "right".

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Having watched your videos, this is a trip I'd like to do in the next year or two. I guess an oil burner is preferable to no steam, but I agree you can't beat the smell of coal, oil and smoke.

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Next tour there: December 2018. (www.farrail.eu). A German agency, but they seek perfect English (at lest to my standards). But be prepared to travel in freight wagon...

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

That sounds like fun, thank you for the information.

@MrBryansseals 6 жыл бұрын

The condition of these locomotives seems to be excellent, no wheezing or steam escaping from allover the place. Have they recently been restored in Inseine Works ?

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

There is no doubt they have been restored, probably in Insein, but I have the feeling that they were in good shape when they were stopped around 2007.

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

To answer your question, which I unwittingly deleted: for the time being, only the three locomotives shown in this video are considered to be serviceable. There exist lists on the Net, which identify other locomotives as serviceable, but they are not up-to-date. It was intended to bring a YB back to service, but apparently repair was deemed to be too expensive. To the best of my knowledge, the locomotives do not run on regular services, but I do not live in the country. They can only be chartered (at a price!). Next tour I am aware of will be in December 2018 (see farrail.eu).

@MrBryansseals 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you again

@mltemoderatorsupport3495 5 жыл бұрын

Does MR maintain these oil-fired steam locomotives for practical purposes or just for tourism commerce? Also thank you for the great footage!

@KochersbergTV 5 жыл бұрын

They are maintained for tourism only. MR have also repaired some "luxury" coaches, the idea being to organise special trains for visitors, like the Vice-Roy in Sri Lanka for example.

@raymondleggs5508 4 жыл бұрын

Those grey and black coaches look like refitted WWII era troop transport cars.

@user-jj4vl2fn9g 5 жыл бұрын

I think some of the 8-wheeled And 4-wheeled boxcars in this video might have been originated from Thailand during the WWII.Because I saw loads of these boxcars with identical designs in disposal of the State Railway of Thailand.Although most of them were scrapped or dismantled due to the popularity of Container boxes today,Many of them are still in use today with a good conditions.

@KochersbergTV 5 жыл бұрын

Those box cars are very typical of British hoppers, but they may have been used in Thailand as well. Anyway, they are officially forbidden on the Burmese railways nowadays. We could use them by special permission.

@user-jj4vl2fn9g 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t mean those hopper cars,I mean the boxcars like the one in 30:43.

@bruceraykiewicz6274 3 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable. Thank you. (from papasmurf7597)

@theunderrated86 6 жыл бұрын

By the looks of the number of people on the turntable, it seems that the turntable hasn't been used for years.

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

You are perfectly right.

@theunderrated86 6 жыл бұрын

Okay. By the way, is the no.85 Up train still run regularly with steams?

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not. This was a special occasion. Not the last one, I hope...

@jcee2259 Жыл бұрын

Is railroad quality coal mined within Myanmar and if so where ?

@myanmardemocracy4706 3 жыл бұрын

What is moulmein? I think it is Mawlamyine. By the way the express train number is 89 UP.

@qpr543 3 жыл бұрын

In some section there are semafore signals, but without any lamps. How is it so?

@KochersbergTV 3 жыл бұрын

The gave the lamps up. There are very few circulations after dark, but for those they just use lights held by a "human" together with flags.

@marderdax 6 жыл бұрын

Schöne Aufnahmen!

@myanmardemocracy4706 3 жыл бұрын

The train number is not 85 down, it's 85 UP. And his brother 86 down.

@johnmaclaim1 4 жыл бұрын

Have you been to highland region of Burma ?? where they still using those locomotives in Mines productions .........

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I could not go to what you call the highlands. For the time, there is some unrest in the region and it is off limit for foreigners.

@johnmaclaim1 4 жыл бұрын

@@KochersbergTVkzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKild7yqlZiyo58.html

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. I know this video quite well. I even know the videographer. We live in the same country. He is a good friend of mine. Unfortunately, this video would not be possible nowadays.

@zdsouza6638 3 жыл бұрын

Are these locos still operational? Nice to see the turntable... very rare to see this...

@KochersbergTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yes those locos are still serviceable, even though the YC would need a serious overhaul, especially its boiler. As you can see in the video the turntable is also operational, but not without some risks. To be noted, the Burmese railways keep a few Garratts, not usable but not in a desperate state either. They used to be the largest and most powerful meter gauge Garratts, by far.

@arunbikerpaul4735 4 жыл бұрын

At 2:45, picture perfect 👌🏽

@ranaabidr507 6 жыл бұрын

nice

@barryphillips7327 4 жыл бұрын

At 25min have they heard of machines to load stones into the wagons???? They are doing by hand! Great video.

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

Nowadays, trains are loaded with machines. They accepted to load a wagon by hand, just to show how it was done in the past. This is indicated in my video. Now, when the machine gets out of order, I would not be surprised if the would load by hand again. The know-how is still there. Having said this I was amazed at the incredible efficiency of the process.

@barryphillips7327 4 жыл бұрын

@@KochersbergTV it looked inefficent in the video.

@kumarbhaskar7942 2 жыл бұрын

Train itna slow qu chl rha hai

@philipsalt612 4 жыл бұрын

Which madman ordered white uniforms for steam railway staff ?

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

It occurred to me the very moment I saw them. Of course the locomotives are oil burners, that helps but...

@RailPreserver2K 6 жыл бұрын

I hope people from the charters have asked them to preserve the engines

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Of course. They even paid for that!

@RailPreserver2K 6 жыл бұрын

KochersbergTV nice

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Actually the "stone" train includes 2-axles wagons that are no longer in use. To be able to have them on the train, we had to buy them. They are now considered as private vehicles. Unfortunately, the locomotives are not for sale.

@RailPreserver2K 6 жыл бұрын

KochersbergTV dang, I saw a video of an african garret 4-8-4+4-8-4 shunting coal trains while smaller non articulated engines were being scrapped, here's the link to that video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLygl6V0yd_XoYE.html

@austrorus 5 жыл бұрын

i can not see any coal in the tender of the steam train. are they running them on oil?

@KochersbergTV 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. They are oil burners. There is no coal in Burma. Well after all there no oil either.

@austrorus 5 жыл бұрын

@@KochersbergTV thank you for the quick reply. it is appreciated.

@vishal_electrodharwad7678 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video sir,Is still working?

@KochersbergTV 3 жыл бұрын

The Burmese railways currently keep three serviceable locomotives: 2 YD and 1 YC. Quite a number of other locomotives are kept in different places, not serviceable but in reasonable condition. But the political situation in Burma is currently quite difficult.

@Lachmangyawaly 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@DaniyalDanindra-qj8bk 2 ай бұрын

Sangat mempesona

@yardhog 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Looks like they used some sugar cane cars and converted them to economy class coaches.

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Might be the case, indeed.

@MatecaCorp 6 жыл бұрын

or the more likely explanation that the people just hopped on! Very common in such places.

@billjolitz8493 6 жыл бұрын

When did you film it?

@KochersbergTV 6 жыл бұрын

Most of the video was filmed in January 2018. Two sequences (Mottama depot) were filmed in January 2017.

@Lachmangyawaly 3 жыл бұрын

I like Myanmar train whistle

@markleman57 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird! These trains go through Burma completely empty. For what? To go?

@KochersbergTV 3 жыл бұрын

Those trains were chartered by railway photographers...

@dinshawmuncherjee5123 4 жыл бұрын

I am both impressed and happy to see how well maintained are these locomotives and the rolling stock too. But then the Burmese people are a very neat and clean people. If I'm right these were meter gauge engines built for the Indian Railways by the Tata Electric & Locomotive Workshops in Jamshedpore, India. They were of 4-6-2 YP class for passenger and the 2-8-2 YG class for freight & passenger trains. I wish India had gifted all these locomotives to the Myanmar Govt instead of consigning them heartlessly to the scrap heap.

@KochersbergTV 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Sir, you are almost right. Those are meter gauge locomotives, originally built for the Indian railways. However they are YC and YD's built by North British in the 1920's. They were sent to Burma (as it was named at that time) around the time of independence. At that time, as you rightly wrote, India was using Tata built, more modern locomotives.

@soumyajitmukherjee1938 3 жыл бұрын

Still they are having steam ?

@KochersbergTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@soumyajitmukherjee1938 3 жыл бұрын

That's cool

@cilacapport380 6 жыл бұрын

Its look like In Indonesia 1970s

@RalphTheMalaysianRailfan475 Жыл бұрын

Dude that looks like north Borneo loco

@KochersbergTV Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right. They are very similar, but Borneo locos have one axle less. They are all meter gauge locomotives of the Y class, originally intended for the vast meter gauge network of India.