India - Toy Train to the Clouds - English • Great Railways

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The world’s best known steam train, the Darjeeling Himalayan in India, was founded in the 19th century and steams on well into the 21st with its original locomotives.
The unique character of this 50 mile mountain railway on the tiny two foot gauge is affectionately portrayed by well-known producer and former BBC cameraman Nick Lera.
Starting on the edge of the hot dusty plains of Bengal, these charming toy trains toil up through lowland forests, round dramatic spirals, up and down switchback reverses, through village markets to the tea gardens of Darjeeling, dubbed ‘Queen Of The Hill Stations’ with its unique architecture dating from the days of the British Raj. The locomotives are Victorian gems, little 0-4-0 tank engines built in Glasgow and Manchester well over a 100 years ago. Paced by camera cars on the winding hill road they put up a tremendous show of raw power from their tiny frames as they storm up 1 in 20 grades to the summit station at 7400 feet above sea level at the threshold of the high Himalayas. A true railway adventure in miniature, it captures the hearts of all who travel on it.
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@blah9605 11 ай бұрын

the gentlemen at the front are not just joyriding, but sanding the tracks ahead!

@robertwbeams9929 11 ай бұрын

How fortunate are we, to re-live this era with these scenes. Thank you Nick

@frankiezyjytinn9951 7 ай бұрын

I wish I could be a steam train passenger someday. I've never seen any steam loco alive, but I wish I would.

@invisibleman4827 2 ай бұрын

Depending on where you are in the world, there are several countries in which they still run for tourists on specially restored railways and charter trains. They run in the UK, US, India, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to name but a few, why not look them up there?

@viv602 Жыл бұрын

I saw this documentry along with my mother in discovery channel when I was in 9th class. I asked my mother to prepare daal rice and will have it while watching this show.i still remember those days with my mother.auuhhh what were those days .I like this type of documentaries.

@mattc2094 4 ай бұрын

That’s such nice memory. I too enjoy this older style kind of documentary. They are slower paced and relaxing. I hope you enjoy more daal meals while watching. God bless 🙏🏼

@budhrajarahul3 3 ай бұрын

Y do people have nostalgia about these things? I mean you can still do them. It's your own desire which took you to different cities and countries to earn money and then saying"oh the good old days".choose to live your own life.. You copy what others tell you to do and leave your parents and then cling to nostalgia😂

@budhrajarahul3 3 ай бұрын

You know I am 30 and still doing that.. I never left my home.. And not married also.. I am living kids life😂.. I show middle finger to societal norms.. I still make money but I rejected hustle bustle culture

@paulhaynes8045 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant! I ran out of positive adjectives well before this film got half-way through! What a railway - makes the Ffestiniog look rather tame... Those curves, the state of the track, the amazing engines, running right through villages and markets, the way the climate changes during the journey, the guys hand sanding the rails, the bloke on the back breaking up the coal - just incredible all round. But "toy" train?? To cope with that gradient, the state of the tracks, and the curves, those engines are very far from toys!

@johansoons8413 5 ай бұрын

what a shit flag are u carrying on your name mr paul, 4th reich?

@missasinenomine 10 ай бұрын

Phew! I need a cuppa tea after watching all that. Darjeeling of course! Excellent narrator: Andy Kluz.

@thiosol 10 ай бұрын

The best documentary on DHR I have watched. Kudos to Mark Tully

@Raj-nh3fc 11 ай бұрын

Brings back the memories of Darjeeling and the toy train.

@youngs80s 8 ай бұрын

India oldest n last British steam locomotive Toy Train DHR UNESCO still blooming beautifully in Darjeeling Hill;;; the pride n proud Heritage of Indian Railway,, Hates off to DHR n hard working by members n staff to keeping heritage still alive''

@melanierhianna 11 ай бұрын

For those who don't know this is now UNESCO protected and although they run diesels they are not allowed to totally phase out steam and steam still runs.

@henningerflats 6 ай бұрын

Could imagine the current German government will finance it with 20 Million Euros to be electrified. And the money will go into pockets of local corrupts.

@mayank25121990 3 ай бұрын

What would happen if we remove it anyway? Will UNESCO police arrest me? 🤔

@groupofminecraftgamersoffi4212 2 ай бұрын

I visited this week both diesel and steam were running at the same time

@PS_Nature 6 ай бұрын

22:04 - Tindharia : A small play ground, we used to call Children's Park where we used to play when we were kids.

@ttm2609 6 ай бұрын

Mind you, with a adhesion railway and gradient like that, it takes a very skilled driver to master the little engine, my hat off to you sir

@kevinrayner5812 5 ай бұрын

I loved the unique automatic sanders and the coal pusher on the loco.

@user-yz6rw3si3e 3 ай бұрын

@32:41 I'd almost completely forgotten about film roll cameras. I remember having to wait for the copies to be developed. We couldn't really tell how a picture taken would turn out until it was finally developed. Sometimes we'd give the film roll for developing, only to find that the entire roll was defective. Having only a limited number of pictures that could be taken made us take pictures extremely judiciously. We've come a long way, and nowadays, whether it's using a high end digital camera or simply the cameras in our smart phones, we can instantly visualise the pictures that we've taken and can discard the ones we don't like on the spot without much thought and can decide which specific pictures we want a print out of (if we wish). (And yes I'm aware that film based photography is still sometimes used by enthusiasts, or preferred by some professional photographers; I'm just mentioning the common trend of the masses)

@Inagole4233 6 ай бұрын

These trains should be left to run on because it brings joy and nostalgia for the brave people of the past which even modern technology cannot,,,

@narzisadventureandtravelvl2161 11 ай бұрын

Only the name is toy train. Keeping it running is legends job

@satyasiddhamishra4950 11 ай бұрын

This is nostalgia for me I lived there from the late 90s to the mid 2000s.

@AussiePom 6 ай бұрын

Great video spoiled by Mark Tully's idea that you need a wide rail gauge to run large Garratt type locos. The Welsh Highland Railway runs Garratt locos on the 2' gauge and they came from South Africa and South Africa itself ran many Garratts on the 3'6" or Cape Gauge and they were enormous locos and bigger than the Garratt behind Mark. Even their non articulated steam engines would tower over Britain's steam engines on their wider gauge.

@medrep1000 9 ай бұрын

This video takes up back to the golden age of steam.

@caroleast9636 7 ай бұрын

Steam still runs on this railway 🚂👍

@davereid3708 5 ай бұрын

Aaaarrh Matey!!

@dodiraj1 11 ай бұрын

Travelled twice on it - up and down - in 1973 and 1977.

@nirmalkumarsarkar2226 25 күн бұрын

Suffered from nostalgia for disappearing all such steam locomotives from the section.fragrance of those days vanished away 😂😂😂. Please return back all those steam locomotives for all such trains ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@weird1012 Жыл бұрын

The engine at the start sounds like a jazz drummer lol

@leonhovell 6 ай бұрын

Wow it blows me away I love it❤❤

@dennisrankin325 Жыл бұрын

The best footage I've seen on this line. Thank you all who presented it.

@dewasishgurung7301 7 ай бұрын

so nice to see how they maintained everything so well, even the roads and tracks looked so well back in the 90s. Quite disheartening to witness first hand everything is messed up now a days and this started to happen shortly after it was declared world heritage site. Now Dhr has been privatised by the govt and the heritage is lost. I dearly miss those train hoping days with my friends from Sonada to Rangbull.

@davidroberts8874 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary. Incredible enduring mechanics and operators. One wonders at the builders and mappers of this scheme. What was the lapse from plan to completion?

@donaldgarcia8077 5 ай бұрын

Great enduring steam! Priceless!

@liptonbarua1757 Ай бұрын

My Home ❤. Our Pride.❤

@davebutterworth7414 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant and detailed programme ♥️

@johnruiz1296 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoy this video

@srinivasaraoyp3640 8 ай бұрын

This is always my favourite tourist place.

@bryan3550 8 ай бұрын

Fabulous footage! Occupational Health &Safety..? Clearly an unknown concept... 😱

@thesherputt Жыл бұрын

Steam engine is pure nostalgia

@Pablo_Del_Norte 6 ай бұрын

Great vid, thanks.

@ttm2609 6 ай бұрын

May the shed fitter set hat valve properly please, sound bloody awful. Thanks for posting, yhis place is on my bucket list

@pmaitrasm Жыл бұрын

Excellent programme. Thank you for sharing. 🙏 Long live DHR.

@pranowobaris94 6 ай бұрын

Nice videos

@TravelShastra63 7 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL

@AnneLowe-nz6kq 4 ай бұрын

As Anne Ridley, a pupil of loreto convent darjeeling, I travelled on the toy train twice a year between 1940 and 1945.

@Smartzenegger Жыл бұрын

What a SteamPunk action.

@hans2406 6 ай бұрын

Another testament of British inguinity and of enduring tenacity of India.

@vikasl2413 Ай бұрын

Loved every bit of this documentary

@nirmalkumarsarkar2226 25 күн бұрын

Very good and attractive video on . D . H railways I have ever seen. Thanks to all concerned for the video here ❤❤❤❤❤

@brucesearle 4 ай бұрын

These docos are superlative!

@user-gk8gg1zt7l 9 ай бұрын

Good video, like ! ! !

@lz1clr806 9 ай бұрын

super video...............

@harryhoudini3055 9 ай бұрын

Amazing engineering job

@GarethJonesPilipala 6 ай бұрын

The Darjeeling Railway has changed dramatically since this video was made. In December 2023 it was announced that two more diesel locos will be built and the tourist train from Darjeeling to Ghum will be diesel worked. I presume a small number of the steam locos will kept for enthusiast charter trains but I wonder if these will be confined to the easier lower stretches of the route? I don't know how this will affect the UNESCO status which says original motive power must be used on some trains. Is there a lower limit for the number of steam strains that must operate/

@badkittynomilktonight3334 3 ай бұрын

I just watched a new show called "Great Railway Journey's From Above" episode on the Darj. They stated that the lower elevation run from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling could only be pulled by the diesels now due to the weight of the new air conditioned passenger cars but steam is still in use from Darjeeling to Glum. Sadly it also said only 14 locomotives were still operational. (edit) I checked the date of the show, 2022, so your information is more current.

@oscarthecat5985 11 ай бұрын

Realley good

@vinodyonzon8646 Ай бұрын

Very nicely picturised

@user-wu2yc6gz3o 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant documentary with marvelous cinematography. Lots of variety in how various aspects of the running of the trains was managed, excellent views of the cab, the workings of the engines, water and coal refuelling, and the points and switchbacks. Historic.

@NicholasLera-kd5tj 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your appreciative comments (only just noted, sorry). A quarter century after my original filming for DVD it's gratifying to see it reaching a new generation of viewers and enjoyed all over again!

@jannahjohnymuhammad9172 10 ай бұрын

must be the safest train in the world with no accident/death record

@Raj-nh3fc 11 ай бұрын

Wrong century? What about that cow in the middle of the railway station munching away?

@alokmahali8353 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

@keithburrage1424 5 ай бұрын

Great film of a great railway! I presume the thick clouds of exhaust smoke are down to the quality of the coal rather than the firing?

@jamesbelcher8509 11 ай бұрын

Ashley Ashima Nilgiri [Leah Gloria, voice] [wore light pure pink tank top, brown belt, light sky blue shorts and black casual shoes]

@harishrp4449 9 ай бұрын

I mean Dude seriously? DullHousiee traveled by this train?!

@JCZ2601NL Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀🍀

@jamesnoyes8569 6 ай бұрын

How much does it cost to run those trains???

@pgwargamer 7 ай бұрын

The people in the 80s/90s look to be better off financially than current inhabitants. Was this the case or is the current economic situation better?

@jyotishimanish6941 14 күн бұрын

❤

@ralphwortley1206 3 ай бұрын

In S Africa I became friends with a man whose father held some high rank -- Brigadier or sometihing. It seems that he was based south of Darjeeling. I can't be accurate. But every year he would book a whole carraige, called a "First & Third" to go to "the hills" as Kipling described them. This, I remember was a long slow journey, and he took his family (wife & 4 sons) and his servants, and they cooked meals for the journey in the kitchenette provided. I wonder whether this was on this line? Anyone info would be interesting.

@rankarocks 7 ай бұрын

*mahananda river

@1979jlr Жыл бұрын

How old is this video ?

@randomclass4653 Жыл бұрын

25 years old approx since it was filmed in the late 90s.

@subhranshuganguly2246 Жыл бұрын

I think 1990s

@NicholasLera-kd5tj 5 ай бұрын

It was filmed partly in 1990 and partly in 2000. Produced into a documentary and sold on video from 2001.

@azerty3910 5 ай бұрын

"Toy Train" ? Pourquoi ce titre ?

@ssark9187 4 ай бұрын

It is what the Locals call it. The Toy Train.

@azerty3910 4 ай бұрын

@@ssark9187 OK ! Merci

@mmes5271 Жыл бұрын

Hate comments is not allowed

@simonf8902 3 ай бұрын

Does it run today?

@NicholasLera-kd5tj Ай бұрын

The Darjeeling line still operates in its entirety but only with the diesels seen in the film when newly arrived in '99. Steam still functions as a condition of the line's UNESCO protection, but is limited to the weekend tourist shuttle between Darjeeling and Ghum. That is all.