Indian Railways in the steam age: loco sheds Saharanpur and Moradabad

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Indian Railways in the steam age: loco sheds Saharanpur and Moradabad

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4 жыл бұрын

Maintenance of steam locomotives required a large number of staff. Around 1000 people worked at each of the large sheds, not including the drivers and firemen. With the introduction of diesel locomotives many employees lost their jobs. The video scenes were taken at Moradabad (roundhouse, turntable) and Saharanpur (engine yard, coaling facility) in 1994, the last-but-one year of working broad gauge steam.
Wartung und Betrieb der Dampflokomotiven in Indien war eine personalintensive Aufgabe. Etwa 1000 Beschäftigte hatte jedes der grossen Betriebswerke, nicht eingerechnet die Lokfuehrer und Heizer. Mit der Umstellung auf Dieselloks verloren die meisten ihre Jobs. Die Aufnahmen entstanden in Moradabad (Rundschuppen, Drehscheibe) und Saharanpur (Freigelaende, Bekohlung) im Februar 1994, dem vorletzten Jahr des Dampfbetriebs auf Breitspur in Indien.

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@siddiquemohamed8731 3 жыл бұрын

Working hard and hard workers,paved way for the present day development in the railway. From Srilanka

@SameepAgarwal 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather started from Moradabad as Fireman for these locomotives and then moved to Saharanpur. Sweet childhood memories I have.

@peeyush6169 3 жыл бұрын

Which village are you from

@SameepAgarwal 3 жыл бұрын

@@peeyush6169 I have my maternal ancestors from Moradabad.

@prateeksharma729 3 жыл бұрын

My paternal grandfather worked in the Chhitaranjan Locomotive Works as a worker.... While my maternal grandfather also worked in CLW but as an engineer. Both worked in manufacturing of the electric locos. While my mother's grandfather was a steam loco pilot Big railway connection....

@globalgroup32 3 жыл бұрын

Tell me more dear small small details

@SameepAgarwal 3 жыл бұрын

@@globalgroup32 He resided close to railway station and was inspired to be a Loco pilot. In his childhood he used to draw these locos on sand. He joined young and later graduated from Fireman to Loco pilot of freight trains and then passenger.

@sureshsharma7699 4 жыл бұрын

यादगार वीडियो भारतीय रेल के स्टीम इंजिन का । यह वीडियो मेरे दिल मे बसा हुआ है । कभी न भुलने वाला यादगार समय ।

@shariqaqeel 3 жыл бұрын

Sahi kaha bhai Jub bhi us time ki videos dekhta hon aanso nikal parte hain

@azharentertainments1373 3 жыл бұрын

0:40 well we have superman chacha😂

@Ranveer_sangha03 24 күн бұрын

Sahi main torque arm ka sihi example hai

@chinuochinu2070 4 жыл бұрын

0:40 Hulk bhai

@Sandip_Roy_ 3 жыл бұрын

Real John Abraham

@mukul2451 3 жыл бұрын

Sahi mein bhaii 😲😲

@nagarajansettipalli5677 2 жыл бұрын

I am a retired railway employee of SC Rly. I worked with steam engines. Sweet memories of my early days of service.

@abhijitguha494 Жыл бұрын

You Sir are one of the people who shaped the future of India in it’s formative years.

@aviralsinghal1274 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Steam powered cranes too. Mechanical engineering in those days was awesome.

@crackheadspeeddevil7247 3 жыл бұрын

That looks like diesel

@ramakrishnaamitr10 3 жыл бұрын

@@crackheadspeeddevil7247 No at 1:43,you can notice the hydraulic arrangement made for rotating the crank.

@rasellewd1233 2 жыл бұрын

@@crackheadspeeddevil7247 ঁল

@abhijitguha494 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this clip. Feels like I am looking at Indian history in real time. Thanks again mate.

@its.deanmartin3757 4 жыл бұрын

Love the old days happy memories 😊

@krishnamanohar1367 3 жыл бұрын

In those days the camera clarity was superb....(this camera clarity is far better than my present phone camera clarity)😂😂😋😋

@KuntalGhosh 3 жыл бұрын

Film cameras have way better quality than even some of the modern digital ones . Many of the old moves that has survived in negative films can be transformed to 4k or even 8k video with proper work. Although it will take like a month to transform a 2hr film to 8k film.

@funklover24 4 жыл бұрын

1:42 - that's a decent steam-engine! 😉

@AyushMishra06 4 жыл бұрын

The working Conditions were so bad ...these workers were prone to severe respiratory problems...Electric Locos r best

@nasirshaikh7242 3 жыл бұрын

No they are the best

@nasirshaikh7242 3 жыл бұрын

The working condition was good

@bindukopparapu2795 4 ай бұрын

@@nasirshaikh7242 Breathing coal dust is terrible. It kills you. Read about black lung disease.

@mohangopalakrishna3690 2 жыл бұрын

It brings my childhood memory. We used to travel by howrah madras. Mail from kharagpur. Upto 1967 we travelled by steam locomotive only 12 coaches used to be there 3 types class. 1 2 and 3rd class First time rly introduced 17 coaches. With diesel engine Though we had so. Much dust and our eyes used to. Have coal dust whenever we peep through windows still it was golden days because of less population travel was very comfortable

@sarojdulalbandopadhay9142 3 жыл бұрын

In1990 l was a dravir of such steam loco and steam crane also at BURN STANDARD CO BURNPUR W.BENGAL

@jitendrachaudhary4190 13 күн бұрын

Agar Indian Railways na hoti ,to hm na pad patae....dil sae salute to Indian Railways

@maheshravela7 4 жыл бұрын

Wow blessed to see those steam locomotives, thanks for showing us those coal fired steam locomotives 😍👌🏼

@dailyDelhiite 3 жыл бұрын

Steam locomotives were the most open locomotives. Only boiler was hidden other than that one could see piston, steam, big wheels, hear the magic sound in the silence of night or day and people would know a train is passing by. In short they were magnets attracting people.

@HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS 2 жыл бұрын

Just speechless!!!!! Steam Locomotives are my first love! ❤️ As an Indian model railroader, it's my dream to run "Mashal" and "Azad" models on my model railroad layout. I'm making these two in 1:87 scale......... Hope, very soon these two will run through my model railroad..... 😍

@alexwild1435 9 ай бұрын

Hi, how is your model railway coming along? I’m planning to build a model of EIR from early 1900s.

@HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS 9 ай бұрын

@@alexwild1435 it's going on.... And waiting to see your upcoming layout 😀

@alexwild1435 9 ай бұрын

@@HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS I haven’t started it yet, still planning. I want to run Fairy Queen but can’t find a suitable loco to convert.

@cyruslovesindia 4 жыл бұрын

This video footage itself is very old from 1994-1995. Steam locomotive trains no longer remain in India except the rare heritage and tourists trains! Steam locomotives were in decline from late 70,s itself in India. Major cities had shunned steam by then. Only small towns and branch lines operated them. Steam broad gauge main line officially ended in 1995 in India but it was more of the few sporadic services which were remaining. Metre Gauge Steam I believe ended in the year 2000.

@cyruslovesindia 3 жыл бұрын

@@sumitparchani5612 footage could be older too. As by 1994 - 99% of steam locomotive mainline trains in India were gone.

@satyavega 3 жыл бұрын

This must be 70's......definitely not 90's.

@cyruslovesindia 3 жыл бұрын

@@satyavega possible as by 80,s itself there were no steam locomotive trains in major cities of India except the very few sporadic services remaining for the branch lines of towns and villages and few metre gauge services. Mainline steam trains majorly declined from the 70,s onwards as diesel and electric locomotives took over.

@PrashanthSadashivan 3 жыл бұрын

The decline of steam on started in the early 70s as the last steam locomotive was manufactured in India in 1972; only diesel or electric thereafter.

@ageless1003 Жыл бұрын

I used to travel from Lucknow to Ara (Bihar) via Indian railways hauled by steam locomotives in 1994-95

@aniketmeshram6598 4 жыл бұрын

0:40 You gotta be kidding me 😳

@arunabhapaul8656 4 жыл бұрын

The weight of the locomotive lays centred in middle, so that a single person can move the turn table

@app8790 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@raazahmed6485 3 жыл бұрын

9j K.

@raazahmed6485 3 жыл бұрын

@@arunabhapaul8656 it

@sudhakar3991 3 жыл бұрын

@@arunabhapaul8656 we need anothervman to have a couple. But in those days who knows Mechanical Science, evey one are hard working throughout day

@LaeeqKhan01 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it, loved it. Thank you Fern Bahn.

@davindersekhon26 3 жыл бұрын

Mashaal, akbar jaise steam engines ko dekh ke dar lag jata tha. Aaj bhi 1994 ka wo din yaad hain jab rudki ke paas maine masoori express ko mashaal jaise engine se pull karte huain dekha tha. Main nangaldam passenger se jab Punjab jaata tha to jaise hee train station par aati to toofan sa aa jata tha. Steam hee steam ho jaati sab jagah. Kaya din they wo. Aaj Nangaldam passenger Himachal express hain. Jab naya naya Diesel engine lagna shuru hua to bada khush hua ki ab hum jaldi pohancha karenge. Time tab bhi 8 ghante lagte they or aaj bhi almost utna he time lagta hain. But steam engine ko dekhte hee ab bachpan yaad aa jata hain. What a time it was.

@Spankbucket 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant scenes you captured. I especially like the working steam cranes transporting the coal for the loco tenders.

@abhijitguha494 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Indian history glimpses.

@somnathchanda1250 3 жыл бұрын

every worker needed mask against toxic coal dust

@emmanuelpaulraj4680 3 жыл бұрын

Hard working people. I can remember my childhood golden days

@seba81376 3 жыл бұрын

glorious good all days of steam indian railways missig those charm

@prajjwalchaudhry9277 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this😍

@sst55555 2 жыл бұрын

Old memorable days with my father ❤️

@IndranathGaurTraveller 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks... rare footage

@srinivaspakala6959 3 жыл бұрын

Great post.. thanks alot for taking me to my child hood days...🙏🙏👌🙏👌👌

@soundar4270 7 ай бұрын

Being Mechanical Engineer, l really miss this Iron horse/ Big brother Steam Locomotive. It is highly pollutant. However, the reciprocating Piston - Crank with Chugging sound with Majestic head light & unique honk are very special to watch. Indian Railways can design CNG boiler for Steam Locomotive to avoid pollution & use Steam Locomotive for houling Tourist trains. Electric back up van can be used for coaches light/AC purposes CNG is clean fuel. We can not see black Smoke but we can enjoy the Steam Locomotive ride.

@Life_is_Awesome_Civil 3 жыл бұрын

Nice yaar ... Good working

@kaladar5377 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, maine kisi ko pooch tha woh keh the hai 94 bahuth accha year tha. Aur mujhe bhi accha lagtha hai wus saal. Bahuth saare enjoy kiya tha 1994 mere freedom year hai. Keval mujhe nai saare kehthe hai woh really nice year

@gregsmith1719 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible! What a world we live in!

@vishwajitpawar4076 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video about steam engines.Good old memories. Thanks.

@mlulovemyindialovemyindia1167 3 жыл бұрын

Wow those were the days 👍 great Video 🙏 these were hardworking people. They must have suffered from lungs problems.

@PrekiFromPoland 3 жыл бұрын

WP class locomotives - interesting how these were built by a variety of manufacturers from North America and Europe. Thirty of them were built at Fablok Chrzanów, Poland. WP 3024 was the 5000th locomotive assembled since the factory's inception. Sadly, Fablok as a locomotive builder is all gone now.

@kailashnarayanpatidar4438 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@aestheticworld5253 2 жыл бұрын

wah bhai kaya video hai 👍👍👍👍👍

@RavinderKumar-zz7oj 8 ай бұрын

Hamre ghar ke top floor se railway line dikhti thi jab train wahan se nikalti thi , ham bache bhaag kar uper wale floor per pahunch jaate thy , aap ne bachpan ke yaadin taza kar di thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊😊

@prakashsawant169 3 жыл бұрын

👍 This video super 👏👏👏

@aviationroadto 3 жыл бұрын

That is soooooooooooooooooo cool

@simantbhigarde4948 3 жыл бұрын

Steam loco engines were so fast and so attractive in that era of time

@virendraSingh-je3sx 3 жыл бұрын

Polluted but we liked that era of trains with coal run engines

@indrajitprayogo14 4 жыл бұрын

Wait in 1994 india still uses steam power ?! *AWESOME*

@cyruslovesindia 4 жыл бұрын

By 1980 or so most of the steam train locomotives were stopped in India but few services remained. Officially speaking all scheduled steam locomotive trains of broad gauge ended in 1995 and metre gauge in 2000 in India Now only the heritage and few tourist steam locomotive trains remain in India. In UK Germany USA though steam locomotive trains remain in plentiful. Even in Russia and China has a lot of industrial steam locomotive trains working in the mine quarries. UK has even mainline steam locomotive trains plying almost daily somewhere in their country.

@indrajitprayogo14 4 жыл бұрын

@@cyruslovesindia wow awesome info man 👍

@cyruslovesindia 4 жыл бұрын

@@indrajitprayogo14 thanks. I've never sat in a steam locomotive train in India but have travelled in steam locomotive trains quite a bit in UK when I was there. It's just a different feeling altogether, and If you see their locomotives you'd probably think they're brand new, that's how well maintained they are.

@linblosune 4 жыл бұрын

@@indrajitprayogo14 Great slice of history and the video of steam powered crane is also very special.

@loveislife-bs2fz 4 жыл бұрын

@@cyruslovesindia In the 90s, BG steam sheds were at Bhusaval- closed in dec. '93, Rewari- closed in dec. 1993, Moradabad- closed in dec. '94, jalandhar- closed in 1996, Laksar- closed in 1995 and Saharanpur closed in 1996. Asansol, Dhanbad, Rampurhat, Sahibganj, jhajha and Sitarampur (all in Eastern Railway zones) were also active till mid 90s. Among all the above, Only Rewari steam shed has been revived as heritage steam shed, Asansol Shed has now become a fully electric loco shed.

@surajkantlalprasad7507 3 жыл бұрын

It's golden time golden videos

@railyatri8891 3 жыл бұрын

This amazing capture Indian steam engine Thanks for sharing this video 👍

@peterasp1968 3 ай бұрын

That old man at 0.40 was terrific😮

@bvks9460 3 жыл бұрын

Feeling nostalgic ☺️

@singhsab9542 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I have seen this during my childhood.

@starline9557 3 жыл бұрын

super , i remember my childhood

@bhaveshchauhan6899 3 жыл бұрын

Really hard working people... appreciate yaar ....

@harjapsingh8942 3 жыл бұрын

Harjaap singh khaira wonderful video. Thanks

@user-fh4om6gq8c Жыл бұрын

I miss you indian old engine 😔🇮🇳❤️

@RAILROADMANIA 2 жыл бұрын

Great video sir 👍

@shyam6822 2 жыл бұрын

बहुत खूब यादगार

@vishal_electrodharwad7678 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@taurusguy8983 4 жыл бұрын

Nostalgic thank u it was fabulous

@thesocialcommenter5004 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful old is gold video enjoyed watching it 🙏

@ajaibanerji6677 3 жыл бұрын

Saharanpur shed had closed within a few years of this video. Finally a few WGs were being used on the local slow trains.

@Vjhandle 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful Man Indian Hulk 😃

@Isochest Жыл бұрын

Brilliant footage!

@AviHarmonium 3 жыл бұрын

Very 2 thanks to post this video

@mahendradabi3502 Жыл бұрын

I remember my father's old days. Salute old days

@HR.ASHOOK 3 жыл бұрын

बहोत बढ़िया है! 👍🆗

@anointedmercyministry7349 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u sir for record of my India

@maheshmagi307 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen few videos like steam era. But clarity is good...

@shadabmajor1747 3 жыл бұрын

Yahi waqt sakun that kitna khubsurat hai Mera Bharat

@anunggaming 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful footage, like

@TheFlanker488 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous WG class frighter😍

@harikumar6501 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing i salute indian railway 😍😍

@RohitKapoorYouTube 3 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia 😍

@travel_train Жыл бұрын

Nice Memories

@MohanKumar-ce7sj 2 жыл бұрын

Hamare bachpan ki yad a gai

@pradeepgalgali 3 жыл бұрын

😍lovely

@im._.AjayKumar 3 жыл бұрын

That was awsome... OMG Aaj SRE kitna change ho gaya h... ❤❤

@alexagaming6178 3 жыл бұрын

I m from Moradabad 😍😍

@manjujadhav7033 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely no fear cool

@9356079 3 жыл бұрын

Cant believe they ran coal fired locos till early 90s. Still its a amazing video.

@dineshbugalia7297 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like u weren't born by that time...last of them ran till 98

@Ab-ii4oc Жыл бұрын

South eastern railway especially tata howrah route was developed in that sense ...I never saw steam engine in my childhood during 90s

@eliashshak7059 2 жыл бұрын

নাইস।

@challenger13_31 4 жыл бұрын

Pure gold

@viaansfunworld4189 3 жыл бұрын

Missing my Hometown MBD a lot

@Markogleby 3 ай бұрын

We had lots of children from Saharanpur studying with me in Mussoorie

@avi13111980 3 жыл бұрын

बचपन याद आ गया

@kuldeepkumarsharma6438 3 жыл бұрын

I travelled a lot in trains pulled by these engines......miss them

@REDISCOVER7769 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome videography

@billabilla6503 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@spitfire4474 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 🙏

@heavenlyraven8200 3 жыл бұрын

Lot of man power is needed to start this train

@jitendrachaudhary4190 13 күн бұрын

Acha time thaa...logo ko employement milta thaa .....sab mast theye development humesha unstability , stress and unemployement sath le kar aata h,

@khalsasikhpunjabda 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why steam engines have been shunned? The problem was with coal not the steam part. So why not replace the coal with a clean fuel and use steam. The benefits of steam in a large locomotive is the power and tractive effort which is unmatched even by the most powerful electric locomotives.