Bangladesh 2013 - Part 6 - Silkcity Express

[@dumbuser906]

Part 1 to 6 are some of the best travel videos ever. Thank you for this wonderful series!

[@vasantsande8644]

Never been to Bangladesh, pretty much they look like Indians, so my love and hugs for them. I always worried about hunger- so many mouths to feed, but nothing to worry about, this world has bountiful food. Thanks for showing Bangladesh at my home.

[@blackthorne57]

Bangladesh was part of India until partition in 1947 - East Bengal. West Bengal is still in India.

[@peteacher52]

Interesting and informative; great camera work, steady sequences with no confusing zooming in and out. You did not add silly music, greatly enhancing the series. Well made and well presented.

[@cuzinevil1]

Outstanding video series. Thank you for this.

[@blackthorne57]

Thank you

[@misransiano6265]

that's really amazing video, of people, trains and marketplaces

[@leroyybrown]

Thank you so much for this wonderful presentation.

[@leososa6976]

Zgadzam się.

[@graemetrim9549]

Thanks for a great series. I now have a much better idea what Bangladesh is like and how the people go about their daily life.

[@procc.]

Very nice series! I want more! :)

[@Thomas1980]

realy great video!

[@profinder988]

Nice one..really love it

[@Evan_Afraim]

Very nice you guys worked❤️

[@1nadjmi1]

great work! please continue your series (whether it is about Bangladesh or any other country)

[@paxmule]

agreed - very interesting viewing

[@ajadrew]

I recall hearing that dozens are killed everyday by trains... But a brilliant sequence of 6 films, thank you

[@blackthorne57]

Not dozens every day but the death toll is far too high. Most of the deaths would be avoided if people did not wander all over the railway lines with complete disregard for the implications. Roof riding is very dangerous. Many drivers (bus/lorry/car/CMG and rickshaw) ignore barriers and signals at level crossings. Some but very few accidents are caused by failures in the railway infrastructure

[@ajadrew]

Theres a video on youtube of a young Indian boy standing by the trains door with half of his body outside...goes on for ages & we see all the multitude of village/town life as the train speeds on. Then, bang, the boy was hit & is no more,,

[@আল্লাহরগোলাম-ষ৬ঞ]

ajadrew I saw that video.

[@naimsharifakash9989]

I still go on the roof. I haven't died. I feel its more safe than bus roof. Train roof feels just fine

[@rdelamora1968]

very interesting...thank you so much for sharing...like friend

[@wolfmaster8191]

great old days of br when I read in class 5.

[@Evan_Afraim]

Very nostalgic💕

[@fahimtahmid4389]

It's Ullapara Station. My home station.

[@montwolfman]

Smog or fog?? A inside view of how difficult the fight for survival is for these people. Makes one appreciate our way a lot more. So easy to take it for granted.

[@blackthorne57]

Good old fashioned low temperature fog. It was very cold, you can see how everybody is wrapped up. Very difficult conditions for the local people, they do not usually experience such low temperatures. One day it was down to +3 degrees C!

[@lutfitjahjadi2766]

Silkcity train used Indonesian made wagon...?

[@arafatlotus3729]

lutfi tjahjadi yes,,that is imported in 2008 from Indonesia.

[@aungkitomugdho9985]

no.silkcity train is a broad gauge train which uses LHB coaches from India since 2015

[@KingFromPast]

@@aungkitomugdho9985 Bangladesh don't use Indian coach you stupid

[@peterpan5098]

No silkcity is now LHB.And meter gauge railway operated by INDONESIAN PT INKA made coaches.

[@lkytdsvc]

I can't believe they live as long as they do with pollution like that.

[@blackthorne57]

It is not pollution but good old fashioned fog caused by moisture in the atmosphere condensing at a low temperature. Despite being a country where the tempreature can reach 40 degrees C, during the first few days of my first visit in 2013 went as low as 3 degree C, hence the fog. Bangladesh is a rural nation with very little heavy industry causing pollution. Many vehicles run on compressed natural gas.

[@lkytdsvc]

@@blackthorne57 Thankyou for the information.

[@Easy_Urban_Rider]

of all the engines shown here not said "built in Bangladesh", or did I miss them?

[@blackthorne57]

Bangladesh does not have its own locomotive construction industry. They do however have full maintenance facilities. The locos in use in BD were built is various countries including their neighbour, India.

[@hussainalmubarak5347]

I see the dual BG/MG line but from wht I can see, the MG is the one in use. Why have BG if it isn't used?

[@blackthorne57]

Broad gauge locos and rolling stock are used mainly in the west of the country and metre gauge is used mainly in the east. The dual gauge track allows through passenger trains and freight can travel between areas without ransshipment. See also my answer to John Shaw, below.

[@hussainalmubarak5347]

thanks mate :)

[@willcojak9650]

Why is the market on the train tracks. Seems a little odd to me.

[@blackthorne57]

It does seem strange but I think the reason may be the lack of available space is such an overcrowed city like Dhaka

[@thorne62]

They got rid of the Caboose... But kept the brakeman...

[@TvshkaHumma]

There must be a multitude of injuries and casualties in the country due to the proximity of the trains and people. Anyhow is there no part 7!?

[@blackthorne57]

Sorry, no part seven yet... I have returned to Bangladesh several times since my first visit but only with a still camera and very few railway shots. Perhaps a part 7 may be possible in the future. Thanks for watching my videos, I hope you enjoyed them.

[@BK-hl7qi]

0:38 of all places, must you really sit on the track and that too get off it in the last few secs? Really??

[@blackthorne57]

I was perfectly safe. I was filming from the station platform with a telephoto lens. No risk.

[@SabitTSDM07]

I was 7 and I was in grade 1 when you recorded that wtf

[@shafquatdipto171]

can you tell me there manyy trains is this trains silkcity???

[@blackthorne57]

sorry but I do not understand the question.

[@titasianbackbencher3191]

first one is silksity...understand dipto

[@sbc388550]

......................................... Fog or smog ??

[@blackthorne57]

Fog. The temperature was down to +3 degrees C at times during my first visit. Unusual for Bangladesh but sometimes the cold air comes down from the Himalayas

[@d0cktor523]

What kind of trains are they using there? They look like really crappy ripoff versions of gp38-2 or sd40-2s

[@blackthorne57]

Your prejudices have clouded your judgement Among the various classes are metre gauge: GM B12 built Canada 1953/56 GM-EMD GT18L-2 built Canada 1988 Henschel JT18U6 built Germany 1994/96 DLW/Alco YDM 4 built India 1996 GM EMD GT 18LA-2 built under GMC-EMP licence by Hyundai/Rotem, S Korea 1999/2002 Broad gauge: DLW Wdm2 built India 2001.04

[@balmesh]

Very interesting again, George. Did you see any metre-gauge trains?

[@blackthorne57]

Unlike India, which has virtually eliminated its metre gauge, it is still widespread in Bangladesh. With the exception of one loco at Dhaka, trains in all my videos are metre gauge. Metre gauge locos are numbered in the 2000 series, broad gauge are in the 6000 series. The second number is the class, the third and fourth the serial number. For example 25xx: Metre gauge Hitachi HFA13A, 1400HP, Co-Co, built 1982, Japan, series numbers 2501 to 2518.

[@balmesh]

+blackthorne57 That's amazing! The trains are so big, with plenty of room on top (!) that I never dreamed they were metre gauge. Thanks for all that, George.

[@FredParis2009]

Vidéo très intéressante. Le Bangladesh a su gardé son chemin de fer. Malgré la rudesse de la vie là-bas les gens font partis des plus sympathiques.

[@shafquatdipto171]

Frédéric Noiret tnx brother

[@mbl.ian2258]

Is that 1435 and 1676 mm ?

[@blackthorne57]

The train is metre gauge. The track is dual gauge, metre and 1676 mm. For an explanation of why dual gauge please see my oher replies.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

Why 2 gauges?

[@blackthorne57]

For reasons that go back to the nineteenth century, the Indian Sub-continent used broad gauge (5'6", Indian standard gauge) and metre gauge for its main line railways. Usually the gauges remained on separate systems but sometimes especially when they entered a city, dual gauge track was laid so trains of both gauges could use the same station. India has virtually eliminated the metre gauge but Bangladesh still uses both, hence the dual gauge track.

[@rafaellarrea4508]

More people in Bangladesh than in Rusia.

[@12121149]

Question for you,how do they figure out who paid,and who did not,on those crowded trains,and do the people on top,ride for free,just askin'

[@blackthorne57]

The very overcrowded trains from the festival are provided free by the government. In theory a ticket is required for all normal trains including tge Silk City Express but in practice many travel for free. I suppose it is regarded as a public service for very poor people.

[@12121149]

Thanks.

[@Tpoleful]

Pete Smith I traveled from Dhaka to Natore in one of those crowded trains. The tickets cost 250 Taka (3 USD) per person. But, due to corruption the tickets were sold in Black and it cost me 500 Taka (6 USD). Whether it's 250 or 500 both are too expensive for the poor. So they just ride without ticket. The conductor only asks for ticket to the sitted. Also, just because you have ticket doesn't mean you'll get to sit. When I got to my sit an elderly gentleman without a ticket had already captured it. I had to stand for about half an hour until he got down. Sitting wasn't much better either because the sits were very uncomfortable. Also, going to the toilet was very difficult because people were sleeping on the floor. It was night train.

[@humairataifur7476]

4:22

[@romanticlove9600]

a66a amr akta prosno bd te 3te line kano

[@abm_prottoy]

৩টি না, আসলে ২টি লাইন একত্রে এই রেললাইনে। বড়টা ব্রডগেজ ট্রেন এর জন্য আর ছোটটা মিটারগেজ ট্রেন এর জন্য। দুটো রেললাইন একত্রে থাকার ফলে দু ধরনের ট্রেনই এক জায়গা ব্যবহার করে চলতে পারে

[@rafsanAhmed93]

because of thoae fancy busses and cars no one cares about this trains anymore that's why they are horrible. but onece upon a time this trains used to be the vain of Bangladesh.

[@aleksandrosipov7901]

Everyone is busy with their own business

[@peterpan5098]

Very old video. Nos Bangladesh railway is more developed

[@blackthorne57]

Have a look at my video from 2019 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4Otf4J7a9KenNk

[@imtiazrehman4921]

wonderfull land but population blast

[@bravonolan]

5:07 baam!

[@montwolfman]

so poor yet so well kept. I'll bet my dogs have a more comfortable life than most of these folks.

[@jamesroh6314]

Lesring

[@humairataifur7476]

4:23