Burma Steam 2018

[@alandavis3019]

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]

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.

[@mcmurugan12]

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 💐

[@jean-pierrenennig4593]

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]

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 ??)

[@GarethJonesPilipala]

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

[@Grace-pp3dw]

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

[@ujjalkumardas7534]

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

[@StaffsTransport]

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

[@myanmardemocracy4706]

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

[@solomonflavius24]

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]

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

[@seb95028]

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

[@WideWorldofTrains]

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

[@AungAung-zd8zu]

Nice with Burma's beautiful landscapes.

[@gantondale]

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

[@myanmardemocracy4706]

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

[@MrBryansseals]

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]

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]

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]

Thank you again

[@Preyser123]

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]

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.

[@MichiganRailProductions]

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

[@fnakatani0303]

Very immpresive films. Thank you.

[@janioandrade2523jla]

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.

[@jcee2259]

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

[@myanmardemocracy4706]

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

[@jonathansmith8672]

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

[@randomclass4653]

because '30s indian meter gauge trains used them.

[@vishal_electrodharwad7678]

Nice video sir,Is still working?

[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@myanmardemocracy4706]

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

[@pamfulcher6037]

Thumbs up for this video, super 👍🇨🇦

[@johnnyjames7139]

Delightful, thank you so much.

[@cliftondean4333]

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]

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.

[@myanmardemocracy4706]

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

[@johnmaclaim1]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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]

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[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@พิตตินันท์จันทร์ศรี-ว5ฟ]

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]

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.

[@พิตตินันท์จันทร์ศรี-ว5ฟ]

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

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another brilliant video!

[@qpr543]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@KB_ULTRA]

Train itna slow qu chl rha hai

[@николайзлобин-щ1ж]

Vielen Dank. Sehr tolles Video. Alles ist super.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Awesome, I really enjoyed watching this.

[@KochersbergTV]

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

[@Timsvideochannel1]

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]

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]

That sounds like fun, thank you for the information.

[@soumyajitmukherjee1938]

Still they are having steam ?

[@KochersbergTV]

Yes.

[@soumyajitmukherjee1938]

That's cool

[@mltemoderatorsupport3495]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@philipsalt612]

Which madman ordered white uniforms for steam railway staff ?

[@KochersbergTV]

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

[@austrorus]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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

[@austrorus]

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

[@theunderrated86]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

You are perfectly right.

[@theunderrated86]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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

[@zdsouza6638]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@markleman57]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

Those trains were chartered by railway photographers...

[@barryphillips7327]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

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]

@@KochersbergTV it looked inefficent in the video.

[@yc4503]

Quality footage 👍

[@hussainwarraich8139]

Such amazing reflection in the water

[@raymondleggs5508]

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

[@ManishKumar-lf9vp]

Aoulan Mayo budayun vedio pyaba

[@sheebohans1]

ladies winnoing the grain such memories good to see

[@billjolitz8493]

When did you film it?

[@KochersbergTV]

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

[@kristinawashington1773]

Nice. Thanks lots. 🖤

[@jansuwannala5240]

Magnificent Locomotive !!

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

What a great experience!

[@elizabethfarrell9650]

Truly liked this. :D

[@arunbikerpaul4735]

At 2:45, picture perfect 👌🏽

[@RailPreserver2K]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

Of course. They even paid for that!

[@RailPreserver2K]

KochersbergTV nice

[@KochersbergTV]

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]

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 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIfTlXV5md6mp68

[@bruceraykiewicz6274]

Very enjoyable. Thank you. (from papasmurf7597)

[@yardhog]

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

[@KochersbergTV]

Might be the case, indeed.

[@MatecaCorp]

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

[@DaniyalDanindra-qj8bk]

Sangat mempesona

[@marderdax]

Schöne Aufnahmen!

[@dinshawmuncherjee5123]

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]

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.

[@Lachmangyawaly]

I like Myanmar train whistle

[@ranaabidr507]

nice

[@wasilisk3403]

если едет значит кому то надо но как оно останавливается тормозной системы нет

[@RalphTheMalaysianRailfan618]

Dude that looks like north Borneo loco

[@KochersbergTV]

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.

[@Lachmangyawaly]

Nice

[@hoppercar]

There whistles remind me of the screechy british, Thomas the tank engine, peep peep whistles

[@cilacapport380]

Its look like In Indonesia 1970s

[@austie24]

Look at how much garbage is on the tracks. The environment in Burma is terrible.

[@jioindia4973]

Scrape yard.