Darjeeling Himalayan Rly in 1979

A digitized super 8 cine film of the Darjeeling Himalayan railway taken in April 1979. Original sound recorded on a cassette tape. The film covers the section from Darjeeling to Ghum via the famous Batasia Loop. In those day days the railway was very much part of the community unlike the tourist attraction it has now become. The Gorkha Memorial and gardens are yet to be built at Batasia. Locomotives 797, 801 and 803 are seen in action.

[@anuprashpradhaan]

less population, less folks, less vehicles and the roads seems wider........ Golden moments

[@user87959]

I miss my beautiful old Darjeeling in its former glory. We could not protect it.

[@joydeepmukherjee9822]

The year 1979.... I went to study at Mount Hermon School in Darjeeling. I was a student of Class 1 then. To me the whole place was mesmerizingly captivating. Yet, being away from home made me gloomy most of the time. However, the quaint little town impressed me a lot with all its charm. The misty mornings, the sudden downpours, the steaming Tibetan cuisines, the majestic view of the Kanchenjunga...all made a permanent place in my heart. Love you Darjeeling.❤

[@asmiturtlerabbitk8943]

You sound so poetic. Wow. Gave me goosebumps.. wow. I live for such comments.

[@saminakhtun5431]

Lm

[@naturelover9993]

Hamro dharohar hamro pehchaan,,, always love my birth place.. 🙏 Thanks for uploading...

[@avijitbanerjee9050]

The very next year I, as a child, visited Darjeeling for the first time. Thank you a lot for uploading such a nostalgic video !

[@dhundirajgawade]

KGCE, Karjat

[@rupsvlogs9288]

Am overwhelmed to see this video. Of dhr..And most importantly I can see my grandpa. .Working there..Miss u grand pa..

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Rupam - so glad you enjoyed the video and amazing that you recognised your grandpa! Makes it all so worthwhile to upload my films. Wish I had more of India but cine film was so expensive and bulky back then. Thanks for your comments.

[@peterfarrell1989]

I didn't want the film to end, such a lovely railway. thank you for uploading

[@bonvoyage6661]

Took me back to my childhood. Thank you. I still remember running to the book store inside Darjeeling station just to see the numerous comics kept on display and nagging my mum to buy me one which was difficult considering the economic condition we were in then..😁😁

[@arunkhanna5160]

शानदार विडियो सुटिंग के लिए धन्यवाद । लाजवाब साईड दृश्य।

[@rajeshgupta866]

Awesome video.. Thanks for uploading it. I am reliving those bygone days. In 1979 I was staying in Darjeeling and my house was close to the railway track and it was fun watching these trains go by.

[@GoodSamaritanGoodSamaritan]

I visited the Batasia Loop in 1984 and the Gorkha Memorial as well as the garden there was not built yet. Thank you for sharing this video. Feeling nostalgic...

[@kevin_jeankevin4803]

Awesome video. Took me back 50 years ago and the adventures I and fellow friends had as students trying to outrun the train and at the Z lines that left me in the learch once. Nostalgia at its best. Thanks for the upload.

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Glad you enjoyed the video - shame its not like that now. All too geared up for tourists with clean shiny engines and posh rolling stock! Suppose it brings the money in though. Apparently difficult to film now as the train tends to be chased by photographers in BMWs.

[@anuprashpradhaan]

Thanks for uploading such a wonderful and valuable video. We love Darjeeling.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

We're so lucky that this railway still survives.

[@shraddhampradhan4012]

Tata trucks, Ambassadors, Land Rovers, goods bogies, green hillsides without houses, no overhead wires, no vehicles running alongside the train....the Darjerling I grew up in. The only thing that looks better now is Batasia. What a wonderful vedio!!

[@shovitchettri-07]

Shraddha M Pradhan wow so nostalgic :)

[@solomonsilal3180]

Shraddha M Pradhan although I was born in 1987 but still my grandfather, dad-‘ and his folks used to say it was such a awesome place and clean and less traffic hill place such awesome cars and less traffic now it’s all over destruction

[@jolla9963]

As an avid model railroader, this train is on my wish list, both as a model and an adventurs, if ever I am within coo-ee of Darjeeling I'm going for a ride for sure. So much history and all on a teapot.

[@akpurti17]

Wonderful video . Nostalgic Love to see Green Ambassador . My last ride on Land rover during my visit to Darjeeling in 2003.

[@rohinmagar8727]

Wow😍😍😍my beautiful town dj.we are lucky to see this in 2019.thanks for uploading

[@shandybrandy5407]

Amazing vintage video indeed that has etched an everlasting memory in my mind! That was the era when this place looked real beautiful. Now will never feel like visiting Darjeeling with its transformation...

[@sk00411]

00:44 the green ambassador looks stunning though 😍...never seen an ambassador this colour in my real life ...

[@beezxxx]

What the era was that.... Lovely Darjeeling train and views.. We never witness such a beautiful Darjeeling again.. I missed those days...

[@anuprashpradhaan]

The old wooden houses of Kakjhora till remains 80's. "Saraswati Salownay" is well preserved by Municipality in those days.

[@tourtraveldiscover]

I am from Siliguri, now toy train runs.

[@mahmudashaheen]

Kafi khubsurath nazara hai...pahadon ke beech aur sadak ke darmiyan se guzarthi huwi train dekhne mein dil lubha gaya...is nazare ko dekh kar film Aradhana ka woh mashhoor aur romantic gaana yaad aagaya..."Mere sapno ki rani ".Shukriya is pyari si video ke liye....

[@prashantgurung7955]

Truly grateful for uploading such a wonderful footage and delightful after watching it.

[@abhisheklama5264]

Thank-you for an amazing piece of history

[@manjuchettri6191]

Amazing video of Darjeeling

[@karmagyatsokaleonpa6208]

1979 i born ,amazing

[@bandanarai1633]

Omg hamro purano darjeeling 😱😱my birthday date......1979...... I'm so happy😊😁

[@vikramthakur3542]

Glorious era less population less cars , thankyou for the beautiful flash back

[@ntnblr]

No FB, No Instagram, No Google, No KZbin, No Mobile. Such an beautiful golden days

[@chompheltsering7444]

Wow beautiful memories....Thank you so much....excellent...

[@latapariyar2447]

Yehi darjeeling maan parcxa. I love darjeeling. ❤❤❤

[@ghayalgaming5451]

I ❤❤❤ Darjeeling

[@dayaindraluksom9434]

Love u Darjeeling I m

[@nirupengurung6949]

Luv u Darjeeling. India🇮🇳🇮🇳 💕❤

[@subhadeepsarkar435]

Bahh!

[@udayanmustafi3963]

Very much glad to see this 🚊

[@RAIRAILFAN]

Great video clips

[@MrLepchabaw]

Hamro pyaro Darjeeling 😍😍 Thank you so much for the beautiful video

[@akhileshpradhan3018]

Many many thanks for this video...

[@cosmic2096]

A golden era , a life which cannot be turned back but looked at . A life which can happen in the next life ,but never back again .

[@abhigyanrai385]

It gives me memories of the Toy Train

[@sanjayrai501]

Thanks for the upload..

[@Suresh-ws7dt]

Thanks for uploading amazing and great video 👍👍👍😊😊😊

[@oggyolive9652]

Lots of beautiful vehicle

[@priyacharichakravarti6868]

Very detailed video of a bygone era on India’s hill railways.

[@rajuthapathaparaju3142]

I love 70 80

[@deorupatamang2760]

Nice memory thanks for uploading 😁😁

[@somnathde8680]

Thanks.

[@Gauravrocks-fh3dx]

Train wistle is like a melody ❤️❤️❤️

[@abhishekdas6062]

sokal sokal darun ekta video deklam

[@SurajRoy]

It is like a time travel ... wow, just magical

[@wangchukmadantamang4335]

Would have loved to witness our place wish I was born on 1969.such a beautiful place it was

[@CraftSoftwareTech]

Thank you for this vide of my village.. but now Everything has changed . .

[@agusubba3737]

What a beautiful ....Now the beauty has lost

[@vikramthakur1179]

An era gone by

[@sonalisaha7116]

Beautiful as always

[@DooarsTraveller]

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[@mintoobanerjee9507]

Love form Darjeeling ❤️🧡❤️🧡

[@birenjena3758]

Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[@inderkhatri4258]

Heart touching

[@arunlanke7031]

Most fantastic Rail journey.

[@matsungtemjen3999]

After Bengalis entered Darjeeling it's not like before anymore. People of Darjeeling were friendly,honest,loyal but now locals have learned chutiyapan. It was so clean before

[@babukundubabukundu479]

Love from siliguri ❤

[@babyaakshovya9925]

If it was realised earlier darjeeling would surely have been swatzerlnd in india...

[@roshanthapa7075]

Omg whoever shot this thank you so much ❤

[@paulravenscroft1704]

I wish I had more film to upload but unfortunately that's all I have. Cine film was very expensive back then (4 minutes for about $50 in todays money!)

[@jpt27]

Oh Wow... Suuper delighted to watch your vdo, Sir Paul. The famous Toy train and Darjeeling during more than 4 decades ago. I was in my lower schooling days, perhaps. Hats off !!! ... God Bless

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed the video. Long time ago now, a different world.

[@amansingh-kx1br]

Those were the best year's and time of life and now all things Got totally changed.

[@akshaymalshikar5567]

Wow लोग सफर का मजा ले रहे हे 👌👌👌

[@kalluchettri5666]

Happy to see 😊😊😊 but also sad 🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🏻🙏🏻 I was young

[@lawjwab]

Lovely 👍

[@sukumarsil6382]

Excellent picture

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Thanks

[@anuprashpradhaan]

त्यस समय यो ठाउँ यति सुन्दर हुनुको प्रमुख तिन कारणहरु हुनु सक्छ : १ आजको जस्तै मानिसहरु माझ प्रतिस्पर्धा थियन । २ पैसाको पिछे भन्दा कला को साधनामा थिए । ३ येही कै खाट्टी बासिन्दा हरु मात्र थिए । ४ दर्जीलिंगेहरु मात्र आपस्तमा मिलेर रहेका थिय । ५ हप्तामा एकपल्ट रिंकमा बाइशकप हेर्यो, चोवरस्ता र फुलबारी घुम्यो सन्तोक ।

[@bhutto8263]

Very true.

[@kamod9080]

Just wow😯❤

[@shashankgolay2468]

Those were the golden days.

[@pratimasaha1077]

heart touching

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

Love from Darjeeling It was much clearer in 70s

[@thegamehhh255]

Plastic has played a major role in destroying the environment and those days there were no plastic nowadays U can see trash everywhere

[@anuprashpradhaan]

No constructions and buildings aside the highway roads, no massive constructions, no private vehicles. No Competition, no one is Hippocratic. Just simple life, happy life. Only the locals dominate this place and no interference of outside world.

[@inderjeetsingh-tu9jw]

I had been in this loop in year 1987 it was in similar state still then except for a solitary view point structure very near the bridge and the Hut shown in clip wasn't there. No tickets to reach there and it all depended on your luck that you could capture a train in you photos. Ofcourse there was a makeshift kuccha volleyball court where locals played where at present war memorial stands.

[@jaydeepshiralkar954]

Excellent video it is..!!!! Heritage site footage is really worth cherishing.

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ankitraii_136]

🥺 my place ❤️❤️

[@deadmayhem6435]

43 years ago from today 😭

[@surjitdebnath5672]

Amazing

[@paulravenscroft1704]

Thanks - glad you enjoyed the video.

[@rohitchhetri4097]

Well we messed up pretty bad and we have gone beyond repair God bless our Darjeeling so much beauty now slowly becoming a dump really very sad

[@abinandhanjain9254]

may I know the reason for this, for today's state of Darjeeling ? Why cant it be controlled?

[@jasongurung7984]

The Queen of Hill's👌

[@vivnicholas4052]

What saddens me is despite technological development, influx of money, increased businesses..... Darjeeling has gotten worse over the years. For a town that relies heavily on tourism, there is absolutely zero development, roads are worse, traffic is worse, garbage everywhere, houses everywhere....Beauty is nowhere..... And we have Subhash Ghising, Bimal Gurung and Aneet Thapa and most importantly Mamata Bannerjee to thank. All that's left is a fond memory of what used to be.

[@saswatamaitra2765]

Lovely video!God Bless You! Amen ✝️☪️🕉️🔔🕯️💙!

[@MrAravindarao]

Epic

[@anjilgurung7629]

After seeing this video I found out that how we are messing with our town places were so clean time to take up stand, current darjeeling needs to get maintained naturally so we can call it as QUEEN OF HILLS proudly✌

[@mtbsikkimtour5232]

This is called real world

[@niten2810]

We miss old dj

[@shahbazshaikh2396]

Mash Allah

[@anuprashpradhaan]

दार्जीलिङको आफ्नै पहिचन थियो। यहाँ नेपाली घरहरु मात्र थियो । गीत, संगीत, शिक्षामा अव्वल हामी नेपालीहरु । दार्जीलिङ को नेपाली मिठो । यहाँ को बोली मिठो । यहाँका केटाकेटी हरुले ईंग्लिश पनि उतिकै राम्रो बोल्न सक्ने । गीतार बजाउनु, गोली खेल्नमा, सिलाई बुनाइ गर्न मा यहाँ का युवा बर्ग खप्पिस । त्यो दार्जीलिङ मा राजनीति को भुत पसेको थिएन । मानिशहरु पैसा को पछी थियने । समस्या थियो तर सन्तोक पनि थियो । बर्तमान मा त हाम्रो दार्जीलिङ लाई कसैले खोसेको जस्तो भईसक्यो । हाम्रो दार्जीलिङ लाई हामीले नै गुमाइ सेक्यो । फेरी फरकेला त्यो हाम्रो दार्जीलिङ ???????????

[@BhaktaTamang-rs3uy]

Exactly this land was pure until Bengalis encroached it by their cunningness. That is how we lost everything. Now it is even worse because the dirty politicians have succeeded in not only taking away our ancestral land but they have also succeeded in creating envy amongst our own people so that we may never become united. Otherwise our history culture customs language are untouched even today but the land as well as authority has gone to someone else.

[@buzzlightyear120]

"Mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu"

[@bhupathikrishnajirao6671]

Ñice video

[@dinolahsang8635]

hamro Darjeeling

[@masheerfishing]

It's now paradise lost

[@rubeenavuzel7443]

A amma trainko sound that music 🎵🎶 full EDm

[@prasanthapa_ancient]

We cannot undo the destruction that we have done but lets try and preserve what is left of this beautiful town we call home.

[@Gauravrocks-fh3dx]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ajaytamang2538]

Old 3 coach train looks better than present 2 coach train.