Narrow Gauge Steam in Nepal, the Janakpur Railway

[@DeepakKumar-fj4tb]

Have travelled, on this Railway. The only train connect India and Nepal. It is between Jaynagar in India and Janakpur in Nepal. This was started by than British government. This has been lifeline for peoples of that region. Further this steam engine get replaced by diesel locomotives in 90s. Current status is entire route get converted to broad gauge with modern rolling stock with the help from Indian government.

[@NewZman23]

Lucky you, to have travelled this line. It's sad to see the demise of this beautiful old steam system but great news that there is now a working wide gauge rail system to replace it from Jaynagar all the way to Kurtha. Maybe next year when I plan return to Nepal I will travel by rail from the border up to Kurtha. There are further plans to extend this track from far East to far West Nepal with a branch line up to Kathmandu - and then another line from KTM to Tibet/China. This will be so good to help the current overcrowded and often jammed road transport system in Nepal. But I may be an old man before all that is finished, as I'm already over 70. 🙂 You may be interested in this beautiful, but sad video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5_Pf2OVfrapiKM 🙏

[@UNAS2000]

Excellent. Now I remember my childhood days narrow gauge steam engine operated BDR Railway ( Bankura district, West Bengal, India), which is now modernized into broadgauge and electrified railway -- but lost its charm.

[@REDISCOVER7769]

Awesome videography you transported me back to my childhood days i would not mind to watch this video again and again lots of love from India.

[@swetasah8475]

this video is of which year

[@REDISCOVER7769]

@@swetasah8475 ji probably This video was filmed in 1991:or 92 just before the steam locomotives were replaced with Diesel locomotives from India. This video is taken from Janakpur section of Nepal.

[@rosssadler3199]

@@swetasah8475 As Rob's title implies, it was filmed in 1993, actually in late March of that year. The diesels came in just a few months later.

[@sukhdevsinghgill7112]

​@@swetasah8475 hnji baby where do you live

[@rickmurray8473]

And why do you 'love' Nepal? They don't care a s**t for India.

[@pauladam6123]

I remembered that moment like that, 50 years ago, when I was a boy lived in Sukabumi, wlWest Java, Indonesia. I watched and played around the train station beside a" table" for rotary turn back the locomotive. What a beautiful memorable moment.

[@internationalsteam]

Chances are that your locos would have been this D14 2-8-2T - www.internationalsteam.co.uk/incredibleindonesia/javajakarta14.htm

[@pauladam6123]

@@internationalsteam yes, it was the black loco. Thx 4 ur sharing,👍

[@rosssadler3199]

Thanks very much for your comments. The West Java scene was always fascinating and I loved the vintage electrics at Bogor, as well as the steam action at Bandung. It's a shame that not too many railfans visited the lines west of Jakarta.

[@kingabbo6999]

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[@mdmedul-tn5ld]

Yin yoh( L

[@anilkumarsharma7441]

सुबह सुबह उठते ही आपका यह वीडियो देख मन प्रसन्न हो गया यादें ताजा हो गईं कैसे आपको शुक्रिया अदा करूं मां सीता के चरणों में जनकपुर धाम क्या अभी भी यह गाड़ी चलती है बताएं इस धरती पर नतमस्तक होने की इच्छा है एक फिल्म राज श्री प्रोडक्शन वाले बना देते मजा आ जाता

[@rosssadler3199]

So glad you enjoyed this. There is still a rail connection between Jaynagar and Janakpur, but it is now a broad-gauge connection, thanks to a very welcome initiative by India. You will find many excellent videos of the line as it now is on KZbin. A few months after my visit in 1993, second-hand 2'6" diesels were made available by India to replace the ageing steam fleet and the line ran in this mode for a number of years before closure and commencement of the broad-gauge upgrade. Again, if you will find videos on KZbin of this interim period of operation.

[@ukmukherjee6757]

I very much like to see this old days steam engine train. It's very enjoyble & pleasent.

[@sbmallik]

India has donated two Diesel engine trains to Nepal . Also, a new rail track has already been laid by India . The train in video used to run a few years earlier. This train is not being operated these days.

[@georgec2126]

Lovely. A peaceful little railway with a well-used locomotive getting the job done in beautiful surroundings, without fuss or fanfare. Truly delightful. I wish I'd been there too.

[@konarkyogi596]

I wish also .

[@arasunarasun6358]

ℓ ....

[@arasunarasun6358]

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[@arasunarasun6358]

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[@pijushbhattacharjee1901]

In our college days in 1975 we used to go daily by such train.,from Assam, India.

[@riyajkhan5218]

Kya din the sir apke

[@theyaduvanshiindian391]

Indo-Nepal 🇳🇵 Railways 1:-Jaynagar 2:-Inarwa 3:-Khajuri 4:-Mahinathpur 5:-Sahib Saroj Nagar 6:-Baidehi 7:-Deuri Parbaha 8:-Janakpur Dham 9:-Kurtha 10:-Khutta Pipradhi 11:-Loharpatti 12:-Singyahi 13:-Bhangaha 14:-Bijalpura 15:-Bardibas 16:-Lalbandi 17:-Netraganj 18:-Hariwan

[@Night_999-00]

Madhubani😊

[@kishorvarma3856]

हमारे भारत मे बदं करते जा रहे है आप के यहा कृपा करके बदं मत होने देना इस रेलमार्ग का आनन्द ही अलग है

[@ranvijay1245]

2014 में ही बंद हो गया चचा अब डेमू चलती है।

[@pradyutacharjee440]

@@ranvijay1245 Wow v India nehi banaya hai

[@agusmunggut9451]

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[@مصطفيعلى-ح5س6ش]

Ŕ to 8rout

[@sebastiank6184]

​@@pradyutacharjee440 😅😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😮😊😮❤😮😅😊😊😊😊

[@gusperry1]

Un testimonio invalorable de un paìs ciertamente conocido pero de ciertas postales de su interior. Una loco 0-6-2T con una potencia imprtante sobre el final de su vida. Gracias Rob por estas imagenes. Un cordial saludo deded ciudad de Còrdoba, Argentina.

[@KlChhabra-l5q]

Khushi hai, Nepal mai purani sanskriti railway me abhi surakshit hai.

[@supergirl1892]

50 years back...There were many such trains in UP, Bihar and several other states....First Class was a class apart...

[@shekharkulkarni1426]

Very nostalgic, so beautiful, I request to Nepal Government for restoring this toy train which will be tourist attraction

[@javedsultan4830]

get a toilet in india

[@NewZman23]

And also request the Nepali government (perhaps with help from Indian government) to restore the old engines and buildings in this video. I think it would be such a tourist attraction to have this as a museum for international steam train enthusiast 🙂. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5_Pf2OVfrapiKM

[@rajr1032]

The call of the hawk-cuckoo only adds to the nostalgia of these rather remote yards and stations, in the days of steam traction on Indian Railways!

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

Grandpa train still going strong in service 🙏💐

[@chachacheng9380]

I love that engine sound ! How fast that can go ?

[@archirasika]

Thanks for this, Dear Rob!

[@internationalsteam]

Something to cheer you up in not very good times!

[@widodosoepangkat5869]

Senangnya kalau bisa melihat suasana perkeretapian yang masih tradisional dan sederhana seperti ini. Ingat suasana di Indonesia jaman tahun 70an. 😊😊

[@rosssadler3199]

Terima kasih banyak atas komentar Anda. Ya, agak seperti Indonesia di tahun 70-an dan awal 80-an. Saya pertama kali berkunjung ke Indonesia pada tahun 1975. Alangkah senangnya ketika solar di KA Yogya gagal di Kertosono dan D52014 mengambil alih. Pantau terus channel Rob dan juga International Steam Pages-nya, karena kami akan segera mengupload lebih banyak materi vintage Indonesia.

[@widodosoepangkat5869]

@@rosssadler3199 Saya sangat menunggu yang vintage dari Indonesia. Banyak mengembalikan kenangan indah saya di masa itu. Jaman di mana masih bebas untuk keluar masuk lingkungan stasiun atau bahkan ikut naik ke lokomotif atau rangkaian kereta barang. Terima kasih. 🙏🙏😊😊

[@МахатовЮлдаш]

@@rosssadler3199 СССР был 1970 электровоз круто было,

[@mahmoodkohatiPakistan]

🙋👉(👍1) very nice beautiful sharing best beautiful locomotive 🚂🚂🚂 fully watched and fully enjoyed

[@suryakantjha6208]

पुरानी याद ताजा कर दिया

[@srinivasaraoyajjala649]

I remembered my childhood. Thanks

[@izazroosalizazroosal]

MY CHILDHOOD WAS IN DACCA WITH STEAM 🚂 TRAIN 🚂🚆 AND LOCOMOTIVE 🚂 AND TRAIN TO JARIYA JHAANJHAAIIL AND MYMENSINGH BRAHMMAHPUTRA RIVER MYMENSINGH 🔴 AND JAMALPUR BAHADURABAAD ! IZAZ RASOOL

[@johnedward3172]

Whether Nepal has any railway ?

[@jancy1549]

Thank you for your wonderful capture 💯

[@jarjarbinks3193]

This is amazing. The Nepal government should request for your video to be part of their archives.

[@rosssadler3199]

Thanks for your kind comments. Very happy to make this available to them if they want it.

[@JAMALKHAN-qp9bz]

Thank you so much for upload video

[@Ppm1704]

Nepal me presently koi bhi Narrow gauze nahi chal rahi hai Vartman me Jainagar - janakpur broad gauze chal rahi hai.

[@Robert-rn3ys]

As the engine coming into the rail yard by itself one waits for the engine to pass before crossing over the tracks, but back in the distant crowd two small kids,run out in front of the engine and lye something on the track,the engineer blows his horn at them and they one by one run back to the crowd as the engine passes over the object that had laid on the track ,as the engine passed they ran over to see and try to collect there little treasure of the day.Thank you for finding my childhood memories tuck safely in the depths of my mind, thoughts I haven't had for 68 years.But as an adult I rent to work as a brakeman and fireman on the C&O B&O for a while, dangerous but great adventure!

[@NewZman23]

Yes, I had a laugh at that - also the people on their bicycles riding along the track and getting off just before the train came and then, some boars running right in front of the train !! It was probably a Nepalese coin the kids laid on the track - when I was a kid some of my friends would do this, for the fun of showing the other kids at school the next day a flattened penny 🙂

[@rosechannel9321]

Very hard work done by Work Shop Staff for Railway Engine .Nicr information. Thanks. KHB LHR

[@shivaprasad6311]

Wow!! ❤️❤️❤️ I love these beauties!! Wish I get an opportunity to travel in this old beauties!!

[@omprakashmishra7149]

Nostalgia, thank you

[@goju050207]

Thanks for sharing this video...does the engine survives ?

[@internationalsteam]

I can't answer for certain. My understanding is that all the steam locos were stored at the former workshops at Khajuri when the line was closed for regauging but I don't know what has happened since.

[@goju050207]

@@internationalsteam We had a similar Tank Engines plying from Kolkata to Suburbs during 50's. Kalighat- Falta Railway (KFR)

[@internationalsteam]

@@goju050207 Indeed, for pictures of these railways in the 1970s onwards pleas see www.internationalsteam.co.uk/raj/india02/indiaenger000.htm

[@rosssadler3199]

I have a vague memory of hearing they were trying to sell the engines off a few years ago and a price tag of $80,000 (probably US) coms to mind. The problem would have been getting them out, which is probably what put off Puffing Billy and other 2'6" gauge outfits. Personally, I'd have loved to see the Ducroo and Brauns 0-10-0T saved. I would suspect that the works and the stored engines would have been annihilated with the broad gauge conversion.

[@goju050207]

@@internationalsteam , thanks for sharing however KFR does not feature here. It is on the eastern bank of Hoogly river.

[@andrewhotston983]

Amazing that steam locomotives can still work when so chronically off-beat.

[@ranadeepsaha9963]

This is new to me but wonderful from the present age

[@jiwanpathak4209]

Mera ek dost 40000/- lekar bhag Gaya tha janakpur usi silsile me mujhe isi train p sawar hokar Kai baar janakpur aana jaana pada tha

[@sudhirdutta3476]

I experienced this train. Janakpur is my home town.

[@littleexperience2.._._._._._..]

What a neat little railway.

[@nitinkvarma]

Thanks for such a beautiful video

[@Amitmishra-px1pi]

great memory with this train in childhood..

[@shamyaprasav612]

Despite the dust and all that it transports us to the bygone days and we cherish the memory's.

[@Polkholhistory]

Very nice video, Purane din sukoon wale 😕😕

[@thesacredgurkha6529]

12:36 the name of the steam Engine is (चन्द्र) Moon in English

[@mohammednabi6226]

IN INDIA I MADE MANY JOURNEYS IN NARROW GAUGE FROM KURUDWADI TO LATUR ROAD IN MAHARASHTRA INDIA IN MY CHILDHOOD MY WAS NSRTD NIZAM STATE LATER MERGED IN INDIAN RAILWAYS WE USE TO GET FREE PASS

[@bibekdas7449]

This video seems like it was capturing before 2015! My mom's keypad phone had this typo camera!

[@internationalsteam]

Of course it was, back in the early 1990s!

[@charleymendesdesousa567]

how many years have ? good job

[@edysulistyo4094]

Bulan Desember'22 sekarang ini di Sawah lunto Sumatera Barat Indonesia akan diaktifkan lagi lokomotive uap E 1060 Mak itam untuk kereta api wisata jurusan Sawah Lunto - Muaro Kalaban....👍👍

[@princerahul3320]

Abhi bhi chal rahi hai kya ye train

[@nguyenxuan9531]

I cannot beleave in my eyes looking these scenes.

[@adityakumarsingh7735]

Alluring us such Incredible steam engine journey 🙏

[@somnathpal8757]

Kaun saal ki ye video 📸

[@anilkumarsharma7441]

सीता राम सीता राम सीता राम सीता राम सीता राम जय राम जय राम जय जय राम

[@LectronCircuits]

Very gritty training, definitely not first-class accommodations. Cheers!

[@sonabandyopadhyay1318]

Super videography with extreme sincerity.

[@cljatgjywfapi1071]

समय के साथ बदलाव जरुरी है,नहीं तो जो नहीं बदला वो समाप्त हो जाता है

[@s.nupadhyay3709]

यह किस समय का नेपाल है?

[@Mounteverest-tq8gq]

Kya jab bhi janakpur nepal railway ka hindikhaijata hai ji, imdia nepal ka railway raxol hokal chhotiimna ka pahle amlekhjung tak nepal pahuchta taha. Mai abut saal tak oh narrow line patri dekha tha. Mera papa oh rail ka line me daudkar chadkar giyahuwa bat bahut karta tha. Yeh history mai historical technologies rup se prove kar sakta hu.

[@YASTravelsEatsWell]

What an interesting video. I guess in Nepal they don't have the means to maintain the rolling stock! Don't those people have the time to clean & paint the coaches! I can't believe that little engine can pull all of those coaches overloaded with people! I know Nepal is a poor country but this is pitiful! It's a miracle that there are a few Nepalis who maintain that cute little 2-banger!

[@gohan12991]

The video is from 1993

[@fernandosantiagorodrigueze2655]

And The Steam in Renfe?

[@Salimhalai]

Very nice video

[@vishal_electrodharwad7678]

Beautiful Train Video,

[@shrawanagrawal7226]

It's priceless video....pls search for birganj railway videos also

[@ramgopalmishra4403]

कहा चल रही है ये ट्रेन

[@krupabhushan6581]

I love very much Steam Trains

[@donquixote2553]

Wow...it looks like the train they used in the film North West Frontier with Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall et al....

[@internationalsteam]

While much of that film was shot in India, the rail sequences were actually shot in Granada, Spain!!!

[@donquixote2553]

@@internationalsteam Makes sense. I should have Googled but thanks for the heads up...

[@rogertemple7193]

@@donquixote2553 HAHAHAHA.

[@HimanshuSharma-gc7ro]

Bahut sundar bhai , awsya ghoomenge

[@Inspiredharma]

I am from nepal and i can feel this train 😊

[@tulppp2826]

When was this video shot ?

[@internationalsteam]

Did you not read this "Enjoy Ross Sadler's historic views filmed at Janakpur just before the line was dieselised in 1993."???

[@rosssadler3199]

It was actually late March in 1993 as Rob's caption says

[@rogertemple7193]

1993,1993,1993,Tul ppp,hahaha.

[@likklej8]

Is this railway still operating? Is it still steam hauled?

[@rosssadler3199]

The line has been converted to broad gauge and there are many good videos of the modern line available on KZbin. For the record, this video was taken in late March 1993 and steam was replaced by second-hand diesels from India a few months later. At least one steam engine was still available for charter some years after.

[@likklej8]

@@rosssadler3199 thanks for your reply have Happy and successful 2023

[@duccale987]

Ở miền Nam Việt Nam từ năm 1965 trở về trước cũng có tàu lửa( đốt than chạy bằng hơi nước) này, được điều hành bởi người Pháp, có cả nhân công Việt,tốc độ nhanh hơn và hành khách trật tự chỉ ngồi bên trong toa tàu.

[@sunishkumar769]

Nice & old collection of videos

[@udgarmukhiya4545]

Ye train kab band huwa hai

[@HyperCity-ed7em]

1993 me

[@rickmurray8473]

This looks like as in 19th century or even earlier!

[@ShilpimonChandannagar]

Hi, I make bengali audio drama videos. Recently I have been making an audio-drama that is set in the 1900s' Indian rural areas and I need some video footage to portray that as authentically as possible. This video clip seems to be perfect for that reason. If you could give me permission to use part of your clip for my project, I would be highly grateful. I will of course give your channel the proper credit in my video. Please let me know your decision as soon as possible. Thank You 🙏

[@rosssadler3199]

Thanks very much for your interest and my apologies for being slow to reply. Rob and I would be interested, but we'd need more detail regarding exactly how much of the film you wanted to use, so we could work out an appropriate price. Of course, there would need to be due acknowledgement given as well. Thanks for your enquiry.

[@АндрейПотоцкий]

Неплохо народ в Непале живет, насыщенной жизнью, не заскучаешь. А железнодорожники здесь, наверно, - местная аристократия. Народ добрый, безбилетников и зацеперов не гоняют. Дети веселятся - подкладывают под колеса поезда всякие штуковины. И климат райский - на небе ни облачка. У нас то паровозы еще остались? А то с нашим олигархозом и до Непала недалеко.

[@victorpaul904]

एक सुनहरा दौर अब वापस नही आयेगा। 🌹❤️🍁💐🙏🥰🥰🇮🇳

[@kbc774]

Thanks

[@sumana285]

🤣❤️🙏love to see this train wow long long time ago people travel with this train superb 1960 are MOOR years ago people was love ❤️ to much I like old time train

[@phalgunimaiti3646]

Like to go back to those days.

[@galvk]

Love this whistle of steamer.

[@avadheshkumar6637]

Now days its BG ,courtesy Indian railways

[@Philapina_Republics]

What year is this?

[@internationalsteam]

Did you read the description? "Enjoy Ross Sadler's historic views filmed at Janakpur just before the line was dieselised in 1993." Even if English is not your first language, Google Translate could have told you this.

[@Philapina_Republics]

@@internationalsteam thats cool my parents are still alive in that year

[@Philapina_Republics]

@@internationalsteam btw English is my second language

[@shrikantdeshpande6842]

NO 1 Video

[@budimp2835]

Di tahun brapa video ini?

[@internationalsteam]

1993

[@Dailybread095]

Ooo how things have changed quickly 😢

[@RanjeetKumar-uv8un]

10:44 my childhood memories rekindled today

[@kumarchoudhary2488]

very informative, regards

[@MarcinOsadowskiNiePrawdziwy]

Love steam trains

[@tuliomartin6404]

🇧🇷 BRASIL-24/01/2023. Tive no interior o privilégio de conhecer maria-fumaça. Não pode acabar e apenas suavizar um pouco o trabalho dos auxiliares.

[@rajgeologist]

बहुत पुराना वीडियो है।

[@monishzaid7386]

Purane din yaad aagye

[@ЮрийАндриенко-к1б]

Напоминает банду махновцев, захвативших эшелон. Не хватает только Бумбараша с гармошкой.

[@mikkie444]

Looks like the 4.30 from Liverpool street station

[@puskarpokhrel5576]

Nowadays it is not on use ,New travel and engine with boggy is there

[@kusumsahu5533]

Dhanyavad jayahind.

[@santhajayasinghe4054]

Simply i love this

[@richardbedard1245]

I can just see Amtrak providing that kind of service!

[@sellapillaic2201]

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[@王軍-e3p]

相當懷舊的火車，世界上幾乎沒人在用了！

[@a.s3714]

Bahut aache lagte the ye black waale engine 😊

[@sarmilatamang2092]

अगर को आपको शुकृया अदा करनी है तो माता सीता को करने कि बजाये नेपाल कि नेता को करे तो सबसे बहेतर होगि नेपाल सरकार कि जितनी धन है बेचकर खाने मे गणतान्त्रिक नेता ओ कि हाथ है नेपाल देशको कंगाल बनाने मे यिनही लोगो कि हाथ है देशको डुबाे कर खुद नेता लोग अमिर बनगये इस मे कुछ हाथ भारतीय नेताओ कि भि हाथ है