BBC Four - Indian Hill Railways (Episode 3/3) - The Kalka Shimla Railways (IRFCA)

[@AftabGujral]

This is an amazing journey. I used to do it regularly when I was young. Did it again in August 2017 with my youngest. Fantastic!

[@rishigautam8622]

I saw this video in 2011 when I bought my first laptop. A friend of mine had sent me some Punjabi song videos of Honey Singh from his father's pendrive, and this video was also on the same pendrive. I watched it back then. Since 2016, I’ve been working in Shimla for a government department. One day, I saw a porter named Maqsood, who was featured in this documentary. I asked him ,'Sir, I saw you in a short movie 5-6 years ago,' but he denied it, saying it wasn’t him. Today, I came across the same documentary on KZbin, and I’m certain it’s the same person. I don’t know why he denied it, but I hope I can find him again someday and show him this.".

[@sicks6six]

For the love of tea and dislike of the heat of summer, the British left behind one of the wonders of the world, If the whole world was like these railways the world would be so much nicer, with no hassle, committed to maintaining things as they are, pride in ones work, and excepting you are just a small part of something much bigger, the Indian way of thinking is far superior to that of the westerner, they understand what is important and what isn't, the scenery is almost otherworldly, seeing the spires of English churches in the mist of Indian mountains is almost spiritual, add English high street shops, cricket pitches and boarding schools and you have Nervana high above the heat, disease and midges of the Indian plane, what a place, and it snows ! heaven.

[@Danny091709]

That’s a common perception that British built this railroad for India , however, the truth is just reverse. These railroads were built off of Indian taxpayers money, and the goal was to : 1. Stimulate the British iron & Steel industry back in Britain 2. Test the new technology on India tax money 3. Create routes to traffic Indian minerals more efficiently to European industries. 4. Create strategic routes for military to intervene, in case there is a rebellion. However, I don’t blame you. I just see you as a victim of distorted history books . 😊

[@paullangford8179]

@@Danny091709 India would not have the railways that they do unless first done by the British. Even though the initial railways only served colonial interests, they naturally expanded in scope to meet the needs of the available market.

[@Maliique]

What a fantastic country and people. Want very much to visit one day. Love from Greenland.

[@kasiraman.j]

Welcome to India 🙏🙏😍😍

[@ianmedium]

My late mother was like John, a Brit born in India. She attended Cottons as did my aunt and three uncles but in Bangalore. I visited it when I took her ashes back to scatter on my grandparents graves in Bangalore. Wonderful school and wonderful country and was everything my mother used to talk about, she loved India and the Indians.

[@tarikmansoor9088]

Woman can’t attend BCS Shimla

[@TheBieberblaster]

This series of documentary is par excellence. It’s not only about the railways and the colonial heritage but the human face and the human experience that these have morphed into. No wonder BBC has such a titanic reputation. Really hope we can make documentaries this good someday.

[@everettoehlschlaeger8139]

FANTASTC Video.. The Best i've seen on KZbin. Leave it to the BBC ! Outstanding subject matter !!!

[@savitrisingh7950]

It was an awesome documentary. It almost makes dreams turn to reality for Indians whose forefathers left India to settle elsewhere. It brought back sweet memories of my vacation to Kashmir in 2016. Love from Trinidad.

[@gauravkalra4]

Did this amazing journey 4 times and my first journey was in 1996 when I was a little kid with my parents. I was so thrilled to see tunnels and bridges.

[@jakebluethunder]

Wonderful documentary, all 3 parts were excellent! Loved the scenery, the history and especially the stories of the amazing people behind the railway!

[@sarathdassanaike2807]

I am Sarath Dassanaike from Sri Lanka Colombo We have Railways as from year 1864 Steam Coal engines upto 1970s now Electrical Diesel Engines We had small gauge Railways Lines few areas from 1903 to 1978 and dismantled and converted to Broad lines British occupation period Railways were introduced to Ceylon Sri Lanka Visit Sri Lanka enjoy train travel Sarath Dassanaike

[@MuhammadKhalid-ch3li]

Tremendous performance by British done for providing train journey facilities to the people of India to spend summer vacations in Shimla.

[@madi8181]

I’d so love to take this journey along with many other train journeys amongst Himalayas. Wish the British had built railway amongst Pakistani mountains too. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 🇮🇳

[@abdullahhassan9544]

We don't want/need your love...

[@TravellerGarry]

Forget the British.. India has also built many railways on the mountains of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh !!

[@TrainerCTZ]

Sanjay is the man! What an amazing life, position, home and family. Great accomplishment brother!

[@marioromero8302]

Really makes me feel like a real indian .wish i was born there. My ansesters are indian but my mom and i was born in Belize Central America.

[@shubhamsharma_1234]

Snow is best part in shimla 25 years of living in shimla and a walk from summerhill to shimla the best

[@madi8181]

One can learn so much from these people With lots of love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 🇮🇳

[@ILoveCanada0]

*Love this documentary, for me it's .. idk comforting, if that's not weird, this documentary and the Tube series are always a favorite!*

[@estelleadamski308]

watched all 3 episodes and loved them all, especially this one, as I read a wonderful true story, about a European family whose children went to school in Shimla, so I was excited to see what I had read about

[@gorillachilla]

rip old man porter, living legend worked hard past 90

[@mrcarestreamhealth]

Just loved it a well made documentry with emotional ending... Archu ram a men of steel

[@inmybox100]

More than just a story about the Railways ,, all 3 Episodes are amazing ,,,

[@ucandadiallo18]

I couldn't agree more

[@deankamaruddin8211]

i enjoyed every minute of this documentary

[@natureslovers2200]

Kudos to you BBC a very good production. Its amazing documentary. An a historical product.👍🙏

[@diwakarpandey3448]

It is really very marvellous. 🇮🇳🇮🇳Incredible Indian Railways 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@travelimust7272]

I studied in Shimla as a kid... Still miss this spectacular place!

[@hafeezurrehman1948]

how lucky u r

[@orobleh77]

I really like the attitude, courage and enthusiasim of the Sikh at the Cotton Bishop boarding school.

[@amanjhagta8236]

Bishop cotton school

[@abhishekkumar-fk2ks]

Amazing as Shimla is my home town n i feel nostalgic after watching my school in this documentary.

[@chayanikadutt3678]

Walking down memory lane nice to rememember the same

[@saurabhdeshpande6666]

Maqsood & Babaji - Such simple, beautiful men; such deep philosophers!

[@krishnadj10]

I travelled in this very train in 2009.will never forget the experience!!!the same year they filmed this documentary!!!

[@willisbalinda2619]

The first week of boarding school after a holiday break was always the hardest.

[@1mikefrost]

Good to hear Bernard Yozzer Hughes talking. Glad to see he finally got a job. After the wall in boys from the black stuff and the titanic sinking he's landed on his feet at last !

[@msjayakody3232]

Allways facinating steam locos.

[@anjankargupta627]

excellent video. BBBC zindabad

[@rajguleria3862]

Great documentary ...a piece of the fading Raj .....love such slow burn documentaries ....good job !

[@marycahill546]

Very enjoyable series. Many thanks for posting!

[@mohitparamarshsingh]

Thank you, BBC for telling us the human stories of the railways...

[@KENNETHFRANCISRODRIGUES]

Heartwarming and cinematically brilliant!

[@jungleoutlander1662]

Railways are heart throbe of most of Indians....an engineering marvel inherited from Britishers.

[@jp-um2fr]

Alan Whicker years ago talked to the old doorman outside the best hotel in Bombay. The old chap longed for the British to return, 'things were not as they were''.

[@parimesh]

Very informative, well picturised and a flowing narrative.

[@putulana7875]

Beautiful scenario, beautiful scene, beautiful life is to live fully where we are, thank for making this video i love it. Namaskaram, Rahayu

[@rbalasubramanian7196]

Oh, that's my country. I love INDIA.

[@nasirmustafa2492]

great work, thanks.

[@HOmodeltrainfan]

56:22 priceless

[@HOmodeltrainfan]

very very true!!! really love that i seen this it changes my lifestyle.......

[@rezaurrahman2500]

Just marvelous. Love all this three episode

[@TrainSpotterTVIndia]

Really nice

[@jpathak6227]

I am going there. Looks fascinating. Narrow gauge rails are so unique.

[@kashmiripundit5455]

3:22 it was india's partition , not pakistan's

[@jabirkc143]

Nice I felt like a emotional movie

[@hafeezquadri]

Amazing series, thank you.

[@abhineetsrivastava8442]

That time Mr Sanjay gera is station superintendent Shimla

[@NinaLetizia]

OMG how I would love to go to India, to know it from North to South. I hope the Lord is listening.

[@yamahonkawazuki]

same here

[@Dangermonkey1000]

staw away

[@76Rubes]

So the teacher is a 4th generation British, born in India but still calling himself an ex-pat. His parents and grandparents were born in India, etc. Never saw something like this. Then they say there is no racism in Britain. Great documentary!

[@ksharma6909]

It is a deep comment. I hope the teacher reads it some day. Still, the pull of the soil has brought him back, though he may not acknowledge that. Perhaps that is how the nature works.

[@gauravkalra4]

Racism and seeing India as a stereotypical country is in their genes !!

[@roguedrones]

@@gauravkalra4 'racism is in their genes!' those 'white devils!'. Lol Racism is in everyones genes. It's called kin selection theory.

[@roguedrones]

@@ksharma6909 he won't, he's dead now.

[@ketakigoraksha3613]

The place, the people, the stories...totally mesmerizing♥️ What a beautiful documentary, totally enjoyed it🙌🙌 Thank you for uploading😊

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

WONDERFUL DOCUMENTARY...ENLIGHTENING. YOU REALIZE THE VALUE OUR INDIA, OUR PEOPLE & FELL REAL SAD & FRUSTRATED HOW THE POLITICIANS ARE SCREWING IT UP.

[@gauravkalra4]

So you want British to be back in India and rule you as your masters and you as their slaves??

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

@@gauravkalra4 Did i say that ????

[@gauravkalra4]

@@jayarajjohnson2476 Our politicians at center are doing well for your kind info !!

[@liverpoollad1271]

@@gauravkalra4you don’t know sh.t …. Get out of here

[@itsjustexperiments2383]

Amazing story of hill railways, really heart touching.

[@dandare2586]

I did this trip in 1981 :)

[@arkadipta690]

Why the kalka shimla railway had removed steam engines from working!?...

[@lkedvenc6898]

magical film

[@jayadewawijenayake109]

good one

[@marconius101]

Great... Carbon neutral local transport....

[@tudieu-qng6817]

Great share video my friend! Thank for sharing. Great day to you!

[@TrainerCTZ]

21:55 Um, hmm. What's happening here

[@राजनांदगांवछत्तीसगढ]

Santosh Yadav BBC Four-Indian Hill Railway (Episode 3/3) kalka Shima Journy I see Very Good & shimla is Very Very Better Than Best

[@Crimsonedge1]

I really hope Babaji is still going strong.❤️

[@gorillachilla]

He passed away

[@kasiraman.j]

​@@gorillachilla😢😢😢

[@hafeezurrehman1948]

It's not a simple railway story. It's story of emotions with all its flavors of hilly life. I wish to be there but the politicians of these two countries do not want to see us together.

[@gauravkalra4]

Even Indian people don't want you to come here and spread hate

[@borderreiver3288]

glad to see they have replaced the older steam trains with more modern diesel fired steam trains...it seems such a tranquil place...

[@siddharthgera163]

23:53 ,24:37 ay that's me XD

[@Anonymous-mb9it]

Jezz how old r u now bro

[@kumarsaurabh319]

What is the background music title please

[@Ajaykumar-cm8ir]

i think bbc made this documentry to show their emperor great as they bulit railways

[@deepanjan.sengupta]

Everything is wonderful about India except that we must be more organised, disciplined and maintain cleanliness. In recent past with the fad for selfies I have seen people standing on these rail tracks infront of approaching trains. There is also this new wave of destroying everything English or British without realising they are as much a part of our legacy and history.

[@juliopoventud5517]

amen

[@SarcasticallyHappy]

Couldn't find the logic for getting 150+ dislikes!!

[@prithwirajjha7820]

It's like spitting on the road all the time, brother, no logic needed; some people just have to dislike anything Indian, otherwise their existence have no meaning.

[@leob4403]

Maybe people don't like that BBC speak so positively about Brittish colonial rule

[@hipnet1]

Classics are not for everyone...

[@Justincasedee]

I would love to go on this journey but being a pakistani I don’t know if I’ll get a visa :( Holding a Canadian passport might help

[@aventedorg1r1]

Bhai nothing like that!! Please do apply for a tourist visa. I am sure you will get it.

[@hipnet1]

...so long you have no jihadi agenda...

[@chayanikadutt3678]

5:07 5:08

[@sivasubramanian7493]

wow.. shimla sizzling

[@Neerajkumar-zi5rk]

Awesome

[@narasimhaiiha1474]

Neeraj kumar @-,,

[@Anonymous-mb9it]

Sup VIT gang🤘

[@vaibhavsharma8747]

I hate it when they say British created, no it was created for the British by Indians

[@aakristadhungana4702]

You can't change history 😢😢😢

[@tuco1099]

No it was created by the British

[@debasishpaul7289]

Splendid video.

[@arjunchaudhary1650]

Debasish Paul sent I Sexy and

[@selvarajanp5512]

Debasish Paul is

[@rubycarvalho8380]

Debasish Paul =to the U of the

[@vijayrs7706]

Debasish Paul suuuuu

[@Sandaesa]

👌

[@ManpreetSingh-th7ov]

This is show off to help her. The reality is that no one help anyone. No one.can do help if any one want. That is reality

[@dtp2970]

👍

[@Nativemetalfreak]

thats just typical giving the guy subtitles who speaks fluent english

[@shahjhanwagarpal7120]

leaders of the partition movement not independence moved here time n again ? courtsy British raj ?

[@azmanjusoh8925]

❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AKSHAYKUMAR-ui6ns]

not mare a documentary bt facts of life

[@TravellerGarry]

Railway and Miltary were not created by British in India.. British created British Indian Army whereas Subhash Chandra Bose crrated Azad Hind Fauj which prompted and inspired the Indians in the British Indian Army to fight for India instead of Britishers.. Same goes for Railways. It was created by Britishers with the help of Indian labours and Engineers. Later developed by Indians only to the current extent.

[@navsaini7243]

Thanks to the British indian government won't do anything like that

[@narasimhaiiha1474]

Srx

[@krishnanaik3336]

narasimhaiih a yksagana

[@joyebkapadia2650]

Also here is brief history of Kalka-Shimla Railway kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpKxfqVun7Wonac

[@chayanikadutt3678]

गोइंगबच

[@preetikushwa7032]

I don't know but these documentaries make me angry , maybe because of the colonial tone in the videos.

[@quadrim.a.2816]

What Britishers left are only the our resourcest ; hardly 10 percent additions

[@daulatramtandon7813]

ये

[@mukulbajpai6190]

3:30 Time and Discipline Loyalty and Duty and British 😂😂😂. BBC still thinks world is run from London 😂. Whatever British did and whatever British made was to serve the interest of people of Britain and even though India was called British India then we were not considered worthy to fall in that category.

[@gauravkalra4]

True.. BCC are a buch of jokers 😅

[@chayanikadutt3678]

व 😅

[@chayanikadutt3678]

घ