Steam in India 2005 - Riga Sugar Mill

[@mustakahmadmaqrani8582]

क्या यार बचपना याद आ गया। बहोत ही शुंदर विडियो एक ओर आधुनिक रेलगाड़ी जा रही है और इस तरफ वो छुक छुक पुरानी रेलगाड़ी दिल दिमाग को प्रभावित करने वाला विडियो।।।

[@SandeepGupta-nu1cr]

Good morning

[@nitya5120]

I was in riga from 2002-2005. Wow bring out my childhood. People were so happy back then. So much simplicity. Our country has developed so fast. Atleast i have seen transition from very old generation to new one. From running behind these train to get sugarcane, to now working as a developer in one of the biggest company.

[@voidwalker9223]

In my opinion not good thing. As a westerner who has moved to a developing country im more happy. Technology and money make people forget how to live

[@galbeadon]

This gem of a video, provides us with a reminder of what the Trinidad sugar cane industry may have looked like back at the turn of the last century. Thank you for this superb footage.

[@mashraf-xo6it]

Glen Beadon 9

[@adamsmalec]

amazing snapshot of real raw India. beautiful people. amazing machinery. still in working order

[@user-AZ-phil]

What an fascinating railroad and operation! A neat little tank engine, too. To see oxen carts along side the railroad is incredible. Thanks for sharing this video with us. ❤😂

[@blackthorne57]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidpumple6180]

I miss India. It transformed my life back in '73-'74...

[@nanimys]

Wow and how old are you now sir?? :)

[@RajivSingh99999]

@@nanimys sayad ab o nikal liye honge 😌

[@LaeeqKhan01]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful....Can't say enough times.Thanks for posting.

[@pakkichandramouli3170]

Great video of Indian rural life. In 1973, I used to see a narrow gauge training running between Palasa, Naupada and Gunupur in Andhrapradesh, India. In 1974, I saw a sugar mill in my village, Garugubilli, Andhra Pradesh, India. We used to cultivate Sugar, Jute and Rice. We had 2 ox, 2 buffaloes and 1 cow. The ride on ox cart was thrilling. It would be complete, if u had shown the water resource like a tank or pond or a canal for 15 seconds.

[@Hero007ization]

Riga Sugar Company Limited . A flagship company of DHANUKA GROUP. It's one of the prominent Industrial Enterprises in Bihar, India. Now they are using small diesels for their operation.

[@vlogwithmalayali185]

Those Days...❤️ 90's Kid...❤️❤️❤️

[@FrancevuedutrainEu]

Hello Georges! Really very beautiful video. Maybe one day I would go...

[@rdelamora1968]

What a beautiful Locomotive 0-8-0 and landscape ..... I see people everywhere ... typical in India....Like friend...

[@KULDEEPYADAV-gc6mj]

Video accha hai kafi time se stem engine nahi dekha . Good

[@RDnAC]

Such a sweet beautiful video capturing a simple self sustaining wholesome lifestyle ❤️💕

[@rajaybikes]

Nice video. One fact that can be seen is that steam engines introduced in the 19 th century India , is now just a forgotten relic, of an obsolete technology, But the wretched conditions of the local people still remains the same even in the 21st century. The fact is that the benefits of 'progress', in the country has still not trickled down to the people. Their condition remains the same as was before, wether under the British or Indians themselves. Nothing has changed.

[@metaphorpritam]

'One fact that can be seen is that steam engines introduced in the 19 th century India , is now just a forgotten relic, of an obsolete technology, ' Guess what, even as late as 2012, China used steam engines in its steel manufacturing. The videos exist on this same channel. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Knives, spears, and axes are all technology used by Humans for the last 10,000 or so years.

[@menonsans]

The small diesel loco - the Hunslet 0-4-0 - looks like it has been retrofitted with a a tractor engine !!

[@mmmyyy4714]

Thank you, very good presentation of how much work goes into making sugar.

[@timewilltell5326]

I put up at Riga what a golden day 😭😭😭kash Riga phir se shuru ho jaye

[@amitaryan00]

बचपन याद आ गया भाई😢

[@tkrishnaardsp1106]

Beautiful days, and the peopls And thieir life.

[@TheArielSuaznabar]

Despite your channel it's about steam locomotives, it called my attention the diesel one. Do you know if narrow gauages diesel locos are still made nowadays? Thanks in advance. PD: here in Argentina we have in the province of Entre Ríos an historical train that it was originally steam-propelled but it was reconverted to diesel with an old 30's Bedford truck engine. It might sound crazy or outrageous but there weren't any supplies to fix the old steam engine. But it works well. If you ever come you might want to take a look although trere are other two historical trains that are original mantained located in the Patagonia region.

[@johnathanrowley2707]

We still construct some in the UK but it's the odd one for our narrow gauge and minture railways but in mainstream that's really it.

[@gentlerowdy]

what a crazy footage this is oh my god we have a steam engine working right there on this sugar mill- which part of globe did the camera land to produce such a brilliant video- i pray hope this engine still surviving there - god- loved it so much

[@rabindrakumarnayak5382]

Rahul Atul china still uses steam engines

[@kentrobison588]

Which God loves steam locos?. I thought you had dozens. Millions of Indian girls are missing. Your God does nothing about it.

[@erishealing2042]

That was fascinating 🤓 thank you 🙏🏻

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Amazing, the same country that brings satelites in space now (and back in 2005 already as well), but this is a timeframe of 100 years ago. The video shows how the train was a revolution over the oxcart back then in terms of tonnage and speed, and yet they survived next to each other for more than a century.

[@Dangermonkey1000]

It's a village life.....that's why its called village

[@sbhattacharjee100]

Awesome video. Is it still in operation? The small diesel engine is the transformed Massey Ferguson Tractor engine I hope. but was really good. hardly we get to see these thing staying in India.

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

Blackthorne,very nice vedio indeed. It seems that there is real hardwork and study as usual in your every video. You not only shoot just steam engine but also the surroundings with all references such culture, agriculture, nature and many other. Thanks.

[@blackthorne57]

Thank you.

[@apurvakumar7903]

Beautiful India. Jai hind.

[@lalmohansing2271]

बहुत अच्छा लगा बैल से इख हम लेजाते हैं

[@kishoremehta6701]

BAHUT SUNDER VDO. MOTHER INDIA.

[@austrorus]

great to see that it is the - little - farmer who brings the cane. and not the mega conglomerates...

[@ralan5527]

PM Modi's vow to send an Indian into space by 2022 sets an ambitious deadline for the nation's space agency to launch its first manned space mission. Experts say it's going to be a very challenging endeavor. I agree.

[@mohammadakram4749]

यह स्टीम इंजन अकेला चलता हुआ ऐसे लग रहा है जैसे कि एक छोटा हाथी हो। असली रेलगाड़ी तो सिर्फ़ छुक छुक वाली ही होती थी।

[@Yatri234]

Golden memories.

[@dadajaan336]

Jane Kahan Gaye Wo Din !

[@entertainmentwap6796]

Wow thanks for upload this is my village.

[@varinderldh6367]

entertainment wap is this train still working?

[@VishwaNathWashisth]

@@varinderldh6367 Nope The section is BG long back and train services to Sugar Mill is not in function.

[@jackt6453]

How do they prevent the cane getting set on fire?

[@stayhappystayblessed7823]

Such a wonderful vedio,

[@sudhanshuranjan8762]

My village is next to riga station now this year i definately search about it

[@BASANT141]

did you found the steam engine there ?

[@SumitSingh-ix8yi]

I am from 2nd next station to riga

[@najeebahmedkhan9620]

Nizam sugar factory is Asia biggest one,its sad presently closed from long time,located @Nizamabad telengana,built by king Osman Ali khan seventh rular of Asif jahi era,a net of many steam engines transport sugar cane to factory,

[@nareshkumarverma6116]

O

[@venkatesawrraomovva5027]

because inefficient govt.to solve the problem

[@anilkumarpujari6102]

Sir if u want hamali labour contact me 8746037981

[@NeerajKumar-xt9gq]

Very nice

[@nileshasanepatil9767]

Can I use this footage for my you tube channel?

[@blackthorne57]

Thank you for asking. Yes, you can use my video on your KZbin Channel. Please acknowledge blackthorne57 as the video creator. Do not add any music.

[@nileshasanepatil9767]

@@blackthorne57 😊 heartly Thank you

[@Tsuruta1]

How's this for "The Little Engine That Could." 🚂

[@funklover24]

blackthorne57, you have an eye for the scenery, great videos!

[@amirhussain4558]

The video is really excellent ! Ioved it ! It is my home place !!

[@varinderldh6367]

amir hossain is this train still working?

[@amirhussain4558]

varinder ldh , it was recently discontinued bro !

[@varinderldh6367]

amir hossain very sad to hear. Must be in running condition.

[@amirhussain4558]

varinder ldh ,😢😢 !

[@muhammadarif4715]

Such a sweet beautiful video

[@balmesh]

Great stuff, George. Some real period pieces there.

[@Biggles-gm6tm]

is that the worlds only 0-8-0 Hunslett?

[@blackthorne57]

The Hunslet is an 0-4-0 diesel, the 0-8-0ST steam loco is a Hudswell Clark built in 1930.

[@neelanjanchatterjee5807]

Riga sugar mill is still operating or shut down.

[@blackthorne57]

I think the mill is still active but the steam locos are no longer working there

[@beltek01]

Dats the sweetest thing..is the engine still operational?

[@gopaljeesahay8014]

भारत में अभी किस किस जगह पर स्टीम लोकोमोटिव चल रहा है।

[@akhileshkushwaha4301]

A valuable time....

[@CyrusInIndia]

typical rural india but am sure 11 years down the line today none of the steam locos would be surviving.....

[@blackthorne57]

You are correct, all steam in India is now finished except for a few tourist lines and even those usually require a charter to see steam in action.

[@rabindrakumarnayak5382]

govt is having a ppan to ban all these polluting engines by 2030

[@CyrusInIndia]

@@rabindrakumarnayak5382 you mean petrol and diesel cars possibly, as there are no longer any steam locomotives left in India. Possibly less than 10 used sparingly for occasionall heritage runs. UK by the way has many many operational steam locomotive trains running daily, even on their mainline. I've never sat in a steam locomotive train in India but sat twice in the UK in a steam engine train. They're very well maintained. And UK has even built a brand new steam locomotive called the Tornado in 2009-2010. Diesel cars are more polluting.

[@sachinsingh-rh6fq]

Steam loco...like thoko 👍 27/5/19

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

Excellent.Nice photography.Real view. Where is this rigo sugar mill? is the steam engine still working?thank bs57.

[@blackthorne57]

Riga sugar mill is situated at Sitamarhi, north east Bihar provence in India.I believe the mill is now a modern sugar refining factory but there have been no reports of active steam locos there for many years.

[@guddooansari9304]

Vishwajit Pawar dfghvc

[@nitya5120]

Yes it is active and in a good situation

[@AmmarHussainRizvi43]

Nilabh Aditya thats great

[@STUDYKUNJ]

nice

[@devasingh7413]

Super 🙏

[@sudipagiri6265]

Sir mai sugar khardina chata hu so kaise kharid skate hai

[@dhirendrakumar3268]

Lockdown mein is video ko kaun kaun dekh raha hai 2020

[@blackthorne57]

veediyo dekhana svaasthy ke lie jokhim nahin hai. yah ghar par band logon ke lie manoranjan pradaan karata hai. वीडियो देखना स्वास्थ्य के लिए जोखिम नहीं है। यह घर पर बंद लोगों के लिए मनोरंजन प्रदान करता है।Watching a Video is not a risk to health. It provides entertainment for people locked down at home.

[@Oktolibre]

2:27 that's actually a farm tractor right!!

[@blackthorne57]

It does look like a farm tractor and it may be a locally built loco based on one. It does have a works plate (sorry no details noted) so it could be a factory built loco using tractor components.

[@highflyinryan76weezer25]

@@blackthorne57 It looks like it was re powered. If you look closely at the firewall, it looks like it once had a larger hood.

[@westportalrailfan1035]

That is a International Harvestor Cub refitted onto the loco.

[@drslakhotia]

Beautiful ❤️🥰

[@YASH_TECH_505]

How to location

[@avinashsudhanshu]

Video title says 2005, which is wrong.....it must be at least 90's , i know this railway rout(the darbhanga-narkatiyaganj stretch) from my childhood and only have seen diesel engines, never saw any functional steam engine, now they have been upgraded to broad guaze also.

[@blackthorne57]

There is no question about the date this video was shot, it was 2005. You are correct to say that main line steam in India was eliminated by the mid 1990s, however this video was shot at Riga Sugar Mill where they were still using steam at the time of my visit.

[@billbird7590]

George this is absolutely superb. The starting shots put the railway operation in its true context. You are so good at capturing the ambience and local scenes. Deserves to have more than 1 million views! Fantastic!

[@traktorworks3200]

some one made the comment, "Such a sweet beautiful video capturing a simple self sustaining wholesome lifestyle " OMG "wholesome lifestyle ". please . just look at the huge number of people milling around living in what appears to be a rags and poverty existence. and even more the number of children running around like its DICKENS LONDON. the whole video is like a horror movie from the past. but sadly its today. if this is the peoples plight then god help them........................

[@traktorworks3200]

@@sunmoon1234 sourabh I really feel for your people. videos like this I can only look at for a short time before I sadly turn away. it totally daunts me how humanity is going to see another 100 years before some awful calamity engulfs us all. aside from that it's good of you to reply and describe the life of many of your people

[@metaphorpritam]

@@sunmoon1234 'Now in 2020 that cumulative failures of previous governments and current government who is right wing hindu nationalist are pushing economy to total destruction.' Yes blame the boogeyman BJP. But not the socialists that have ruined the economy by 3.5% average GDP growth per year.

[@metaphorpritam]

@@sunmoon1234 BTW are the poor working conditions under CPI(M) rule(Communist Party of India) is due to Right Wing Hindu government? Right?? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKCnl2mYor-qa9k

[@metaphorpritam]

@@sunmoon1234 'Our policy makers in early 90s thought that it's a good idea to jump to services outsourcing rather than manufacturing like China did. ' Blame red tape and socialist mindset of every Indian Party, China has hyper capitalistic SEZ's. Regional parties like TMC don't believe in SEZ's!

[@metaphorpritam]

'please . just look at the huge number of people milling around living in what appears to be a rags and poverty existence.' That's 50 years of socialism for ya

[@gedungisphoopnuchle9121]

Everyone was looking at the cameraman 🙂

[@blackthorne57]

They did not get many visitors, foreigners with video cameras were good free entertainment.

[@qamarjahan8061]

There are no sugar mill available in raichur so launch sugars mill in Raichur

[@armedreptile7889]

Ive always wanted to see an 0-8-0t

[@amitsaraswat550]

Ye aaj bhi h kya

[@jangbhadur7029]

this documentary 100 years before ?

[@sksamim4317]

awsome

[@lalansingh1557]

Nice

[@gustaveportelance4490]

lovely strong little steam engine .......beep beep beep

[@Tsuruta1]

And pulling all those loaded cars.

[@Praveen_Kammar]

Beautiful INDIA

[@Ranu490]

I love this

[@akashsahani7746]

Right.

[@piyushdhokiya8004]

Factory me ye goods Train Or steam engine abhi chalu he?

[@blackthorne57]

The sugar mill still exists but no longer uses steam locomotives. चीनी मिल अभी भी मौजूद है लेकिन अब भाप इंजन का उपयोग नहीं करती है cheenee mil abhee bhee maujood hai lekin ab bhaap injan ka upayog nahin karatee hai

[@ravikumar-th4ts]

Yes

[@ravikumar-th4ts]

Bihar gov के कारण ये बंद होने के कगार पर आ गया है

[@gyanroutray]

Why they are running the engine in reverse?

[@blackthorne57]

I makes no difference which way a tank loco is working, it is usual for them to work in either direction. Most industrial lines do not have a turntable and there is no reason to turn them on a Y. The visibility from the footplate is frequently better when the loco is working bunker first. In view of the number of people wandering about the track, this is a good idea.

[@rajendrakhairnar3426]

Beautiful

[@harshbhatt6527]

Nice video.. would you please share name of background music after 04:26?

[@blackthorne57]

Sorry I cannot help. It was just music playing in the background, part of the ambient sound.

[@adityar3504]

No actually this is like ram dhoon (24 hr non stop prayas )

[@piyushdhokiya8004]

Background me 7: 15 pe ek train dikhti he konsa train route he?

[@blackthorne57]

चौरादानो, दरभंगा और सीतामढ़ी के बीच लाइन चलती है। chauraadaano, darabhanga aur seetaamadhee ke beech lain chalatee hai. The line runs between Chauradano, Darbitanga and Sitamarhi.

[@piyushdhokiya8004]

@@blackthorne57 meter gauge line he?

[@blackthorne57]

@@piyushdhokiya8004 निर्मित होने पर लाइन मीटर गेज थी। अब तक इसे भारतीय ब्रॉड गेज में बदल दिया गया है। मुझे नहीं पता कि 2005 में जब मेरा वीडियो शूट किया गया था तब भी यह मीटर गेज था। mujhe nahin pata ki 2005 mein jab mera veediyo shoot kiya gaya tha tab bhee yah meetar gej tha. nirmit hone par lain meetar gej thee. ab tak ise bhaarateey brod gej mein badal diya gaya hai. The line was meter gauge when built. It will by now have been converted to Indian broad gauge. I do not know if it was still meter gauge when my video was shot in 2005.

[@davidakin1481]

Nothing wrong with that saved planet

[@varinderldh6367]

Love it.

[@manojbanerjee2937]

Thanks giving to Blackhorne.

[@sohailkhan478]

Amazing

[@subodhsonadih6022]

NEW movie EK NEW SHOLEY 20 banana chahiya es ke upper Ek story bane.........

[@davidsharma7128]

Wow super

[@patkcorcoran]

What is fueling those steam engines?

[@blackthorne57]

Coal.

[@gc1172]

Coal for some, as least the ones I saw in 2012. Not many and most are rare use seasonal for specific harvests.

[@patkcorcoran]

@@gc1172 thank you for your reply

[@satwik9783]

Why it was running from back

[@blackthorne57]

It is a tank loco. They are designed to run in either direction. There is no turntable at the mill so it is not possible to turn the loco.

[@satwik9783]

@@blackthorne57 oooo thanks buddy

[@TheRailCity851112]

Kuan ye steam engine aaj working ma hai...??

[@dashrathrajsharma376]

अकबर स्टीम इंजन रेवाड़ी हरियाणा

[@Bimmelbahner]

Very interesting scenes fom a other world.

[@gyasuddinahmed1658]

mere gav se bhi tha avi bhi track hai 🙄

[@digvijayshinde3579]

इसाका मेंटेनन्स कैसे करते होगे

[@mark-wn5ek]

Is there anything in India that doesn't look like Hell warmed over?

[@blackthorne57]

Go to India to see for yourself but leave your prejudices at home.

[@manishkumar-rq8tp]

Kon sb 2021 m dekh rha h

[@AbhinavLHB]

Great

[@carluxo0332]

Quanta criança no local Hem?

[@ImpossiblyBlack]

That guy staring into the camera @ 00:39 made me a little uncomfortable. :P

[@blackthorne57]

Staring is quite common in parts of the world that do not get many outside visitors. In Western culture it is considered rude but not so in many other countries. I am sure the man referred to was more curious by my presence than upset by my filming. If a camera is unwelcome, a gestures or comment usually makes this plain. A responsible film maker would then stop shooting and if possible apologise.

[@ImpossiblyBlack]

blackthorne57 I was just joking :). I know he was curious just like everybody else that saw you. It was how he just stood there motionless and his intense facial expression that grabbed my attention.

[@NARENDERKASHYAP-fs7gb]

Kitni gareebi hai yaha...Which state....??

[@blackthorne57]

North East Bihar.

[@paraghule9096]

Garib hai par sukun ki jindagi hai

[@sakibqureshi4229]

i love my india

[@raymondleggs5508]

Last boiler inspection 1955.

[@blackthorne57]

Do you have evidence of that statement? I would be very interested to see it.

[@raymondleggs5508]

@@blackthorne57 I assume they don't do the regular inspection like here in the in the US or the UK or Australia which is why I made the "joke".

[@Dangermonkey1000]

That train is now stopped.... So let it rest in peace

[@TractorLove9547]

(Telpur Tractor 🚜) Trolley Sugarcane Harinaga Sugar Mill

[@goharaligohar3293]

India ma mills sugar cane kis rate pr lyti han

[@sumitchaudhary2511]

330rupee 💯 kg