Indian Railways in the steam age: loco sheds Saharanpur and Moradabad

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  • čas přidán 13. 12. 2019
  • Maintenance of steam locomotives required a large number of staff. Around 1000 people worked at each of the large sheds, not including the drivers and firemen. With the introduction of diesel locomotives many employees lost their jobs. The video scenes were taken at Moradabad (roundhouse, turntable) and Saharanpur (engine yard, coaling facility) in 1994, the last-but-one year of working broad gauge steam.
    Wartung und Betrieb der Dampflokomotiven in Indien war eine personalintensive Aufgabe. Etwa 1000 Beschäftigte hatte jedes der grossen Betriebswerke, nicht eingerechnet die Lokfuehrer und Heizer. Mit der Umstellung auf Dieselloks verloren die meisten ihre Jobs. Die Aufnahmen entstanden in Moradabad (Rundschuppen, Drehscheibe) und Saharanpur (Freigelaende, Bekohlung) im Februar 1994, dem vorletzten Jahr des Dampfbetriebs auf Breitspur in Indien.

Komentáře • 272

  • @siddiquemohamed8731
    @siddiquemohamed8731 Před 3 lety +66

    Working hard and hard workers,paved way for the present day development in the railway.
    From Srilanka

  • @SameepAgarwal
    @SameepAgarwal Před 3 lety +107

    My grandfather started from Moradabad as Fireman for these locomotives and then moved to Saharanpur. Sweet childhood memories I have.

    • @peeyush6169
      @peeyush6169 Před 3 lety +2

      Which village are you from

    • @SameepAgarwal
      @SameepAgarwal Před 3 lety

      @@peeyush6169 I have my maternal ancestors from Moradabad.

    • @prateeksharma729
      @prateeksharma729 Před 3 lety +8

      My paternal grandfather worked in the Chhitaranjan Locomotive Works as a worker.... While my maternal grandfather also worked in CLW but as an engineer.
      Both worked in manufacturing of the electric locos.
      While my mother's grandfather was a steam loco pilot
      Big railway connection....

    • @globalgroup32
      @globalgroup32 Před 3 lety +4

      Tell me more dear small small details

    • @SameepAgarwal
      @SameepAgarwal Před 3 lety +4

      @@globalgroup32 He resided close to railway station and was inspired to be a Loco pilot. In his childhood he used to draw these locos on sand.
      He joined young and later graduated from Fireman to Loco pilot of freight trains and then passenger.

  • @sureshsharma7699
    @sureshsharma7699 Před 4 lety +60

    यादगार वीडियो भारतीय रेल के स्टीम इंजिन का । यह वीडियो मेरे दिल मे बसा हुआ है । कभी न भुलने वाला यादगार समय ।

    • @shariqaqeel
      @shariqaqeel Před 3 lety +2

      Sahi kaha bhai
      Jub bhi us time ki videos dekhta hon aanso nikal parte hain

  • @azharentertainments1373
    @azharentertainments1373 Před 3 lety +40

    0:40 well we have superman chacha😂

  • @aviralsinghal1274
    @aviralsinghal1274 Před 3 lety +98

    Wow. Steam powered cranes too.
    Mechanical engineering in those days was awesome.

  • @nagarajansettipalli5677
    @nagarajansettipalli5677 Před 2 lety +14

    I am a retired railway employee of SC Rly. I worked with steam engines. Sweet memories of my early days of service.

    • @abhijitguha494
      @abhijitguha494 Před rokem +2

      You Sir are one of the people who shaped the future of India in it’s formative years.

  • @chinuochinu2070
    @chinuochinu2070 Před 4 lety +76

    0:40 Hulk bhai

  • @abhijitguha494
    @abhijitguha494 Před rokem +4

    Thank you for this clip. Feels like I am looking at Indian history in real time. Thanks again mate.

  • @AyushMishra06
    @AyushMishra06 Před 4 lety +56

    The working Conditions were so bad ...these workers were prone to severe respiratory problems...Electric Locos r best

  • @its.deanmartin3757
    @its.deanmartin3757 Před 4 lety +31

    Love the old days happy memories 😊

  • @krishnamanohar1367
    @krishnamanohar1367 Před 3 lety +61

    In those days the camera clarity was superb....(this camera clarity is far better than my present phone camera clarity)😂😂😋😋

    • @KuntalGhosh
      @KuntalGhosh Před 3 lety +7

      Film cameras have way better quality than even some of the modern digital ones . Many of the old moves that has survived in negative films can be transformed to 4k or even 8k video with proper work. Although it will take like a month to transform a 2hr film to 8k film.

  • @mohangopalakrishna3690
    @mohangopalakrishna3690 Před 2 lety +4

    It brings my childhood memory. We used to travel by howrah madras. Mail from kharagpur. Upto 1967 we travelled by steam locomotive only 12 coaches used to be there 3 types class. 1 2 and 3rd class First time rly introduced 17 coaches. With diesel engine Though we had so. Much dust and our eyes used to. Have coal dust whenever we peep through windows still it was golden days because of less population travel was very comfortable

  • @funklover24
    @funklover24 Před 4 lety +25

    1:42 - that's a decent steam-engine! 😉

  • @maheshravela7
    @maheshravela7 Před 4 lety +17

    Wow blessed to see those steam locomotives, thanks for showing us those coal fired steam locomotives 😍👌🏼

  • @HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS

    Just speechless!!!!!
    Steam Locomotives are my first love! ❤️
    As an Indian model railroader, it's my dream to run "Mashal" and "Azad" models on my model railroad layout.
    I'm making these two in 1:87 scale.........
    Hope, very soon these two will run through my model railroad..... 😍

    • @alexwild1435
      @alexwild1435 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Hi, how is your model railway coming along? I’m planning to build a model of EIR from early 1900s.

    • @HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS
      @HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS Před 8 měsíci

      @@alexwild1435 it's going on.... And waiting to see your upcoming layout 😀

    • @alexwild1435
      @alexwild1435 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@HOTRAINUNIVERSEANDDIORAMAS I haven’t started it yet, still planning. I want to run Fairy Queen but can’t find a suitable loco to convert.

  • @LaeeqKhan01
    @LaeeqKhan01 Před 3 lety +5

    Loved it, loved it. Thank you Fern Bahn.

  • @dailyDelhiite
    @dailyDelhiite Před 3 lety +11

    Steam locomotives were the most open locomotives. Only boiler was hidden other than that one could see piston, steam, big wheels, hear the magic sound in the silence of night or day and people would know a train is passing by. In short they were magnets attracting people.

  • @prajjwalchaudhry9277
    @prajjwalchaudhry9277 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for uploading this😍

  • @davindersekhon26
    @davindersekhon26 Před 3 lety +1

    Mashaal, akbar jaise steam engines ko dekh ke dar lag jata tha. Aaj bhi 1994 ka wo din yaad hain jab rudki ke paas maine masoori express ko mashaal jaise engine se pull karte huain dekha tha. Main nangaldam passenger se jab Punjab jaata tha to jaise hee train station par aati to toofan sa aa jata tha. Steam hee steam ho jaati sab jagah. Kaya din they wo. Aaj Nangaldam passenger Himachal express hain. Jab naya naya Diesel engine lagna shuru hua to bada khush hua ki ab hum jaldi pohancha karenge. Time tab bhi 8 ghante lagte they or aaj bhi almost utna he time lagta hain. But steam engine ko dekhte hee ab bachpan yaad aa jata hain. What a time it was.

  • @railyatri8891
    @railyatri8891 Před 3 lety +2

    This amazing capture Indian steam engine Thanks for sharing this video 👍

  • @Spankbucket
    @Spankbucket Před 3 lety +6

    Brilliant scenes you captured. I especially like the working steam cranes transporting the coal for the loco tenders.

  • @Life_is_Awesome_Civil
    @Life_is_Awesome_Civil Před 3 lety +8

    Nice yaar ... Good working

    • @kaladar5377
      @kaladar5377 Před 3 lety

      Yes, maine kisi ko pooch tha woh keh the hai 94 bahuth accha year tha. Aur mujhe bhi accha lagtha hai wus saal. Bahuth saare enjoy kiya tha 1994 mere freedom year hai. Keval mujhe nai saare kehthe hai woh really nice year

  • @cyruslovesindia
    @cyruslovesindia Před 4 lety +56

    This video footage itself is very old from 1994-1995.
    Steam locomotive trains no longer remain in India except the rare heritage and tourists trains! Steam locomotives were in decline from late 70,s itself in India.
    Major cities had shunned steam by then. Only small towns and branch lines operated them.
    Steam broad gauge main line officially ended in 1995 in India but it was more of the few sporadic services which were remaining. Metre Gauge Steam I believe ended in the year 2000.

    • @cyruslovesindia
      @cyruslovesindia Před 3 lety +14

      @@sumitparchani5612 footage could be older too. As by 1994 - 99% of steam locomotive mainline trains in India were gone.

    • @satyavega
      @satyavega Před 3 lety +2

      This must be 70's......definitely not 90's.

    • @cyruslovesindia
      @cyruslovesindia Před 3 lety +2

      @@satyavega possible as by 80,s itself there were no steam locomotive trains in major cities of India except the very few sporadic services remaining for the branch lines of towns and villages and few metre gauge services. Mainline steam trains majorly declined from the 70,s onwards as diesel and electric locomotives took over.

    • @PrashanthSadashivan
      @PrashanthSadashivan Před 3 lety +2

      The decline of steam on started in the early 70s as the last steam locomotive was manufactured in India in 1972; only diesel or electric thereafter.

    • @ageless1003
      @ageless1003 Před rokem +1

      I used to travel from Lucknow to Ara (Bihar) via Indian railways hauled by steam locomotives in 1994-95

  • @IndranathGaurTraveller
    @IndranathGaurTraveller Před 4 lety +10

    Thanks... rare footage

  • @vishwajitpawar4076
    @vishwajitpawar4076 Před 3 lety +2

    Wonderful video about steam engines.Good old memories. Thanks.

  • @aniketmeshram6598
    @aniketmeshram6598 Před 4 lety +53

    0:40
    You gotta be kidding me 😳

    • @arunabhapaul8656
      @arunabhapaul8656 Před 4 lety +25

      The weight of the locomotive lays centred in middle, so that a single person can move the turn table

    • @app8790
      @app8790 Před 3 lety

      Exactly

    • @raazahmed6485
      @raazahmed6485 Před 3 lety

      9j K.

    • @raazahmed6485
      @raazahmed6485 Před 3 lety

      @@arunabhapaul8656 it

    • @sudhakar3991
      @sudhakar3991 Před 3 lety +2

      @@arunabhapaul8656 we need anothervman to have a couple. But in those days who knows Mechanical Science, evey one are hard working throughout day

  • @seba81376
    @seba81376 Před 3 lety +3

    glorious good all days of steam indian railways missig those charm

  • @RavinderKumar-zz7oj
    @RavinderKumar-zz7oj Před 7 měsíci

    Hamre ghar ke top floor se railway line dikhti thi jab train wahan se nikalti thi , ham bache bhaag kar uper wale floor per pahunch jaate thy , aap ne bachpan ke yaadin taza kar di thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊😊

  • @srinivaspakala6959
    @srinivaspakala6959 Před 3 lety +3

    Great post.. thanks alot for taking me to my child hood days...🙏🙏👌🙏👌👌

  • @taurusguy8983
    @taurusguy8983 Před 4 lety +1

    Nostalgic thank u it was fabulous

  • @emmanuelpaulraj4680
    @emmanuelpaulraj4680 Před 3 lety +3

    Hard working people. I can remember my childhood golden days

  • @Isochest
    @Isochest Před rokem

    Brilliant footage!

  • @RAILROADMANIA
    @RAILROADMANIA Před 2 lety

    Great video sir 👍

  • @vishal_electrodharwad7678

    Nice video

  • @AviHarmonium
    @AviHarmonium Před 3 lety

    Very 2 thanks to post this video

  • @anunggaming
    @anunggaming Před 3 lety +1

    wonderful footage, like

  • @spitfire4474
    @spitfire4474 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for sharing 🙏

  • @sst55555
    @sst55555 Před 2 lety +1

    Old memorable days with my father ❤️

  • @mlulovemyindialovemyindia1167

    Wow those were the days 👍 great Video 🙏 these were hardworking people. They must have suffered from lungs problems.

  • @somnathchanda1250
    @somnathchanda1250 Před 3 lety +11

    every worker needed mask against toxic coal dust

  • @REDISCOVER7769
    @REDISCOVER7769 Před 3 lety

    Awesome videography

  • @thesocialcommenter5004

    Thanks for the wonderful old is gold video enjoyed watching it 🙏

  • @starline9557
    @starline9557 Před 3 lety +1

    super , i remember my childhood

  • @aestheticworld5253
    @aestheticworld5253 Před 2 lety

    wah bhai kaya video hai 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @anointedmercyministry7349

    Thank u sir for record of my India

  • @prakashsawant169
    @prakashsawant169 Před 3 lety

    👍 This video super 👏👏👏

  • @billabilla6503
    @billabilla6503 Před 3 lety

    Nice video.

  • @harikumar6501
    @harikumar6501 Před 3 lety

    Amazing i salute indian railway 😍😍

  • @shyam6822
    @shyam6822 Před rokem

    बहुत खूब यादगार

  • @satyajitdhumal9455
    @satyajitdhumal9455 Před 4 lety +1

    Long time
    Anyways thank you

  • @harjapsingh8942
    @harjapsingh8942 Před 3 lety +1

    Harjaap singh khaira wonderful video. Thanks

  • @KumarKumar-yn6dp
    @KumarKumar-yn6dp Před 3 lety

    Nice vedio

  • @kailashnarayanpatidar4438

    Very nice

  • @soundar4270
    @soundar4270 Před 6 měsíci

    Being Mechanical Engineer, l really miss this Iron horse/ Big brother Steam Locomotive.
    It is highly pollutant.
    However, the reciprocating Piston - Crank with Chugging sound with Majestic head light & unique honk are very special to watch.
    Indian Railways can design CNG boiler for Steam Locomotive to avoid pollution & use Steam Locomotive for houling Tourist trains.
    Electric back up van can be used for coaches light/AC purposes
    CNG is clean fuel.
    We can not see black Smoke but we can enjoy the Steam Locomotive ride.

  • @gregsmith1719
    @gregsmith1719 Před 3 lety +2

    Incredible! What a world we live in!

  • @pradeepgalgali
    @pradeepgalgali Před 2 lety

    😍lovely

  • @im._.AjayKumar
    @im._.AjayKumar Před 3 lety +1

    That was awsome...
    OMG
    Aaj SRE kitna change ho gaya h... ❤❤

  • @RohitKapoorYouTube
    @RohitKapoorYouTube Před 3 lety +2

    Nostalgia 😍

  • @peterasp1968
    @peterasp1968 Před 2 měsíci

    That old man at 0.40 was terrific😮

  • @simantbhigarde4948
    @simantbhigarde4948 Před 3 lety +2

    Steam loco engines were so fast and so attractive in that era of time

  • @PrekiFromPoland
    @PrekiFromPoland Před 2 lety +8

    WP class locomotives - interesting how these were built by a variety of manufacturers from North America and Europe. Thirty of them were built at Fablok Chrzanów, Poland. WP 3024 was the 5000th locomotive assembled since the factory's inception. Sadly, Fablok as a locomotive builder is all gone now.

  • @bhaveshchauhan6899
    @bhaveshchauhan6899 Před 3 lety +1

    Really hard working people... appreciate yaar ....

  • @singhsab9542
    @singhsab9542 Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely, I have seen this during my childhood.

  • @asthaksangeetacademy7167

    Wonderful

  • @bvks9460
    @bvks9460 Před 2 lety +1

    Feeling nostalgic ☺️

  • @goa3115
    @goa3115 Před 3 lety

    Wow!

  • @HR.ASHOOK
    @HR.ASHOOK Před 2 lety

    बहोत बढ़िया है! 👍🆗

  • @surajkantlalprasad7507

    It's golden time golden videos

  • @travel_train
    @travel_train Před rokem

    Nice Memories

  • @9356079
    @9356079 Před 3 lety +1

    Cant believe they ran coal fired locos till early 90s. Still its a amazing video.

    • @dineshbugalia7297
      @dineshbugalia7297 Před 3 lety

      Looks like u weren't born by that time...last of them ran till 98

  • @aviationroadto
    @aviationroadto Před 3 lety +1

    That is soooooooooooooooooo cool

  • @mahendradabi3502
    @mahendradabi3502 Před rokem

    I remember my father's old days. Salute old days

  • @manjujadhav7033
    @manjujadhav7033 Před 3 lety

    Lovely no fear cool

  • @TheRailFanBongGuy
    @TheRailFanBongGuy Před 3 lety

    Nice 💙

  • @IndranathGaurTraveller

    Nice

  • @maheshmagi307
    @maheshmagi307 Před 3 lety

    I've seen few videos like steam era.
    But clarity is good...

  • @grenvilledcosta
    @grenvilledcosta Před 3 lety

    Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

  • @user-fh4om6gq8c
    @user-fh4om6gq8c Před 10 měsíci

    I miss you indian old engine 😔🇮🇳❤️

  • @kuldeepkumarsharma6438

    I travelled a lot in trains pulled by these engines......miss them

  • @TheFlanker488
    @TheFlanker488 Před 2 lety

    Gorgeous WG class frighter😍

  • @shamlimbore9406
    @shamlimbore9406 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful,

  • @kunwarsahab3307
    @kunwarsahab3307 Před 3 lety

    Amazing forever

  • @virendraSingh-je3sx
    @virendraSingh-je3sx Před 3 lety +1

    Polluted but we liked that era of trains with coal run engines

  • @ajaibanerji6677
    @ajaibanerji6677 Před 3 lety +2

    Saharanpur shed had closed within a few years of this video. Finally a few WGs were being used on the local slow trains.

  • @cz8358
    @cz8358 Před 4 lety +1

    Лайк:-)

  • @MohanKumar-ce7sj
    @MohanKumar-ce7sj Před rokem

    Hamare bachpan ki yad a gai

  • @indrajitprayogo14
    @indrajitprayogo14 Před 4 lety +9

    Wait in 1994 india still uses steam power ?!
    *AWESOME*

    • @cyruslovesindia
      @cyruslovesindia Před 4 lety +7

      By 1980 or so most of the steam train locomotives were stopped in India but few services remained. Officially speaking all scheduled steam locomotive trains of broad gauge ended in 1995 and metre gauge in 2000 in India
      Now only the heritage and few tourist steam locomotive trains remain in India.
      In UK Germany USA though steam locomotive trains remain in plentiful. Even in Russia and China has a lot of industrial steam locomotive trains working in the mine quarries.
      UK has even mainline steam locomotive trains plying almost daily somewhere in their country.

    • @indrajitprayogo14
      @indrajitprayogo14 Před 4 lety +3

      @@cyruslovesindia wow awesome info man 👍

    • @cyruslovesindia
      @cyruslovesindia Před 4 lety +2

      @@indrajitprayogo14 thanks. I've never sat in a steam locomotive train in India but have travelled in steam locomotive trains quite a bit in UK when I was there. It's just a different feeling altogether, and If you see their locomotives you'd probably think they're brand new, that's how well maintained they are.

    • @linblosune
      @linblosune Před 4 lety +3

      @@indrajitprayogo14 Great slice of history and the video of steam powered crane is also very special.

    • @loveislife-bs2fz
      @loveislife-bs2fz Před 4 lety +3

      @@cyruslovesindia In the 90s, BG steam sheds were at Bhusaval- closed in dec. '93, Rewari- closed in dec. 1993, Moradabad- closed in dec. '94, jalandhar- closed in 1996, Laksar- closed in 1995 and Saharanpur closed in 1996. Asansol, Dhanbad, Rampurhat, Sahibganj, jhajha and Sitarampur (all in Eastern Railway zones) were also active till mid 90s. Among all the above, Only Rewari steam shed has been revived as heritage steam shed, Asansol Shed has now become a fully electric loco shed.

  • @manishsyal3917
    @manishsyal3917 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting

  • @shadabmajor1747
    @shadabmajor1747 Před 3 lety

    Yahi waqt sakun that kitna khubsurat hai Mera Bharat

  • @kannangk5406
    @kannangk5406 Před 3 lety

    Semma

  • @avi13111980
    @avi13111980 Před 3 lety

    बचपन याद आ गया

  • @thesacredgurkha6529
    @thesacredgurkha6529 Před 3 lety

    Steam cranes wow mesmerizing 😀

  • @johnhudson4928
    @johnhudson4928 Před 3 lety

    Looks grand and mighty.

  • @anilpille189
    @anilpille189 Před 3 lety

    Golden Era That will Never come again

  • @viaansfunworld4189
    @viaansfunworld4189 Před 3 lety +3

    Missing my Hometown MBD a lot

  • @challenger13_31
    @challenger13_31 Před 4 lety +7

    Pure gold

  • @manjujadhav7033
    @manjujadhav7033 Před 3 lety

    What a great man

  • @Ab-ii4oc
    @Ab-ii4oc Před rokem

    South eastern railway especially tata howrah route was developed in that sense ...I never saw steam engine in my childhood during 90s

  • @travelwithjanith
    @travelwithjanith Před 3 lety

    Woow ෆට්ට👀👀👀👀🔥 🇱🇰

  • @Vjhandle
    @Vjhandle Před 3 lety +1

    Powerful Man Indian Hulk 😃