Darjeeling Himalayan Rly in 1979

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  • čas přidán 29. 11. 2018
  • 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.

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  • @anuprashpradhaan
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety +62

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

    • @user87959
      @user87959 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @joydeepmukherjee9822
    @joydeepmukherjee9822 Před 2 lety +44

    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.❤

  • @naturelover9993
    @naturelover9993 Před 3 lety +8

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

  • @arunkhanna5160
    @arunkhanna5160 Před 3 lety +1

    शानदार विडियो सुटिंग के लिए धन्यवाद । लाजवाब साईड दृश्य।

  • @avijitbanerjee9050
    @avijitbanerjee9050 Před 2 lety +19

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

  • @DillonTrinhProductions
    @DillonTrinhProductions Před 6 měsíci

    We're so lucky that this railway still survives.

  • @rupsvlogs9288
    @rupsvlogs9288 Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @paulravenscroft1704
      @paulravenscroft1704  Před 4 lety +5

      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.

  • @rajeshgupta866
    @rajeshgupta866 Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @peterfarrell1989
    @peterfarrell1989 Před 5 lety +16

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

  • @bonvoyage6661
    @bonvoyage6661 Před 3 lety +6

    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..😁😁

  • @mahmudashaheen
    @mahmudashaheen Před 2 lety

    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....

  • @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...

  • @manjuchettri6191
    @manjuchettri6191 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video of Darjeeling

  • @abhishekdas6062
    @abhishekdas6062 Před 2 lety

    sokal sokal darun ekta video deklam

  • @kevin_jeankevin4803
    @kevin_jeankevin4803 Před 4 lety +12

    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
      @paulravenscroft1704  Před 4 lety +2

      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
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety +9

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

  • @beezxxx
    @beezxxx Před 2 lety

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

  • @bandanarai1633
    @bandanarai1633 Před rokem

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

  • @shraddhampradhan4012
    @shraddhampradhan4012 Před 5 lety +19

    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
      @shovitchettri-07 Před 5 lety +2

      Shraddha M Pradhan wow so nostalgic :)

    • @solomonsilal3180
      @solomonsilal3180 Před 5 lety +1

      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

  • @RAIRAILFAN
    @RAIRAILFAN Před 2 lety

    Great video clips

  • @oggyolive9652
    @oggyolive9652 Před 2 lety

    Lots of beautiful vehicle

  • @jolla9963
    @jolla9963 Před 2 lety +3

    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
    @akpurti17 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @rohinmagar8727
    @rohinmagar8727 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @sk00411
    @sk00411 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @tourtraveldiscover
    @tourtraveldiscover Před 4 lety +5

    I am from Siliguri, now toy train runs.

  • @anuprashpradhaan
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @shandybrandy5407
    @shandybrandy5407 Před 2 lety +2

    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...

  • @abhigyanrai385
    @abhigyanrai385 Před 2 lety

    It gives me memories of the Toy Train

  • @dayaindraluksom9434
    @dayaindraluksom9434 Před 2 lety

    Love u Darjeeling I m

  • @latapariyar2447
    @latapariyar2447 Před 2 lety

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

  • @somnathde8680
    @somnathde8680 Před 2 lety

    Thanks.

  • @ghayalgaming5451
    @ghayalgaming5451 Před 2 lety

    I ❤❤❤ Darjeeling

  • @prashantgurung7955
    @prashantgurung7955 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @vikramthakur3542
    @vikramthakur3542 Před 2 lety

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

  • @ntnblr
    @ntnblr Před 2 lety

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

  • @abhisheklama5264
    @abhisheklama5264 Před 5 lety +4

    Thank-you for an amazing piece of history

  • @akshaymalshikar5567
    @akshaymalshikar5567 Před rokem

    Wow लोग सफर का मजा ले रहे हे 👌👌👌

  • @rajuthapathaparaju3142

    I love 70 80

  • @vikramthakur1179
    @vikramthakur1179 Před 2 měsíci

    An era gone by

  • @karmagyatsokaleonpa6208
    @karmagyatsokaleonpa6208 Před 5 lety +2

    1979 i born ,amazing

  • @MrLepchabaw
    @MrLepchabaw Před 2 lety

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

  • @udayanmustafi3963
    @udayanmustafi3963 Před 2 lety +1

    Very much glad to see this 🚊

  • @subhadeepsarkar435
    @subhadeepsarkar435 Před 2 lety +1

    Bahh!

  • @chompheltsering7444
    @chompheltsering7444 Před 5 lety

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

  • @nirupengurung6949
    @nirupengurung6949 Před 2 lety

    Luv u Darjeeling. India🇮🇳🇮🇳 💕❤

  • @priyacharichakravarti6868

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

  • @cosmic2096
    @cosmic2096 Před 2 lety

    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 .

  • @sanjayrai501
    @sanjayrai501 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the upload..

  • @Gauravrocks-fh3dx
    @Gauravrocks-fh3dx Před 3 lety +1

    Train wistle is like a melody ❤️❤️❤️

  • @akhileshpradhan3018
    @akhileshpradhan3018 Před 5 lety

    Many many thanks for this video...

  • @Suresh-ws7dt
    @Suresh-ws7dt Před 5 lety

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

  • @wangchukmadantamang4335

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

  • @CraftSoftwareTech
    @CraftSoftwareTech Před 2 lety

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

  • @babyaakshovya9925
    @babyaakshovya9925 Před 5 lety +6

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

  • @deorupatamang2760
    @deorupatamang2760 Před 2 lety

    Nice memory thanks for uploading 😁😁

  • @matsungtemjen3999
    @matsungtemjen3999 Před rokem

    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

  • @inderjeetsingh-tu9jw
    @inderjeetsingh-tu9jw Před 10 měsíci

    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.

  • @kalluchettri5666
    @kalluchettri5666 Před rokem

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

  • @roshanthapa7075
    @roshanthapa7075 Před 2 lety

    Omg whoever shot this thank you so much ❤

    • @paulravenscroft1704
      @paulravenscroft1704  Před rokem

      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
    @jpt27 Před 2 lety

    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
      @paulravenscroft1704  Před 2 lety

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

  • @mintoobanerjee9507
    @mintoobanerjee9507 Před 2 lety

    Love form Darjeeling
    ❤️🧡❤️🧡

  • @babukundubabukundu479
    @babukundubabukundu479 Před 2 lety +1

    Love from siliguri ❤

  • @sonalisaha7116
    @sonalisaha7116 Před 5 lety

    Beautiful as always

    • @DooarsTraveller
      @DooarsTraveller Před 5 lety

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  • @birenjena3758
    @birenjena3758 Před 5 lety

    Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

  • @deadmayhem6435
    @deadmayhem6435 Před 2 lety

    43 years ago from today 😭

  • @inderkhatri4258
    @inderkhatri4258 Před 5 lety +1

    Heart touching

  • @amansingh-kx1br
    @amansingh-kx1br Před 2 lety

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

  • @arunlanke7031
    @arunlanke7031 Před 2 lety

    Most fantastic Rail journey.

  • @SurajRoy
    @SurajRoy Před rokem

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

  • @agusubba3737
    @agusubba3737 Před 5 lety

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

  • @shashankgolay2468
    @shashankgolay2468 Před 2 lety

    Those were the golden days.

  • @lawjwab
    @lawjwab Před 3 lety

    Lovely 👍

  • @niten2810
    @niten2810 Před 2 lety

    We miss old dj

  • @buzzlightyear120
    @buzzlightyear120 Před 2 lety

    "Mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi tu"

  • @bhupathikrishnajirao6671

    Ñice video

  • @SILOPshuvambanerjee
    @SILOPshuvambanerjee Před 2 lety

    Love from Darjeeling
    It was much clearer in 70s

    • @thegamehhh255
      @thegamehhh255 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @dinolahsang8635
    @dinolahsang8635 Před 2 lety

    hamro Darjeeling

  • @ankitraii_136
    @ankitraii_136 Před 2 lety +1

    🥺 my place ❤️❤️

  • @mtbsikkimtour5232
    @mtbsikkimtour5232 Před 2 lety

    This is called real world

  • @MrAravindarao
    @MrAravindarao Před 2 lety

    Epic

  • @kamod9080
    @kamod9080 Před 2 lety

    Just wow😯❤

  • @sukumarsil6382
    @sukumarsil6382 Před 3 lety

    Excellent picture

  • @rohitchhetri4097
    @rohitchhetri4097 Před 2 lety

    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
      @abinandhanjain9254 Před rokem

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

  • @anuprashpradhaan
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety +1

    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 ।

  • @anuprashpradhaan
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @pratimasaha1077
    @pratimasaha1077 Před 2 lety

    heart touching

  • @surjitdebnath5672
    @surjitdebnath5672 Před 2 lety

    Amazing

  • @anjilgurung7629
    @anjilgurung7629 Před 2 lety

    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✌

  • @johnlyndem7581
    @johnlyndem7581 Před 2 lety +1

    Mera sapno ki rani kab ai gi tuu

  • @jaydeepshiralkar954
    @jaydeepshiralkar954 Před 5 lety

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

  • @shahbazshaikh2396
    @shahbazshaikh2396 Před 5 lety +1

    Mash Allah

  • @vivnicholas4052
    @vivnicholas4052 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @jasongurung7984
    @jasongurung7984 Před 5 lety

    The Queen of Hill's👌

  • @Weeklydoseofrailways
    @Weeklydoseofrailways Před 2 lety +1

    Wow...can I use this video in my train compilation video credit to you in video will be given

  • @ajaytamang2538
    @ajaytamang2538 Před 2 lety

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

  • @indugurung3597
    @indugurung3597 Před 5 lety +2

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💓💓❤️💓💓💓💓💓

  • @anuprashpradhaan
    @anuprashpradhaan Před 5 lety +2

    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
      @BhaktaTamang-rs3uy Před 25 dny

      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.

  • @rubeenavuzel7443
    @rubeenavuzel7443 Před 3 lety +1

    A amma trainko sound that music 🎵🎶 full EDm

  • @prasanthapa_ancient
    @prasanthapa_ancient Před 2 lety

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