The channel features video clips of real working steam where it was to be found in the 1990s and early 2000s. With new opportunities to see real working steam now limited to China, Java, Bosnia and Zimbabwe (and in all of these countries, it is going fast), I am now uploading some of my earlier footage to RU-vid. Since around 2000, I have been producing and selling DVDs of digital, HD and now 4K real working steam with a bit of preserved railways and charter steam. If you enjoy what you see here, let me know and it will encourage to put up more footage of Java, China, Turkey, Cuba, Poland, Bosnia, India, Germany, etc.
Goon Morning. Thank you for this wonderful video, My school friend Chris travelled on this train in the late 60's and has often recalled the experience. I suspect he will be thrilled to see it. I a😃😃 modeler of narrow-gauge railways its fascinating and provides much material for future developments.
They are empty log bogies - sometimes referred to as disconnects. When a long tree trunk is loaded two bogies can be move to be at either end of the log. The weight of the log on the superstructure is normally enough to keep them in place, but cables or chains are normally used to connect the two bogies together underneath the logs. The superstructures can rotate to allow the logs and the train to go round the bends. Often a number of trunks of similar length will be placed between two bogies. With loaded log trains you have to look out for branches and other projections which can make the train 'out of gauge'. Don't stand too close to the track! Please see ngdiscussion.net/phorum/file.php?1,file=2914,in_body_attachment=1
I wonder if they can still be operated and if there is any track for them to run on. Steam locos normally have one year boiler certificates which are issued after a series of tests. I doubt that these annual tests are being carried out. However, a visit to see the locos may be of interest to enthusiasts. Does the mill still have security guards in place - I assume so - and what arrangements would need to be made to access the yard to see them? I believe it was 2015 when the field lines closed and no steam locos were in action. My group chartered a loco and train of empties which we took around past the school heading to the fields in the east.
@@JohnRaby Unfortunately, now the lorry tracks of PG Sumberharjo no longer exist and many railroad bridges have been dismantled. Because my house is not far from PG Sumberharjo.
Super surprise John, assumed you'd uploaded all of the Romanian stuff!! Apols for appearing at the beginning! It was a great day, the video really captures it well and brings back cold damp memories! At least there was a warm and sustaining lunch!
My research on Google Maps suggests that this is in the area of Krandegan between Pagottan and Ponorogo. Maybe an Indonesian resident can place this better.
Love to - people, food, scenery, warmth but give me some railway reasons to come back... Senang dengan - orang, makanan, pemandangan, kehangatan tetapi beri saya beberapa alasan kereta api untuk kembali...
@@JohnRaby I saw it at the opening of the 2024 milling season, but if I'm not mistaken after the opening of the mill the steam locomotive will only run when there is a rental or when it is needed, more precisely at a certain time the locomotive is running.
Yep, well spotted - speeded up x2. The sequence had no sound as the external mike wasn't properly plugged in. So, I thought 'opening sequence, speeded up, add some sound from a different sequence' although it is the real sound of Paul and Wilton.
It's a former field line. On one of Rob Dickinson's trips we had a train out on this line. I seem to remember one of the group put a Kijang in a ditch and we spend our time trying to get it out rather than in pursuing the steam charter. I also remember that it was uphill from the mill on a slight grade. For the record, I think it was probably the line that went out via maps.app.goo.gl/Rg4kPpYZMm1AQrRG7 Serabi Goes - where the dirt track looks like it was once a field line
I assume you are asking about the past as my memory is that the field lines at Sumberharjo did not re-open for the 2015 season. If that is your question, all the lines closed at the end of the 2014 season.
Hi John, I don't know anything about model railroading, but I've strong desire to build the Sha Tau Kok Branch Line. With the limited space I have, I've struggled a lot on what scale I should picked. Besides that, I couldn't find any 2 ft (610 mm) gauge W.G.Bagnall 0-4-4T (those used by VMC) on the model train market. I feel like totally stuck at some dead end!! Could you or anyone shred some lights in this dark tunnel?!
For once you went to a rly I have been to, with Howard Jones. I am pleased to see it is still there. During our trip Howard Drove the std gauge loco Piekna Helena at the end of its working life, so that might help to date the tour.
I had never seen an aux. tender before. Your videography is top notch. Brings back memories of the many times I've spent outdoors it the chilling rain hiking it the mountains.
Wait WHAT? They're restoring that line? Dam.. and we over here couldn't even fix our STANDARD gauge branchlines. Part of me hopes they will restore one of the original engines that ran the line or do a new build of one.
One of the original locos has been acquired and will be restored to operate on the line. The whole line from Sibiu - Agnita is protected but that doesn't mean it is being actively restored. The preservation society has to keep the Cornatel - Hosman section in good repair to operate tourist trains and may be able to slowly add track (initially east of Hosman) to the operating line. To restore Sibiu - Cornatel and Hosman - Agnita will take a bigger operation with serious funding. There is no sign of that at the moment. See sibiuagnitarailway.com and facebook.com/people/SARUK/100071323158719/
Superb video John - thanks for sharing. I never thought I would see a U23A loco working on this line in my lifetime. Then in 2021, when CFR suddenly announced they had decided to auction off a number of steam and diesel locos and some coaches from their 760mm gauge lines, a faint glimmer of hope appeared that we might one day see one of these locos running again. U23A 764.158, which had run for some years on the Sibiu-Agnita line had been plinthed outside Sighisoara CFR station for many years, and was in a sorry state, but was included in the auction. I had some involvement in the auction but was pleased that a small group of British enthusiasts had come up with funding to bid on 764.158 for the Sibiu Group. In the end I provided the funding for the Teaca group to acquire a Px48 and 1 of 2 coaches. Georg Hocevar managed to obtain 2 of the U23A tank locos, of which one is seen here in your film. I am just thrilled to see it running here with the 2 original CFR coaches from the Agnita line, on a typical pre-1970 CFR narrow gauge train.
My thanks to you for your action in saving some of the Romanian narrow gauge locos. Georg has two more U23A tanks in his Criscior Works 764-157 and 764-160 in addition to the loco we see in action in this video 764-159. There is one more in the Dej Museum 764-153. Any more survivors?
@@JohnRaby Thanks for reminding me where 764.153 is - I'd forgotten about that one. 764.158 is the one from Sighisoara, now gradually being rebuilt in the depot at Sibiu. I do have a list of the others - will e-mail it to you.
