20131212 19 MYANMAR NAMTU WALLAH GORGE 1/2
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Chemin de fer de Mines de la Birmanie : Namtu
2014: 100 ans!
La région de Namtu a fait face à de sévère pluie durant la saison sèche. Cinq sections de ligne entre Tiger Camp et ER Vallée ont été endommagées, même le railtruck ne passait plus. Les travaux de reconstruction ont démarré dès la fin des pluies, tout ne fût pas réparé mais nous avons pu monter jusque ER Vallée. De là un peu de marche à pieds et un camion nous ont permis d’atteindre Bawdwin et l’usine.
La situation du chemin de fer des mines est en baisse, malgré que le nouvel investisseur laisse fonctionner la partie jusque Wallah par la gorge ; les camions ont pris le relais entre Bawdwin et Namtu pour le transport du zinc.
La nouvelle fonderie (l’ancienne fut détruite durant la seconde guerre mondiale) a été construite à seulement deux miles de l’ancienne, mais sans embranchement ferroviaire.Depuis 2009 aucun train n'est monté à la fonderie.
Nous étions le premier groupe à monter en train à vapeur jusqu'à la fonderie.
Un rail a cassé lors des manœuvres dans l’ancienne fonderie, retardant de quelques heures notre programme. Tout a été réparé et nous avons pu reprendre notre circuit.
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Burma Mines Railway: Namtu
2014: 100 years!
In Namtu the situation was different. They faced severe rain in the dry season. Five small sections of the track between Tiger Camp and E.R. Valley were damaged and couldn’t even be passed by a railcar. We asked them to repair as much as they could, but they replied they can’t do anything before the rain stops. Eventually it stopped raining, but the time wasn’t sufficient to repair all the broken sections. But they managed it, at least, to the second reversal and the pagoda. From there we had to take a railcar. The light railcar was able to go up to E.R. Valley. As the railcar in Bawdwin is broken and couldn’t take us we had to walk from here. At the first possible point a road truck took us to the mine and the concentrator plant.
Since our last visit, the situation of the railway had become depressing. Although the new investor let them work the track through to Walla Gorge, he’d decided to use trucks for the lead and zinc transport from Bawdwin to Namtu.
They’ve built a new smelter near the site of the old smelter (the one which was bombed to the ground by the Royal Air Force in WWII), some two miles along the way to Namyao. They used the railway to transport some construction materials up there although the smelter has no rail connection and is not visible from the railway. The line is usable and obviously in a good shape. Since 2009 no train has run up to the smelter. We were told that the smelter is still in working order, but recruiting staff to run it wouldn’t be easy as most of the original staff are now working in the new smelter, elsewhere or retired.
We were the first group ever to run a steam train up to the smelter. I tried this about a decade ago, but our loco failed to haul the two wagons up to the smelter. This time we paid a four digit sum of money (in Pounds - not in Kyats) to repair the track. It took us a good while up there to bring two points back to life, but we got the desired shots. After it, a rail cracked and the loco derailed with all axles. With the help of diesel DC 303 they re-railed the loco within an hour. It went back to the depot and was repaired there within half an hour, so we could run our intended afternoon charter train to Lopah.
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Purely Nostalgic and thanks for uploading. Rail Fan Sri Lanka.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 ай бұрын
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De fait, aprés avoir regardé à nouveau il faut admettre que c'est un travail énorme pour construire des séquences qui se tiennent et qui restituent l'ambiance ,lécoulement du temps et les silences .Trés bien, vraiment.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup ! Bon visionnage sur notre chaîne
I worked in that Bawdwin mine in 1978 as underground mining Levelboss .The video was remember to me the past.Thanks a lot.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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i remember for namtu bawdwin everyday. i never forget not. thankyou. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@FrancevuedutrainEu
11 ай бұрын
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Superbe (comme d'habitude). J'aime beaucoup les "sablières", façon Darjeeling et l'aiguillage "manoeuvré" à la masse.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
Merci Claude ! Pour le Darjeeling je verrais en novembre...... ;-)
অপূর্ব ।মনে হলো ছোটবেলার আসামকে ফিরে পেলাম।ধন্যবাদ ।
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Amazing rail movie! Awesome images with Steam Loco in action and great sounds! Also beautiful places and landscapes! Good work! I like this video! ;) Greetings & Respects from Romania Andrew
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 жыл бұрын
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@PatrickLechevallier
9 жыл бұрын
Beautyfull....Superbe et merci!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 жыл бұрын
Patrick Lechevallier Merci beaucoup ! Bon visionnage sur notre chaîne !
Excellent program and great photography
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 жыл бұрын
is1943 Thank you very much! Good viewing on our channel
J'adore merci de la visite.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup ! Bon visionnage sur notre chaîne !
Thanks so much for this program. It is very difficult to arrive there and see.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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Thank you for this great video.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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Very interesting video.I like it very much. Thank you for sharing )
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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Fantastic footage!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
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Кувалда есть оказывается везде, мастера песочных насыпей, замечательно. Паровозик видно "Маневровый! - подпрыгнет, постучит, пыхтит и шибко едет затем. Есть еще мастера водить паровозы. Очень интересно! С Уважением!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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A great video! . Bien joué!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
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Great video, thanks a lot :)
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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@funklover24
8 жыл бұрын
+francevuedutrain Thanks, I am looking forward to it. :)
Bien présenté jolie animation pour les cartes. Intéressant. Donne envie de partir.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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so amazing journey and picture
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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Ваши съёмки очень интересные. С Уважением, Россия.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Lindo vidio parabéns pelo trabalho
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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The place,houses,trees etc looks so similar to my home state..Its like any random small village in Assam. Except we don't have narrow gauge and Steam Trains anymore..
@FrancevuedutrainEu
5 жыл бұрын
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What a cute, little train.
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7 жыл бұрын
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@subhashismodak6452
4 жыл бұрын
bg147 is a good
@subhashismodak6452
4 жыл бұрын
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I Live in Myanmar, Myanmar and Beautiful,
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Mechanical nobility and human bravery
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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На видио показаны идут мальчики, наверно вырастут и будут водить паровозы, это очень интересно! Здоровья и удачи !
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Working their job very sincerely
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7 ай бұрын
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Очень интересный фильм. Но много вопросов. Там всегда так ездили - с живым механизмом пескоподачи? Стрелка на главном пути - и переводится ломом и кувалдой?
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 ай бұрын
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Bardzo ładny i ciekawy film!pozdrawiam!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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a very old train can still pass several stations, very good
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3 жыл бұрын
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Bom trabalho
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Nice really good
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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very good video
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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The rail must be wet. I saw two people sitting in front of the locomotive spreading the sand on rail in front of the train to have a better traction.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
Жыл бұрын
Not specially wet but sand is needed. Thank's for watching
Que emprego bom,, passeando e só jogando areia nos trilhos...kkk quero um desse !!! kkkk
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8 жыл бұрын
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Gostei
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Very nice
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5 жыл бұрын
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Amazing rail documentary film. Know about steam engine
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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muito bom
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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put sand on the tracks i guess friction from tjb p.s thanks for sharing the video and needs maintenance.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
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happy villages
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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Quiero un trabajo así viajar por ahí y tirando arena a la via.
the 2 sander dudes are legit lol
very good
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6 жыл бұрын
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What gauge are those rails? They're some of the roughest I've ever seen!
@arch9enius
8 жыл бұрын
+Ni Oxx 2 foot gauge, lb I couldn't guess.
Good
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5 жыл бұрын
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Why do they put sand on the tracks ahead of the train? Anyone know? Thanks.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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@royreynolds108
7 жыл бұрын
For extra traction between the drive wheels and the rails. Just about all railroads other than rack(cog) use sand this way though the sand is in boxes and is directed to the rails by pipes and air.
METAL
pues ya va tocando renovar las vías y si me apuras el material de tracción pero se perdería el encanto seguro
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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What were they mining there, coal?
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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100.year back fillings .maintain the train.. .
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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Continuous manual sanding and obviously stage-managed!
@FrancevuedutrainEu
Жыл бұрын
Thank's
Mr sandman!
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6 жыл бұрын
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😉👍😊
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8 ай бұрын
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distance bitol 1 metre?
@FrancevuedutrainEu
3 жыл бұрын
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Why is the fellow in front of the engine keeps on putting sand down?
@FrancevuedutrainEu
6 жыл бұрын
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@michaelcoulter7844
3 жыл бұрын
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like like like....
@FrancevuedutrainEu
9 жыл бұрын
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WICH GAUGE, BROD GAUGE, STANDARD GAUGE, MITERGAUGE, NARROW GAUGE ? ? ? ? INDIA
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
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cowboy see again. .📺
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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Parowóz fajna maszyna ale diesel by się przydał :-)
not guessing reason trackion from tjb p.s i'm 100% right reason put sand on track.
@FrancevuedutrainEu
7 жыл бұрын
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@timb393
7 жыл бұрын
and thanks a lot reason study from tjb p.s improvement on track.
One thing I find surprising is that the choo-choo of the loco are not equally spaced. Instead of a regular choo-choo-choo-choo we hear (especially in the first 7~8 minutes of the vid) choochoo - choochoo - choochoo - choochoo. Lige if the two cylinders were not en exact 90° apart. Listen at 4:18 , 5:22 , 6:10, 6:22, 6:42 and many others.
@royreynolds108
7 жыл бұрын
It is not the cylinders but the crank pins on the drivers that are 90 degrees apart so the loco can be started from any position of the cranks. The problem you hear is that the valve gear is not adjusted evenly on the four strokes.
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real old cheanel
@FrancevuedutrainEu
8 жыл бұрын
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burma
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9 ай бұрын
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Every village.on the interiors of every country in southern Asia is like this.Same type of trains which the British intriduced. India naturally has the largest Network and new infrastructure, more utility based than show or status based.Indian Railwats carry number of people equal to entire population of nany large su,of countries.
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3 жыл бұрын
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