I remember taking this train when I was a child. I was 8 years old, travelled there with my parents and siblings. It was an epic journey. I still have fond memories of the luxury train travel (unusual at the time for an African country) and the comfort. Not only this, but this journey was like travelling in a safari, where you could watch elephants, lions, zebras and giraffes from the cabin. These memories will linger in me forever. It was my favorite trip during the school holidays. The service was professional, the beds and bathroom were very clean, the food in the restaurant was impeccable.

Traveled from Nairobi to Mombasa in 1974. Elegant travel, took the overnight. Saw Fort Jesus, stayed at Children’s Resort with my family. Day trip back & saw lions in Tsavo. A great adventure!

I did this trip a couple of times in the years 1960 to 1963 from Mombasa to Nakuru and vice versa. I recall wild animals chasing the train, and beautiful sceneries....

Nairobi hasn't changed so much, I can see the skyline,nice video😅

The modern Chinese designed SGR railway has now taken over, this was the old British colonial railway. Where are these people now, it would be nice to do a followup on them today.

Thank you for sharing this video,,,I live in Kenya 👍

Thank you for the best video, it keeps me remaining the past.

wow thanks for the video. In those days travelling by train was an adventure to look forward to. That was my favorite time especially during the school holidays. It was a 13 hour journey that I did not regret. Wonderful simple food and professionally laid out beds for the night for first and second class passengers. what an experience!!

Nostalgia, l rode 2nd class first time in that train to my first intern job straight from college, fare was 141/= , 🍺 (White cup export) was 12.50ksh per 300ml, dinner 40/= . Four passengers second class cabin with a double Stack bed each side, beddings (2 sheets and light blanket 20/=). It was my standard transport every 3 months to and from Nairobi. Life was too good. We could hire 4 guys one cube and our girlfriends another cube. They didn't allow gender mixing 😀 but we used to just stay at the bar and hammer beers 🍻 till 1.30am when the restaurant closed but one could do a takeaway !

Nairobi has truly changed. There are 10 times more people in the streets as before.

@theemagnate5074

Жыл бұрын

Mainly due to poor urban planning and bad leadership

I can't believe even back then Nairobi was by far better than most current day African cities from the west and east Africa.

Those days when their was life. Nowadays everything is dying.. Dying businesses, dying careers etc..

@iandiru6433

3 жыл бұрын

Am seeing it i hope once the MGR are rehabilitated i try it to Bungoma

Awesome video thanks..I'm just started doing vlogs of Garissa Town but I'm not as good as you. Learning so much from you. Congrats

Nilikuwa na miaka Saba,sahii Niko na 40 na watoto.siku zinaenda kweli

@tonnyanthonys2159

3 жыл бұрын

Inashangaza Sana mwenzangu

@ooluta7578

2 жыл бұрын

Nilikuwa 5...sahii niko 39!

Best video I've seen in a long time on KZread

I CAN NOT FORGET THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS GONE BY

The seats look much better than the new one

The sweet old days I miss them so much

@mumokimichael9682

4 жыл бұрын

I was 6 years old

Your school days memories.

I wonder where these people are now and what they are doing?

@spammail580

3 жыл бұрын

Wako ndani ya SGR wanafilm na iphone

@jasholabaiskelijasholabais6555

3 жыл бұрын

@@spammail580 NOO!! just estimate there age and add 40yrs later,some are dead and maybe they are in 100yrs

wow! such nostalgia.

Memories are made of this .

For a cooler ride on the night train, as it trundled along quite slowly, we used to climb onto the roof and ride up there for a couple of hours.

These people are in their 70's today!!!! TF

@mohamedjama2538

3 жыл бұрын

That's life

@mrsocotraisland1939

3 жыл бұрын

the 2 women are in their late 50's that time they were in mid 20's

Very nostalgic

I did travel in one from msa to nrb...was amazin experience

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE SAME TRAIN PULLED BY THE MAJESTIC 59 CLASS RAILWAY ENGINES IN (1958 )

Those were the days!

Norfolk Hotel has not changed on the outside, I was last there around 1966/7.

@mwanikimwaniki6801

3 жыл бұрын

How old are you people

@Tata-bd9nx

2 жыл бұрын

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 LOL🤣 I've read someone's comment up there saying they used to take the train from school, i'm like..how old are you guys? I wasn't even born yet..but looks like times were good back then

Tsavo right through.

Those trains should have been maintained and refurbished. The best of British technology and innovation!

commenting on 03.08.2021, am already missing the colour of our train.. i remember how the engine cld struggle to get the coaches thro the Rift Valley. The coaches cld follow with a lot tik tik tik, tok tok...

The City look quiet and clean unlike today 2022

I used to use the same train from Kampala to Eldoret and back. We kids used to load up with grease proof bags, fill them with water and bomb anybody in range along the track. Roger Whitaker did the same on the Nairobi run to Eldoret.

1987 Exoticness!

Wow! I was not even born

Looks like Indian railway

Back then as a young boy I used to see this white people in Kenya. We used to give them sugar canes but they had problems to chew because their teeth were not strong like ours to chew

I think Nairobi should have been far by now, if this is what it was in the 80s. I came here during the Fourth all African games .... I was in std 4.

@hochiminh9884

3 жыл бұрын

It seems we are stuck in time. Johannesburg South Africa has also frozen. No major changes since the white rule ended

@mwanikimwaniki6801

3 жыл бұрын

@@hochiminh9884 Nairobi has really changed.

@nairobinyeusi5811

2 жыл бұрын

@@hochiminh9884 Nairobi woke up after the devolved Constitution took power in 2010. The country begun developing fast. Turns out the colonial system was designed to fail.

A good experience b4 I was born

@DefenderJo

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@erastuskuria3968

4 жыл бұрын

1987 is just modern times. Nairobi still a huge city.

@mrsocotraisland1939

3 жыл бұрын

@@DefenderJo are you one of those people? if yes how is everyone doing now

Rat atata atata rat atata that was the music the whole night .SGR no Rats atata atata kenya we have moved

kenya is behide 30yrs

Then 1990 refugees from somalia,ethiopia,sudan,Djibouti started flooding Nairobi and everything gone down,water,electricity,sewerage overstretched,and they don't pay taxes!

@theturkanabus3610

2 жыл бұрын

By 1987, things had already gotten bad

@Pmooli

4 ай бұрын

in 87 our hearts were failing because of the fear of the future.HIV/AIDS was spreading like wildfire and people were dropping like flies.Moi seemed destined to plunge this country into forever darkness. None of my fears came true, a lot fell by the way unfortunately. Friends who my heart cant forget. I became more wealthy than I could imagine. Time and assets.

I was not yet born 😹😹😹😹😹even my mum didn't know my dad

Lunatic Express. 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 🇰🇪

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Mau Mau - True Story kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4FqtrhrYJqcdJc.html

Obama rode the same.