Guest Steam Video Clip
Every week or so (when I am based in Beijing) I will load up a 320 x 240 video clip (normally 'wmv' format, 1 to 3Mb file size; sorry if your browser won't play it, but it's the quickest and easiest thing for me and most others to do). Click the image to play the video. If your browser refuses to play it then you my have to "enable active content" for this page. But perhaps you would be better to right click and choose to save the file which will help us on bandwidth costs so you don't have to revisit to see it again and is more or less essential if you have a dial up connection. If you have a suitable clip of your own of 'real steam', (steam locomotive or stationary steam engine) then please email me as below (it's not a link, you have to type it), similarly if you have any comments:
I get very little feedback but this section has registered around 45000 'pageloads' since inception in mid-March 2007 (60 a day on average). More contributors are always very welcome, if not you may get tired of a diet of my and one or two other people's favourites.
Click here for an index to archived clips.
It doesn't take long browsing to discover that most of the steam clips (other than those which are part of a commercial site) available on the web constitute an abuse of technology. But if you know any exceptions, I will be happy to link to them. But these are likely to be of interest to readers of this page.
Bryan Acford's China video clips - http://www.railography.co.uk/movies/china_steam_movies.htm (noted as much expanded, 8th December 2008), in case the page moves later you can try http://www.railography.co.uk/ for a link to it.
Graham Roberts' Kenya video clips - http://www.livesteaming.com
Our own ISV DVD page with links to downloadable sample clips.
A selection of YouTube videos taken on our 2008 Java tour (added 11th September 2008), if you like this consider joining our Java Experience 2009 Tour.
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Our own clips on this page are normally taken from
present and future ISV DVDs. These are
properly researched quality documentary films with a story to tell. We also offer industrial archaeology compilation DVDs from our travels to steam powered mills in Asia. |
| Enyati Railway GF’s working on the Vryheid Coronation Railway in May 1989 (RM, 25th June 2009) |  |
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India - Local colour in Samastipur, December 1992, (Ameling Algra, 10th June 2009)
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| A German Pacific on international express: 01 1531 hauls D451 Frankfurt/Main - Warsaw near Seeligstadt in Saxony at a Plandampf event on May 27 1995. The scheduled through coach to Moscow is attached to the rear of the train. To not frighten the passengers in the Russian sleeper too much with the unexpected sound of steam traction, they receive the usual noise by a class 232 diesel banker. (Andeas Illert, 30th May 2009) |  |
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Cuba, Mill 107 Torriente Brau 2-6-0 #1662 at the mill yard in February 1997 (RM, 18th May 2009) |
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| Austria, July 24 1977: On the Steyrtalbahn, narrow gauge tank engine 298 52 works the passenger train 3667 Garsten 11:07 - Gruenburg 12:02 through the village of Sarning. Parts of the Steyrtalbahn have survived as a preserved railway, but this section between Garsten and Steyr Lokalbahnhof is now closed. (Andeas Illert, 2nd May 2009) |  |
| Burma - Nyaunglebin in 2000 (Manfred Schoeler, 24th April 2009) |  |
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India - Bankura - Rainagar, February 1992 (Ameling Algra, 18th April 2009)
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| South Africa - Vryheid Coronation NB 2-8-2T passes the colliery loco shed in May 1989 (RM, 9th April 2009) |  |
| Cuba - Mill 210 Osvaldo Sanchez Porter 2-4-2T #1204 built 1894 shunting narrow gauge wagons in February 1997 (RM, 2nd April 2009) |  |
| South of Moulmein (Mawlamyine) in Burma (Myanmar) is the village of Dakhondaing which has just one active rice mill powered by this Tangye steam engine, built around 1900. We have several hours of video of the mill itself, we now need to return to get some coverage of life in the village itself.... (8th January 2009) RD |  |
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China, this is fly-shunting on the Xingyang Brickworks Railway in
December 2008, (RD, 24th December 2008).
If you enjoy the clip, then why not click here for more information on 'Battlefield Heroes'. Click here for a report of the visit. |
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Click below for the archived clips, the latest addition is noted after each entry, if a page gets too big, I will subdivide again:
- Stationary Steam (8th January 2008)
- Fireless locomotives (21st June 2008)
- Steam cranes (9th May 2008)
- Austria (2nd May 2009)
- Burma (24th April 2009)
- China (narrow gauge) (24th December 2008)
- China (standard gauge) (9th July 2008)
- Cuba (18th May 2009)
- Eritrea (10th November 2007)
- Germany (30th May 2009)
- India (10th June 2009)
- Indonesia (11th September 2008)
- Nepal (30th August 2008)
- North Korea (28th June 2007)
- Pakistan (21st March 2008)
- Poland (16th September 2007)
- Serbia (16th April 2008)
- South Africa (25th June 2009)
- Spain (9th September 2008)
- Turkey (23rd July 2007)
- Zimbabwe (25th March 2009)