Guest Steam Video Clip
The South African clip will be the last for
the time being while this page takes a break.
Trevor Heath who hosts these clips is away for a while and I need time to gather
fresh material.
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 over 51000 '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 Real Java Sugar Steam Loco Tour 2010.
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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. |
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Check out this link for a fascinating story (26th November 2009): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8379500.stm
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South Africa George - Knysna, July 1990 (Ameling Algra, 22nd November 2009)
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| A few minutes after sunrise on March 3 1994, the overnight Chetak-Express from Udaipur to Delhi has stopped at a remote station somewhere in the countryside. Then smoke in the distance, whistle blows permanent, and here comes the prestige train of Western Railways, the "Palace on Wheels", pulled by two metre gauge steam engines in supershine condition. Count the coaches... (Andeas Illert, 26th September 2009) |  |
| South Africa - Vryheid Coronation GEA (Ex SAR#4023) arrives at SAR Hlobane Exchange yards in May 1989 (RM, 18th September 2009) |  |
| Brazil - Cruzeiro, 7th August 2009, the last working Sentinel goes about its business in front of an appreciative tour group (Andreas Illert, 11th September 2009) |
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India - Katwa narrow gauge, February 1992 (Ameling Algra, 6th September 2009) |
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| Cuba - Mill 443 Pepito Tey 2-8-0 #1337 departs from the mill in February 1997.(RM, 31st August 2009) |
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South Africa - Last train of the day Patensie-Loerie, taking Patensie's shunting loco. Next day the service was dieselised July 1990. (Ameling Algra, 23rd August 2009) |
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| Germany - In snowy weather, 44 1093 hauls a freight train during a Plandampf event on the Arnstadt - Saalfeld line, January 29 1994. (Andeas Illert, 16th August 2009) |
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India - WG departs Bareilly, December 1992 (Ameling Algra, 9th August 2009) |
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| China - for a change, no steam, just action at a small coal mine near Ma Miao in Sichuan. Wait for the unloading... (RD, 27th July 2009) |  |
| Cuba - Mill 210 Osvaldo Sanchez #1347 departs from the mill in February 1997 (RM 21st July 2009)) |
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| Zimbabwe - 15th class #370 between Hwange and Lukosi with a Thompson Junction to Bulawayo Freight in May 1989 (RM 7th July 2009)) |
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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 2009)
- Fireless locomotives (21st June 2008)
- Steam cranes (9th May 2008)
- Austria (2nd May 2009)
- Brazil (11th September 2009)
- Burma (24th April 2009)
- China (narrow gauge) (27th July 2009)
- China (standard gauge) (9th July 2008)
- Cuba (31st August 2009)
- Eritrea (10th November 2007)
- Germany (16th August 2009)
- India (26th September 2009)
- Indonesia (11th September 2008)
- Nepal (30th August 2008)
- North Korea (28th June 2007)
- Pakistan (22nd November 2009)
- Poland (16th September 2007)
- Serbia (16th April 2008)
- South Africa (22nd November 2009)
- Spain (9th September 2008)
- Turkey (23rd July 2007)
- Zimbabwe (7th July 2009)