Aerial View of Demodara Rail Loop | දෙමෝදර රේල් ගැටය කුරුළු ඇසින්, Demodara (2017) - 3 of 3
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Demodara Railway Station is the third last station on the Main Line, and is 277.71 km (172.56 mi) away from Colombo. It is located 912.5 m (2,994 ft) above mean sea level and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Badulla, the capital city of Uva Province. All the trains that run on the Main Line, including the Podi Menike and Udarata Menike express trains stop at the station.
The station is most notable for its spiral rail line at this location, popularly known as the 'Demodara Loop'. The rail line passes under itself, going around the loop and emerging from a tunnel, which runs directly beneath the Demodara Railway Station. The rail loop is approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) long and the tunnel is 320 m (1,050 ft) in length. It is considered the only loop in the world with a railway station situated exactly over a tunnel at spiral loop.
During the construction of the rail extension to Badulla the engineers and surveyors found that elevation between the hills at Demodara was too much for the track to negotiate, with the maximum inclination allowed by the Ceylon Government Railway being one foot per 44 feet (1/44), an innovative track design had to be devised. Local folklore has it that one of the engineers, Devapura Jayasena Wimalasurendra, was inspired after observing a Kankany (Supervisor) in a local tea estate undoes his Talappawa (Turban) and re-ties it around his head.
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By far the best video I've ever seen of the great demodara loop. The angle, clarity and the capturing is awesome and extraordinary. Beautiful narration too. Keep up the excellent work. Beautifully done and the quality of the video is outstanding. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks a lot...
Exactly... He did a great job.
though 4 years passed,
out of the many videos on Demodara loop found in TH-cam, this is the best. Thank you.
Glad to hear. Thanks a lot
thank you for the video, this one helped to understand the loop clearly.
Hi Ishan, thanks for your comment and glad this was useful in figuring out one of the most ingenious engineering marvels in SL.
When my father is to work at St. Clair's Tea Estate as Head Tea Maker/Taster, during our summer holidays, rest of the family travel to my dad's place every summer to which we all look forward to and enjoy every minute of it. Most of the days, after lunch, we take cut sugar canes and sit in one of the rocks facing St. Clair Falls and enjoy the train travel just far away playing hide and seek - since we were very young. Priceless Memories !
Priceless indeed. Those days it'd have been even more beautiful
Railway Demodara web site gives the details.
Fantastic job done by famed Sri Lankan Engineer Wimalasurendra
Ariel view gives the real understanding of the Demodera loop
Yeah, very much
Very nice capture of Demodara Loop.
Thanks
Wow that is a spectacular viewpoint, I need to visit this spot!
Remarkable video and excellent narration!! Great work!! Exactly what I was looking for!!
Thx
I'm seeing this for the first time it's amazing
Thx
Great job !!! Keep up the good work !!! The best capture of the Demodara Loop I've seen.
Thanks
Excellent job bro very good video ❤️🙏👌👍
Thx
best ever capture of Demodara Loop, thanks brother!
Thx and glad you enjoyed it
Really amazing 👏. Thanks.
Thank you
Absolutely breathtaking!!
Thx...
Thank you
My great respect to class m6 locomotive. The most valuable property of sri lanka
Best ever video of Demodara Loop. You did a fantastic job.. I like the way you explain things making us excited as we wait.
Thanks a lot!
GREAT IDIA FROM A ANCIENT SRI LANKAN
Yeah, a great person who's done a lot of good work for this country
Your video fully justify the marvelous nature and human endeavour to conquer it
Thanks a lot and I'm glad to hear this.
We can see the train do the loop neatly,
And, having done it, sail away fleetly.
Yeah, was lucky to spot it like that
Visited the place two days ago. Good video. Thanks.
Thanks Samadara. Glad to hear you made it
Thank you for the presentation.
You're welcome
Perfect
Thx
Great presentation, Bud - it's not easy to give a live commentary while you get the video, but you did an excellent job. Thanks.
Thx Kevin...
Dear Sri... many many thanks for this clip. And much more for your most valuable advice. I'm an ardent train fan. This is a superb video that you have done.
Our little country has so much to offer. But a little bunch of lunatics do so much of irreversible harm. Its sad. Nevertheless, your video reminded me that our motherland is still the most beautiful country anyone has ever seen.
Hi Indrajith, thanks for stopping by and enjoying it. Well, it is not just a small bunch, in fact only a small bunch of people really care for our country. So I'm trying to spread the message across while doing the videos. Hopefully something good will come out of these
i am indian lanka beautyfull country
Thanks 🧑🎓
Hi simple a great video. I went to see the loop in January 2020. When I was in Sri Lanka. Little bit disappointed. I cannot go home this year.
Thanks and hope you'll be able to come soon. Stay safe
Great
Thanks
ගොඩක්ම ගොඩක් ලස්සනයි හරිම ලස්සනයි අපිට ඉතිං බලන්න නෑනේ
ඒක තමයි මේවගේ වීඩියෝස් කරන්නේ. යන්න බැරි අයට බලන්න
Srilanka is beautiful railway station
Thx and yeah it indeed is a very beautiful country...
Perfect !
Thx
Amazing😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks
Frankly speaking thanks for this video...
You're welcome!
Beautiful video. From which point did you take this video ?
Thx and due to some unavoidable reason, I can't reveal the location, really sorry about that.
Amazing video, love from India
Thx and glad you enjoyed it.
You got to wait patiently for the perfect shot. Plan well in advance and hope the weather and rain co-operate ....you got all of them perfectly.
Thanks again, I just go lucky there I guess... Cheers
I know you love your railway.............nothing worry you love our railway as well
Nicely captured
Thx
Wow... Fantastic video. It would have been much better for M2 Canadian loco going through this famous loop.
Thx and yeah but nowadays M2s run on the lower parts of the country. It's the M6 German and this Chinese S12 that roam the upcountry now
Yea, I noticed it Sri W. Both Podi and Uda are operated with S12 and M6. Of course the mighty M2 lost it's glory of power due to wear and tear but the majestic look and sound is still holding!
Of course and they're a lot older compared to M6. They were brought down in the 50s whereas M6 came in the 70s. It's surprising they're still running at all
briliant
Thx
Best video
Thx
😍
Sri Abeywickrema this is incredible. A perfect aerial view. Can I know where exactly in Ella you get this aerial view at?
Hi Amashi, thanks a lot and glad to hear you enjoyed it. Apologies for not revealing the location.
Super
Thanks
👍👍👍👍👍
Good
Thx
worthy Video. You should use a drone next time. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Thx. Will see if I get lucky to buy a drone one day
@@SriAbeywickrema Less than 249 gms Drones are not that expensive and give lots of freedom to fly without many restrictions.
@@kingsexploits Thanks and yes keeping an eye on something like that. But exchange rate has gone over the roof making it impossible to get one at present. Hopefully it'll go down sometime in the future and be affordable.
වාව්............ කැමරාව කොච්චර සූම් කරාද මේ ශොට්ස් වලට....😊
Not much coz it's wide angle, guess around 50mm
Great Video. Hope you will get the Silver play button from U tube soon.
Thanks. Btw, what's that Silver Play Button? Not heard about it
@@SriAbeywickrema you will hear it from U tube only.
I have sent it to u in to your Instagram account
This looks like a toy train on our custom made track so much fun to watch
I had a big train set when i was a kid the engine send out some aswell
Thanks for the video
And can you explain me why this loop is for ???
Ha ha, toy train... This footage is taken about 1000ft above and 2+km away in a straight line. Well the loop was built to counter the sharp gradient of the terrain. More details en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodara_railway_station
Superb. Hope this will get million views.
Thanks - Not interested in views to be honest. I'm running this channel in order for me to check these videos in the future when I'm too tired to go hikes. There's no way I can save them in a computer or hard drive so TH-cam helps me with this.
@@SriAbeywickrema oh is it. Are you businessman.
@@Europe58 Not really, just an ordinary citizen with an ordinary job.
@@SriAbeywickrema aha which trade are u. Working as a planter or what sort of job.
You seems to be planter in tea estate.
From where this video was taken ?
Due to some unavoidable reason, I can't reveal the location, really sorry about that.
Uduwara factory division
Was I imagining it or where there two guys riding on top of the locomotive?
You probably mistook the exhaust pipe in the middle. Nobody was on top of the engine.
Don't give wrong informations. The train engine is W2 Henschel was made in Germany.Anyway thank you verymuch for your nice video clip.
Thanks, but can you specify where this wrong info is given so that I can correct it? There's no mention of W2 in this video coz it's an M6.
ape paththe enna apple kanna hodee..rathu eka karala thiyennee
👍👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thanks
Lot of thanks to the British empire
Rale gata panuwa vimalsurada nova gamiyaka
hypotic
methanata yanne komada
අසනීප උනු කෙනෙක් ,ගිලන් රථයක ඉදන් කතා කරනව වගේ,
Covid වගේ එකක් නේද🤣🤣🤣
@@ruwanmunasinghe1528 ඔව් ඔව් අසාද්යයි වගේ,මේකට ඔක්ෂිජන් දෙන්න වෙයි,,
Can you publish the Whatsapp location of the view point 😊
Rail gata pennuwa gamaryake
ඔච්චර අමාරුවෙන් තටමන්න ඕනෙ නෑනෙ බං දන්න සිංහලෙන් වීඩියෝ එක කරා නම්.
Can I take this video for a Exhibition?
Hi, thx for seeking permission and could you tell me how you'd be using this?
+Sri Abeywickrema On a TV screen on the wall, I have built a model demodara loop & going to explain the process of the loop with your video
+Sri Abeywickrema I directly downloaded it from TH-cam & without any editing
Ok Haritha - If you show the same video off TH-cam, that's ok. Good luck with your project
I'd rather you show it directly on the TH-cam if possible with video credits
how to you know whether its she or he?
You mean the train?
@@SriAbeywickrema yep
@@dushyanthkandiah3943 No particular way. I just call them as she/her
Te rendre à « Étape 2, indice 2 »
Sinhala sinhala no good token
Mu danna English...
ඇයි හොඳ මදිද?
British engineering
Sri Lankan brain. Mr. Wimalasurendra's idea launched by British. Hats off to all
Great
Thx