He was vlogging at that time! Not really known biz of those times. Many present day travel vloggers were born in that period. He was futuristic at that time too!😅 golden memories captured indeed💯
The main reason for me to take these videos is that I could relive my IR journeys from the confines of my home in US. It was a very to `capture` IR action and bring it back to US 🙂.
@@ManiVijay sir i can understand your excitement of that time when you were young like us and enjoying the journey . I can't express my words i have finally seen a rare icf rajdhani express. Now i can say that you were the first who started railfaning
I remember I was just 9 when I travelled in this train BCT Rajdhani in 1996, and I enjoyed the speed it had. Now at the age of 37 years, I still remember the journey I did 28 years ago, ICF Coaches are timeless....!
90s was the best era to live .it was mixture of more love ,respect , less technology and less money. But now after 2000 it's only about money and technology.
I was born in 1989. I can still remember those days. There were almost no technology as such. Rajdhani meant for the rich. For us, only a glimpse of it would be enough. 1995 reminds me of two things: The film Roja and then I entered into junior section class 1 in West Bengal Board English Medium school in a small town in Bengal called Chandannagar, erstwhile French colony. That also was a big thing. Now when I see myself at 33, I have money , but I miss that innocence. A train journey does not lure me anymore, not even flights. I hate them even more. Now it's more about commitment, meetings, this and that. I work as a scientist at Shell Plc, Chennai. I think the little things give us the best moments of our lives , with money, what can you buy? Question ❓❓
What research are you doing exactly ? India has been copying other countries and now introduced E20 where 20% of ethanol is being mixed with 80% petrol
This feels so nostalgic, I was so much addicted to train specially Rajdhani exp those days in 90’s my grandfather used to take to to kokrajhar railway station (Assam)so that I could get a glimps of New Delhi- Dibrughar Rajdhani which used to stop for just 2 mins. I miss those days and my grandfather too.
Reminded me of journeys in the same train in early 80's and 90's. I found Rajdhani to be very clean and not Gandha as I could hear from you. Thanks a million for uploading gems of the past.
My grandfather ( my mom's father ) was the driver of rajdhani express!!! Not only this express, he traveled in every express and carries goods too, feel proud!!!
Can never thank you enough .. you should hand a copy of these videos to the railway archives. These clips should be playing on loop at the rail museum in NDLS.
I had travelled by Kolkata Rajdhani in the same year... And it was hauled by WAP-1 So clean and well maintained...travelling by Rajdhani was considered a status symbol those days ....
Howrah Rajdhani was the first train to get WAP 1 loco (having matching livery with the coaches) GZB and also the Same Howrah Rajdhani also was the first train for getting the WAP 7 (GZB) locomotive as well.
I travelled by SDAH Rajdhani with ICF coaches during 2004, whole train was having matching liveried coaches along with both generator cars as well as an equally matching liveried GZB WAP1 as it's loco-link (end to end). It was an ideal Kolkata Rajdhani I travelled. It was my first Rajdhani travel.
@@ManiVijay considering the most of videos are of 90's and Early 2000's, it's a great task and really appreciated work done by you to carry that giant sort of camcorder with you, esp in those hustle and bustle days of 90's.This really reflects your passion for IR and also for train journeys in general. Kudos to you sir. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Train skipped Surat at around 7:55 p.m. Even today it reaches Surat at around 7:50 to 8:00 p.m. Nothing has changed in 28 years in terms of timing looking to the fact that train still departs at 5:00 p.m from Bombay Central.
Gosh; as a Hardcore Railfan this is simply Gold. Reliving that phase once again through this. Sensational. Thank You so much❤️ And ofcourse, you were really ahead of the curve :)
इतनी अच्छी धरोहर को रिकॉर्ड(सजो) करके रखने के लिए आपको सरकार से पद्मश्री का अवॉर्ड मिलना चाहिए। बहुत छोटे थे इस दौर में हम आज एक बार जिया उस पल को बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद् सर।❤️❤️❤️
I travel in Mumbai western Line daily, the stations and trains looked so disgusting back then, Its way better now than in 1995. The local trains, stations are way more clean accessible and faster. This video really shows how the city has changed in last 27 years. The western line is littered with views of skyscrapers in the suburbs of Mumbai, None of those scenes are seen here. Mumbai has really changed a lot. BTW, I wasn't even born when this video is shot.
Sir, this awesome video reminded me of my several childhood journeys with my Parents on board the AK Raj & sometimes on the BCT Raj as we had to attend several family functions between 1993 & 1996. I guess the RTM WDM loco never hauled this train to NDLS as a GZB WAP-1 took charge from RTM to NDLS. The wheels clanging from the undercarriage was typical ICF fun which is absent in LHB coaches. Smoking of the loco was fun but couldn't hear it's honking properly. HWH-BWN Chord line too provides awesome overtaking action. I pray that our India & the entire world becomes pandemic-free so that railfanning can prevail apart from normal life 🙏
I am from Vadodara and I feel so, so great watching this video! It's as if that time has literally returned and I am reliving it again! This is definitely platform number 1 of Vadodara railway station and during those days I clearly remember that Rajdhani and Shatabdi express had such a regal, such a premium kind of reputation and very rightly so. Honestly travelling in a rajdhani was considered somewhat equivalent of travelling in an air flight which also was a huge luxury those days unlike now... Just a sight of rajdhani or shatabdi brought a sparkle to my eyes 👀. Many of those times might remember that here in western railways diesel and electric engines were fully operational, while in many states where northern railways division was active like Punjab, UP, Bihar, Haryana and all there steam engines and diesel engines were running in all their glory! I consider myself so lucky to be born in that era, that I was able to travel in a steam engine powered train. There's just nothing, no sight comparable to an approaching steam engine in the early hours of a cold, misty morning or a steam engine running at the night time... The way their horn sounded and that chug-chug sound they made while moving, producing all that cloud of smoke around themselves... Those sights, those feelings still haunt me! 🙂
Simply amazing!!!, reminds me all my Rajdhani trips of those times...... Superb coverage of racing EMUs, Virar 120 Speed ups, Dhanu Skip, Valsad Skip and zabardast SURAT skip....... Nice to see Frontier mail with offlink WAP-1 those times, its regular link was BRC WAM4(BLUE).....
Beautiful ICF coaches, lovely track sounds and very nice video Mani sir. The thing which impresses me the most in your each and every video is that you have always shown the vestibule part in between the coaches everywhere which has always been fascinating me and amazing me since my childhood days while travelling.
Wow, looking at this video reminds me of those days when i was a young boy in the 80's and 90's enjoying train ride. Thank you for the beautiful video bring back wonderful memories of those years that have gone. If you have please upload some more old train videos. Thank you..
wow... i also have a similar video of karnavati taken in 1992 or 1993. At that time it was a premium train connecting ADI to BCT. After 30 years. its amazing to see the train has gained speed only by 14 mins. todays date the train takes 4 hour 6 minutues and vande bharat express takes 4 hours 13 mins or so. it just shows how little progress we have made in last 30 years !!
Watching Mani Sir videos of specially Western Railways is a Nostalgic feeling as our childhood filled with memory, travelling from Bilimora Jn to Andheri in Flying Ranee and return back journey in Gujarat Exp. in 90's and early 2000. Many things changed in Railways recently under Modi Govt. faster rake conversion from ICF to LHB, clean Stations more powerful locos now like P-7's, P-5's, Speed increased. But Deep down I still miss old Chocolaty colour ICF rakes, WCAM 1 locos.
Can never forget the sight of ICF Rajdhani livery RTM Twin Alcos rushing past with ICF Bombay Rajdhani during childhood days ... Glad to have witnessed that magic ... Thankyou for bringing back those memories !!!
In Boisar & nearby stations like Palghar & Kelve in the mid & late 90s.When I was a child my chachu used to take me to railway station in evening hours especially to watch The Rajdhani in action.
I am trying to remember those my travel days from Mumbai to Dahanu Road, I am enjoying every second of this video till Dahanu Road☺️very heart touching ❤️❤️❤️
Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains inclusive meal are very awesome. Especially the non veg menu. I love the non-veg menu provided in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains including in the ticket. It's somewhat kind of Butter-Chicken with Jeera rice, Naan, Daal and a sweet dish; sometimes sweet red curd, sometimes Gulaab Jaamoon, sometimes laddoos or sometimes rasagullas are provided and also a fruit juice is provided along with meal as well as in welcome drink. Veg menu is usually a Paneer Dish with jeera rice, daal and plain rotis along with sweets as I mentioned last paragraph.
@@ManiVijay I think our lifestyle has improved greatly that today we have paneer and all those dishes atleast once in a month..So,we feel that the food quality has gone down..Sure there were some issues going on regarding the quality,but after those complaints the quality is good..
Amazing😍, sir, your videos always makes me feel nostalgic even i was born in 1995 itself😔🥺😘🤗 and I'm eagerly waiting for the 2nd part. Btw sir, what was the road number of GZB WAP1.?
I grew up in Mulund in the early 90s. Everytime I would go past Dadar station on the CR line I would hope to get a glimpse of the Bombay Rajdhani on the WR Line. I was always in awe of this majestic train with it's twin diesel locos, the priority it always received and it's top speed of 120kph. Mid 90s, my mum and dad booked a holiday to Delhi and returning to Bombay, they booked us on the Rajdhani. This is when there were chair cars. I remember waking up early morning in my seat and got a glimpse of daylight and the sheer speed this train was flying through the countryside and stations with the WDM2s blasting their horns. That memory is forever etched in my brain. We moved to New Zealand soon after. I grew up, travelled the world as a pilot. I got to go on the Shinkansen in Japan at 300kph. But everytime I return to India, I find an excuse to go on this train. The top speed might only be 140kph (now 160kph apparently), the twin diesels have been replaced, the carriages are modern but it still brings me the same warmth when I saw this train as a kid. And yes I still call it the Bombay Rajdhani express.
Very nice to meet you. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the Rajdhani. I used to be in total awe of this train from childhood. Lived in Ghatkopar from 1979 till 1985 and always held WR in awe. Once, we were shopping at Dadar West and I happened to see the train go by - back then it was a single WDM2 with 9 coaches. Never forgot that experience. My first trip was in 1983 when it had a fairly new AB rake and twin-diesels. Next was in 1986. Are you in Facebook? If so, we can connect and you can see my Rajdhani pictures as well. My FB account - facebook.com/mani.vijay1
Having camera during that time, travelling rajdhanis during that time you were very lucky to see that time. i was born in august 1995 and im from mumbai, it's very fascinating to see all those suburb stations. you must be India's first railfan i think so, I always wait for your this kind of videos thanks alot sir
1995 me Rajdhani ka speed 120 km/hr thi aur aaj 27 saal ke baad 2022 me Rajdhani ka speed 135 km/hr hai. Indian railway ne 27 saal ke baad sirf 15 km/hr ka speed hi develop Kiya hai. Same on Indian railway. Desh pragati kar raha hai.
Same nai shame hota hai gawar or,pehle kuch hi sections pe 130 chala krti ti rajdhani,ab end to end chalti hai or har rajdhani chalti hai pehle sirf mumbai rajdhani chalti ti or wo b kuch hi sections ke liye or ab vande bharat agai hai jo 180 chalti hai usi section me new trains ana b development hota hai jihadi,or angrej hi 100 kmph pe chodke gaye te,to jin logo ne 2014 tk 110 kari unka naam b to lo pehla credit to 60 saal raaj krne walo ko milna chhye na,2014 se pehle to 30-40% hi route electrified ta,is saal ke end tk 100% hojayega or hajaro batein hai esi,par jo jihadi mansikta wale agenda leke chal re hai unhe dikhega nai
@@im_kishanyadav tujh jaiso secular andho ko nai dikhega usne politics or congress ka hi naam liya hai,waise hume malum hai tum logo ka bhai chara wala rishta hai,tum rakho usko,dusro pe mat daalo hume dikh raha hai kon kya kehne ki koshish kr raha hai
Op bro finally found it! ICF rajdhani Chair Car rake I am born in 2007 in Kolkata so I have seen only LHB rajdhanis and once I travelled in an AC express with these coaches but 3AC
Thks for uploading t video it remind me of that time i completed my ssc and joined college while going from Jogeshwari railway stn or i take a joyride to borivali churchgate or virar vasai( i purchase tickets from my pocket money not without ticket 😀😀😀) i use to see delhi rajdhani going in t evening with full speed. Then the mumbai local.suburban train was top yellow below brown it was british era model coach and during peak hour it is congested it sweats in t train . Present coach of localtrain was introduced after 2003
You are the original travel vlogger. Brought back a lot of memories! Too bad there was no sign of Bhayandar in the video. Would have loved to see the old platforms.
It was always thrilling to see the double diesel engine zooming past...used to watch it from terrace during 1987-88 in vile parle...the loco and coaches seems to be dirty.... never knew even shatabadi was double headed
You must have enjoyed seeing the double-diesels go past. I, too, wasn't happy about the cleanliness. But I still liked the ICF uniform liveried rake and, of course, the twin diesels. Also, the speed. Shatabdi was introduced with twin-diesels, later WCAM2 took over.
@@ManiVijay yes ...we used to study on terrace for 10th class exam..and it was quite a new thing for me then.. coming from lonavala... 4.15 pm or so it used to pass by Andheri stn.... Shatabadi had opportunity to travel to AMD and back(2011).... while return... boarded it from Baroda ,had my ticket confirm till Surat..and from Surat it was 1st AC ..1 wait list... which unfortunately didn't get confirmed....and had to travel w/o ticket till Borivali standing ..and" paying up " the tc for allowing me to travel... didn't get the dinner but the Waiter was kind enough to offer me the ice cream as dessert.... such incidents do make memories a pleasure....and guys like you for putting it... across.... Thanks once again Maniji...
On dirty windows I am reminded that AKR, TAJ, 153 and GT were stationed at the same yard near State Entry Road at NDLS. It was reserved for the then prestigious n long distance trains of that time. Very few shatabdis n no durontos back then!
@@ManiVijay right from the time I got interested in trains. In 1983 my sis got married and my mom left before us in what was among the first few days or months of computerized reservations. Even at that time GT AKR n Taj were stationed at State Entry Road. What happened was GT left at 19.30 till the mid 90s, the Taj either as steam or diesel hauled used to come back from AGC by 9.30 or 10 pm n occupied the yard vacated by GT. Both 152 n 154 were not dailies back then. After 47 Flying mail was cancelled n replaced by 197/198 Shan e Punjab, it used to reach at night, to occupy the yard vacated by 152 or 154 and vice versa. I'm sure you remember these sequences. Now 2497 n 2180 Taj have RSA.
I also remember my morning TN, original De 7.10 am and later preponed to 6.50 am and my 124 AP with the same dep. crossing the incoming 151 n 153 between PWL n Kosi.
Guess what, Cheenu! I was just thinking about you, yesterday. My wife and I are planning an India trip in March and we will in Delhi for day - March 25, Friday - as a layover between two train trips. Would love to meet you, if possible. The TN/Raj crossing would have been amazing.
Even in my childhood I felt the brown color of the train unsettling, seems like they have gotten rust or maybe cost cutting coloring with only metal primer..
the loyal era has gone now these day man..... ❤️❤️ it was heart touching day also thank you so much for this video ..... now the funny thing imagine the video size and how much internet he need 😜 😜 plz reply if you reading this
Sir main to hairan hun ki us time pe trains ki speed itni jyada hoti thi. Lekin aaj ke rail mantri kahte hain ki trains ki speed hamne badhai hain..!!!whats happend in india!!!
@Mani Vijay - Your camera has recorded stereo sound back then, in today’s era we call it Dolby Vision technology & it’s just debuted in iPhone12 a year ago. Must be very expensive camera device back then!! Would love to know which camera or handycam was it?
Did you notice that that shatabdi was a much shorter train in 1995. I have seen trains grow longer over that last forty years... So long that they changed the terminus from Bombay Central to Bandra because BCT platforms could not handle the length...
He was vlogging at that time! Not really known biz of those times. Many present day travel vloggers were born in that period. He was futuristic at that time too!😅 golden memories captured indeed💯
The main reason for me to take these videos is that I could relive my IR journeys from the confines of my home in US. It was a very to `capture` IR action and bring it back to US 🙂.
@@ManiVijay sir i can understand your excitement of that time when you were young like us and enjoying the journey . I can't express my words i have finally seen a rare icf rajdhani express. Now i can say that you were the first who started railfaning
When this video was taken.
😮😅😅kl
Mera 1st Rajdhani travel Kia tha Bubaneshwar Rajdhani 1998
Two things which remain evergreen 1) 90's love song 2) Mani vijays railfaning....god bless u sir..I am reliving my 90's
I remember I was just 9 when I travelled in this train BCT Rajdhani in 1996, and I enjoyed the speed it had. Now at the age of 37 years, I still remember the journey I did 28 years ago, ICF Coaches are timeless....!
90s was the best era to live .it was mixture of more love ,respect , less technology and less money. But now after 2000 it's only about money and technology.
Yes im totally agree with you
agreed, there is no love no peace and no sincarity beacuse of technology,
Technology has given us a little and taken more
🌅🌅🪔🪔🌺🌺🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
With advent of Mobile phones, it has become more isolated and individualistic @@mise-en-scenestudios6425
I was born in 1989. I can still remember those days. There were almost no technology as such. Rajdhani meant for the rich. For us, only a glimpse of it would be enough. 1995 reminds me of two things: The film Roja and then I entered into junior section class 1 in West Bengal Board English Medium school in a small town in Bengal called Chandannagar, erstwhile French colony. That also was a big thing. Now when I see myself at 33, I have money , but I miss that innocence. A train journey does not lure me anymore, not even flights. I hate them even more. Now it's more about commitment, meetings, this and that. I work as a scientist at Shell Plc, Chennai. I think the little things give us the best moments of our lives , with money, what can you buy? Question ❓❓
What research are you doing exactly ?
India has been copying other countries and now introduced E20 where 20% of ethanol is being mixed with 80% petrol
@@nuclear9977 I am not a petroleum researcher. Statistical Models is my area.
This feels so nostalgic, I was so much addicted to train specially Rajdhani exp those days in 90’s my grandfather used to take to to kokrajhar railway station (Assam)so that I could get a glimps of New Delhi- Dibrughar Rajdhani which used to stop for just 2 mins. I miss those days and my grandfather too.
Reminded me of journeys in the same train in early 80's and 90's. I found Rajdhani to be very clean and not Gandha as I could hear from you.
Thanks a million for uploading gems of the past.
My grandfather ( my mom's father ) was the driver of rajdhani express!!! Not only this express, he traveled in every express and carries goods too, feel proud!!!
Can never thank you enough .. you should hand a copy of these videos to the railway archives. These clips should be playing on loop at the rail museum in NDLS.
I had travelled by Kolkata Rajdhani in the same year...
And it was hauled by WAP-1
So clean and well maintained...travelling by Rajdhani was considered a status symbol those days ....
Howrah Rajdhani was the first train to get WAP 1 loco (having matching livery with the coaches) GZB and also the Same Howrah Rajdhani also was the first train for getting the WAP 7 (GZB) locomotive as well.
I travelled by SDAH Rajdhani with ICF coaches during 2004, whole train was having matching liveried coaches along with both generator cars as well as an equally matching liveried GZB WAP1 as it's loco-link (end to end). It was an ideal Kolkata Rajdhani I travelled. It was my first Rajdhani travel.
Thanks a Lot!!!
You're welcome!
Shiv
@@ManiVijay considering the most of videos are of 90's and Early 2000's, it's a great task and really appreciated work done by you to carry that giant sort of camcorder with you, esp in those hustle and bustle days of 90's.This really reflects your passion for IR and also for train journeys in general. Kudos to you sir.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Train skipped Surat at around 7:55 p.m. Even today it reaches Surat at around 7:50 to 8:00 p.m. Nothing has changed in 28 years in terms of timing looking to the fact that train still departs at 5:00 p.m from Bombay Central.
These videos are gem. It's like reliving 90's all over again. These videos should be archived. Golden days of Railways.
90's train journey vlog unbelievable rare videos like this 🔥❤️
Glad you liked it
We're lucky to see how actually people lived in 90's. Really great sir
Very glad you enjoyed it!
The OG vlogger, Mani Vijay.
Gosh; as a Hardcore Railfan this is simply Gold. Reliving that phase once again through this. Sensational. Thank You so much❤️
And ofcourse, you were really ahead of the curve :)
Very glad you enjoyed it!
I don't know what to say. I always remember my childhood when I see your videos. The 80s and 90s especially was the time when railway brought changes.
Thanks a lot! The 80s and 90s were very evenful years, I agree.
Mani sir apne purani yaadain taaza kardi, dressing style 90's ka or red ICF coaches hamesha miss karunga..
Dhanyavaad! Mein bhi ICF coaches kaafi miss karta hoon.
I got this enjoyment 26 years later in podhigai express!! Thank you very much.
इतनी अच्छी धरोहर को रिकॉर्ड(सजो) करके रखने के लिए आपको सरकार से पद्मश्री का अवॉर्ड मिलना चाहिए।
बहुत छोटे थे इस दौर में हम आज एक बार जिया उस पल को बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद् सर।❤️❤️❤️
Haha i used to stand on the door of the trains like this.(I was just 12). The thriil, the wind ,the sound. Thanks for the video.
You are welcome. It was fun to doorplate since you can enjoy track sounds and the wind on your face. But you have to be very careful at higher speeds.
I travel in Mumbai western Line daily, the stations and trains looked so disgusting back then, Its way better now than in 1995. The local trains, stations are way more clean accessible and faster. This video really shows how the city has changed in last 27 years. The western line is littered with views of skyscrapers in the suburbs of Mumbai, None of those scenes are seen here. Mumbai has really changed a lot. BTW, I wasn't even born when this video is shot.
Yes, the skyline has changed a lot.
Sir, this awesome video reminded me of my several childhood journeys with my Parents on board the AK Raj & sometimes on the BCT Raj as we had to attend several family functions between 1993 & 1996. I guess the RTM WDM loco never hauled this train to NDLS as a GZB WAP-1 took charge from RTM to NDLS. The wheels clanging from the undercarriage was typical ICF fun which is absent in LHB coaches. Smoking of the loco was fun but couldn't hear it's honking properly. HWH-BWN Chord line too provides awesome overtaking action. I pray that our India & the entire world becomes pandemic-free so that railfanning can prevail apart from normal life 🙏
I am from Vadodara and I feel so, so great watching this video!
It's as if that time has literally returned and I am reliving it again!
This is definitely platform number 1 of Vadodara railway station and during those days I clearly remember that Rajdhani and Shatabdi express had such a regal, such a premium kind of reputation and very rightly so. Honestly travelling in a rajdhani was considered somewhat equivalent of travelling in an air flight which also was a huge luxury those days unlike now... Just a sight of rajdhani or shatabdi brought a sparkle to my eyes 👀.
Many of those times might remember that here in western railways diesel and electric engines were fully operational, while in many states where northern railways division was active like Punjab, UP, Bihar, Haryana and all there steam engines and diesel engines were running in all their glory!
I consider myself so lucky to be born in that era, that I was able to travel in a steam engine powered train. There's just nothing, no sight comparable to an approaching steam engine in the early hours of a cold, misty morning or a steam engine running at the night time... The way their horn sounded and that chug-chug sound they made while moving, producing all that cloud of smoke around themselves... Those sights, those feelings still haunt me! 🙂
wow...thanks for sharing this ...it is so amazing to watch railways of 90s era especially rajdhani
My pleasure 😊
I can see the goregaon level crossing on the north side of the station which is closed long ago.
Is there a flyover there now?
Those days mumbai wetsern had only 4tracks n borivali-virar only 2.
Simply amazing!!!, reminds me all my Rajdhani trips of those times...... Superb coverage of racing EMUs, Virar 120 Speed ups, Dhanu Skip, Valsad Skip and zabardast SURAT skip.......
Nice to see Frontier mail with offlink WAP-1 those times, its regular link was BRC WAM4(BLUE).....
Thanks a lot! I am sure it would have brought back some great memories for you 🙂.
Beautiful ICF coaches, lovely track sounds and very nice video Mani sir. The thing which impresses me the most in your each and every video is that you have always shown the vestibule part in between the coaches everywhere which has always been fascinating me and amazing me since my childhood days while travelling.
Thank you very much you brought back the memory of my Rajdhani express journey of the 90's.
Wow, looking at this video reminds me of those days when i was a young boy in the 80's and 90's enjoying train ride. Thank you for the beautiful video bring back wonderful memories of those years that have gone. If you have please upload some more old train videos. Thank you..
wow... i also have a similar video of karnavati taken in 1992 or 1993. At that time it was a premium train connecting ADI to BCT. After 30 years. its amazing to see the train has gained speed only by 14 mins. todays date the train takes 4 hour 6 minutues and vande bharat express takes 4 hours 13 mins or so. it just shows how little progress we have made in last 30 years !!
Wow ! They used to play music inside the train. Unbelievable !
What a vintage video clip, Thank you for this.
Soo fascinating, to see these days how Indian railways operated. Our generation can't understand these nostalgic train travel don't you
Nice to see the Rajdhani In older days....Very well compiled CDO Sir
@mani vijay, its gold. !!
So..this man is the real railfan... ❤️❤️❤️❤️Love u sir
Thanks so much!
Wonderful Compilation. Loved the background conversation and interview. Truly nostalgic
Even after 28years, rajdhani is the fastest from Bombay Central (Mumbai Central) to vadodara with 4:06 hrs , improvement of 15mins in 28 yrs
Watching Mani Sir videos of specially Western Railways is a Nostalgic feeling as our childhood filled with memory, travelling from Bilimora Jn to Andheri in Flying Ranee and return back journey in Gujarat Exp. in 90's and early 2000. Many things changed in Railways recently under Modi Govt. faster rake conversion from ICF to LHB, clean Stations more powerful locos now like P-7's, P-5's, Speed increased.
But Deep down I still miss old Chocolaty colour ICF rakes, WCAM 1 locos.
I agree with you. Even with progress in rakes and locos, we still miss those good old years.
Kishore Kumar songs with ICF track sound, Station skipping and overtaking Locals with speed heaven feeling 😇❤
Maas moment .. Double headed Rajdhani crossing Double headed shatabdi..
These videos are like time travel. Taking us back in time.
Seems these videos are the godfather of current railfan vlogs...
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This is something Gold :) loved this video. Thank you sir
Great journey Mani Sir... Loved the vintage icf run, such a royal and delightful experience. Wish we were born a little earlier...😜😜
Thanks a ton! Those were the good old days of twin-diesels, ICF livery and non-stop runs.
I like Disel loco Speed Action
Can never forget the sight of ICF Rajdhani livery RTM Twin Alcos rushing past with ICF Bombay Rajdhani during childhood days ... Glad to have witnessed that magic ... Thankyou for bringing back those memories !!!
You are most welcome! That would have been an awesome sight. Where did you see this from? What years?
In Boisar & nearby stations like Palghar & Kelve in the mid & late 90s.When I was a child my chachu used to take me to railway station in evening hours especially to watch The Rajdhani in action.
Thank you sir for uploading these videos please upload more and more videos this remind me of old good days 🙏
I am trying to remember those my travel days from Mumbai to Dahanu Road, I am enjoying every second of this video till Dahanu Road☺️very heart touching ❤️❤️❤️
Ah the Old ICF 80s rajdhani with CHAIR CAR COACHES
Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains inclusive meal are very awesome. Especially the non veg menu.
I love the non-veg menu provided in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains including in the ticket. It's somewhat kind of Butter-Chicken with Jeera rice, Naan, Daal and a sweet dish; sometimes sweet red curd, sometimes Gulaab Jaamoon, sometimes laddoos or sometimes rasagullas are provided and also a fruit juice is provided along with meal as well as in welcome drink.
Veg menu is usually a Paneer Dish with jeera rice, daal and plain rotis along with sweets as I mentioned last paragraph.
Do you feel the quality of meals has gone down?
@@ManiVijay Around 2010, 2016 and 2018 I did not feel so but still the quality needs to be much better.
@@ManiVijay I think our lifestyle has improved greatly that today we have paneer and all those dishes atleast once in a month..So,we feel that the food quality has gone down..Sure there were some issues going on regarding the quality,but after those complaints the quality is good..
Amazing😍, sir, your videos always makes me feel nostalgic even i was born in 1995 itself😔🥺😘🤗 and I'm eagerly waiting for the 2nd part.
Btw sir, what was the road number of GZB WAP1.?
Made me nostalgic. I used to travel to Bilimora by Flying Ranee. Before it's departure watching departing Rajdhani was always a pleasure for me.
Wow Fantastic memories from 90's.. Thundering Alco hauled rajdhani
Thanks for watching. Miss those twin ALCOs.
I grew up in Mulund in the early 90s. Everytime I would go past Dadar station on the CR line I would hope to get a glimpse of the Bombay Rajdhani on the WR Line. I was always in awe of this majestic train with it's twin diesel locos, the priority it always received and it's top speed of 120kph.
Mid 90s, my mum and dad booked a holiday to Delhi and returning to Bombay, they booked us on the Rajdhani. This is when there were chair cars. I remember waking up early morning in my seat and got a glimpse of daylight and the sheer speed this train was flying through the countryside and stations with the WDM2s blasting their horns. That memory is forever etched in my brain.
We moved to New Zealand soon after. I grew up, travelled the world as a pilot. I got to go on the Shinkansen in Japan at 300kph. But everytime I return to India, I find an excuse to go on this train. The top speed might only be 140kph (now 160kph apparently), the twin diesels have been replaced, the carriages are modern but it still brings me the same warmth when I saw this train as a kid. And yes I still call it the Bombay Rajdhani express.
Very nice to meet you. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the Rajdhani. I used to be in total awe of this train from childhood. Lived in Ghatkopar from 1979 till 1985 and always held WR in awe. Once, we were shopping at Dadar West and I happened to see the train go by - back then it was a single WDM2 with 9 coaches. Never forgot that experience. My first trip was in 1983 when it had a fairly new AB rake and twin-diesels. Next was in 1986. Are you in Facebook? If so, we can connect and you can see my Rajdhani pictures as well. My FB account - facebook.com/mani.vijay1
Sema video sir !
Keep uploading.. I was just 3months old 😁😄
I wish i could like this video a 100 times. Simply nostalgic and heart touching 💝💝😎👍👍
Thanks a lot!
Thank you Mani Sir for this beautiful Railfanning video...you made my day.
ICF Rajdhani was amazing..
Now a days rajdhani doesn't feel special
Having camera during that time, travelling rajdhanis during that time you were very lucky to see that time.
i was born in august 1995 and im from mumbai, it's very fascinating to see all those suburb stations.
you must be India's first railfan i think so,
I always wait for your this kind of videos
thanks alot sir
Very glad you enjoyed it! I, too, feel fortunate that I had a camcorder back then and was able to record all this. Are you still living in Mumbai?
@@ManiVijay Yes sir still stay in Mumbai🙂
1995 me Rajdhani ka speed 120 km/hr thi aur aaj 27 saal ke baad 2022 me Rajdhani ka speed 135 km/hr hai. Indian railway ne 27 saal ke baad sirf 15 km/hr ka speed hi develop Kiya hai. Same on Indian railway. Desh pragati kar raha hai.
Rajdhani ka 120 tha Bombay se Ratlam thak. Tabhi bhi 130 tha Raltam se New Delhi tak. Matlab Rajdhani ka speed to badha ni nahin itne saalon mein.
Same nai shame hota hai gawar or,pehle kuch hi sections pe 130 chala krti ti rajdhani,ab end to end chalti hai or har rajdhani chalti hai pehle sirf mumbai rajdhani chalti ti or wo b kuch hi sections ke liye or ab vande bharat agai hai jo 180 chalti hai usi section me new trains ana b development hota hai jihadi,or angrej hi 100 kmph pe chodke gaye te,to jin logo ne 2014 tk 110 kari unka naam b to lo pehla credit to 60 saal raaj krne walo ko milna chhye na,2014 se pehle to 30-40% hi route electrified ta,is saal ke end tk 100% hojayega or hajaro batein hai esi,par jo jihadi mansikta wale agenda leke chal re hai unhe dikhega nai
@@rahulsharma-ht7ut Akal nhi kya yaha politics ki baat nhi Hui hai
@@im_kishanyadav tujh jaiso secular andho ko nai dikhega usne politics or congress ka hi naam liya hai,waise hume malum hai tum logo ka bhai chara wala rishta hai,tum rakho usko,dusro pe mat daalo hume dikh raha hai kon kya kehne ki koshish kr raha hai
Great Journey compilation. Waiting for the next part.
Op bro finally found it! ICF rajdhani Chair Car rake
I am born in 2007 in Kolkata so I have seen only LHB rajdhanis and once I travelled in an AC express with these coaches but 3AC
Thks for uploading t video it remind me of that time i completed my ssc and joined college while going from Jogeshwari railway stn or i take a joyride to borivali churchgate or virar vasai( i purchase tickets from my pocket money not without ticket 😀😀😀) i use to see delhi rajdhani going in t evening with full speed. Then the mumbai local.suburban train was top yellow below brown it was british era model coach and during peak hour it is congested it sweats in t train . Present coach of localtrain was introduced after 2003
You are the original travel vlogger. Brought back a lot of memories! Too bad there was no sign of Bhayandar in the video. Would have loved to see the old platforms.
This makes the old memories fresh and new. Fabulous video sir 💖
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was always thrilling to see the double diesel engine zooming past...used to watch it from terrace during 1987-88 in vile parle...the loco and coaches seems to be dirty.... never knew even shatabadi was double headed
You must have enjoyed seeing the double-diesels go past. I, too, wasn't happy about the cleanliness. But I still liked the ICF uniform liveried rake and, of course, the twin diesels. Also, the speed. Shatabdi was introduced with twin-diesels, later WCAM2 took over.
@@ManiVijay yes ...we used to study on terrace for 10th class exam..and it was quite a new thing for me then.. coming from lonavala... 4.15 pm or so it used to pass by Andheri stn....
Shatabadi had opportunity to travel to AMD and back(2011).... while return... boarded it from Baroda ,had my ticket confirm till Surat..and from Surat it was 1st AC ..1 wait list... which unfortunately didn't get confirmed....and had to travel w/o ticket till Borivali standing ..and" paying up " the tc for allowing me to travel... didn't get the dinner but the Waiter was kind enough to offer me the ice cream as dessert.... such incidents do make memories a pleasure....and guys like you for putting it... across....
Thanks once again Maniji...
We get something new and different to see and learn.
@@ManiVijay but sometimes WCAM 1 was provided.
Oh 😯 yani Surat pehle stop nahi tha rajdhani ka ✨
Kya baat yaar sir maza aa gaya ❤️
A very Happy 50th Birthday to Mumbai Rajdhani Express
Yes, a very special occasion
Awesome video sir!!!! All your 90s train videos have been a treat to watch.
Thank you very much!
So good to see Bombay without towers it was really nice to see video till Borivali
My grandfather was there as driver in rajdhani express and August kranti rajdhani express too.
23:26 another legend is on it's way
Yes, very much. Now runs at 130 mps.
This is a masterpiece nostalgic video
Thanks 🙏.
Ratlam at that time❤🥹 my home.....
what a beautiful track sound❤❤❤
On dirty windows I am reminded that AKR, TAJ, 153 and GT were stationed at the same yard near State Entry Road at NDLS. It was reserved for the then prestigious n long distance trains of that time. Very few shatabdis n no durontos back then!
When was this?
@@ManiVijay right from the time I got interested in trains. In 1983 my sis got married and my mom left before us in what was among the first few days or months of computerized reservations. Even at that time GT AKR n Taj were stationed at State Entry Road. What happened was GT left at 19.30 till the mid 90s, the Taj either as steam or diesel hauled used to come back from AGC by 9.30 or 10 pm n occupied the yard vacated by GT. Both 152 n 154 were not dailies back then. After 47 Flying mail was cancelled n replaced by 197/198 Shan e Punjab, it used to reach at night, to occupy the yard vacated by 152 or 154 and vice versa. I'm sure you remember these sequences. Now 2497 n 2180 Taj have RSA.
What made you to record all these at that time when there was no TH-cam and multimedia mobile as well ?????
August Kranti livery was better than what it us today. ICF Coaches are very sturdy than today's LHB ones.
Yes, true
What was the MPS of this Rajdhani upto Vadodara ? And please upload the journey vlog of Howrah Rajdhani in the 1990's if you have
120Kmph
you were way ahead of these times.
Awesome sir happy to see these golden moments of Indian Railways.🙏🙏🙏
Very glad you enjoyed it!
Does Bombay rajdhani has AC chair car that time?
Thanks a lot for this Gem.
You are a time machine @mani viajy !!!!
My pleasure
Video opening with WCAM1 Waah..... Couldn't get any better
Indeed! That WCAM1 set the tone for the entire trip 😀😀.
I also remember my morning TN, original De 7.10 am and later preponed to 6.50 am and my 124 AP with the same dep. crossing the incoming 151 n 153 between PWL n Kosi.
Guess what, Cheenu! I was just thinking about you, yesterday. My wife and I are planning an India trip in March and we will in Delhi for day - March 25, Friday - as a layover between two train trips. Would love to meet you, if possible. The TN/Raj crossing would have been amazing.
@@ManiVijay yes, sure. मिलेंगे, पक्का।
@@artrock100 Please send me a message on FB Messenger. We'll exchange our numbers there and I'll give you details.
You know at that time In future there will be a great platform and I love the old rajdhani free bread Patties form1 class missing those days
nothing like a mate on a train journey who is as bonkers as you are about trains :P...nice!!
Very true! It's always nice to travel with the right company 😊😊 Hope you are staying safe.
Even in my childhood I felt the brown color of the train unsettling, seems like they have gotten rust or maybe cost cutting coloring with only metal primer..
the loyal era has gone now these day man..... ❤️❤️ it was heart touching day also thank you so much for this video .....
now the funny thing imagine the video size and how much internet he need 😜 😜 plz reply if you reading this
Glad you enjoyed it! The size was definitely very manageable 😁.
Superb journey 😍🔥
Aapne Swarn Jayanti Rajdhani express me journey ki he?
Wow back then. Also there were youtuber??
i only travelled this color rajdhani for 2 times when i was 5 YO.. i still feel that this color was better than now
Sir main to hairan hun ki us time pe trains ki speed itni jyada hoti thi. Lekin aaj ke rail mantri kahte hain ki trains ki speed hamne badhai hain..!!!whats happend in india!!!
Power of congress in that time
Fantastic video
@Mani Vijay - Your camera has recorded stereo sound back then, in today’s era we call it Dolby Vision technology & it’s just debuted in iPhone12 a year ago.
Must be very expensive camera device back then!!
Would love to know which camera or handycam was it?
I had a Sony Analog Hi8 camcorder. Spent around $1000 for it.
Old day Like A gold 😢😢😢😢
Did you notice that that shatabdi was a much shorter train in 1995. I have seen trains grow longer over that last forty years... So long that they changed the terminus from Bombay Central to Bandra because BCT platforms could not handle the length...