Steam Train Fully Booked

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BANGKOK, March 21 (TNA) – A special round trip on a steam train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya has been fully booked, according to the State Railway of Thailand.

 

SRT PR director Ekarat Sri-arayanpong said the trip was planned on March 26 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the SRT and commemorate the inaugural train trip from Bangkok to Ayutthaya that King Rama V launched on March 26, 1896.

 

The trip was scheduled to depart from the Hua Lamphong railway station at 8.10am and arrive at the Ayutthaya station at 10.25am.

 

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[RubbaJohnny]

Elephant tickets fully booked, coupling of old interests and new money a puff piece for the gravy train so beloved of old buffers, who won't let their express greed be sidelined or their avarice derailed.

 

Choo choo Uncle Too

[kickstart]

The two steam engines ,Nom 824-850 are Pacific  Type steam locomotives ,built in 1949-1950.come to Thailand as WW2 compensation from Japan ,run up to 1970 then retired .

Now restored and used on special occasions  .

[mikebell]

10 hours ago, kickstart said:

The two steam engines ,Nom 824-850

Why would they be named 'breasts'?  Or milk?

[Orinoco]

It's all a big misunderstanding.

They are part of the new high speed rail system for

Thailand 4.0. 

 

[bendejo]

Did Hua Lamphong shut down?

Maybe this is sort of a requiem for the old station.  When I first came out here in the 1970s used to stay around there, loved the area.

 

 

[bendejo]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Why would they be named 'breasts'?  Or milk?

Maybe because they come in pairs?

 

 

[RichardColeman]

Can't help but think there is a watch collecting 'General' politician that would make a very good fat controller !

Edited March 22, 2022 by RichardColeman

[JeffersLos]

Faster than the normal trains? 

[userabcd]

Is it a coal fired steam train?

[AMcC]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

Maybe because they come in pairs?

 

 

That's nuts  ????

[mikecha]

6 hours ago, Orinoco said:

It's all a big misunderstanding.

They are part of the new high speed rail system for

Thailand 4.0. 

 

great comment ????

[VocalNeal]

I've been from Bangkok to Ayutthaya on a private train. OK not steam but it waited all day for us to return to Bangkok.

 

Isn't Thailand wonderful. 

[ThailandRyan]

6 hours ago, bendejo said:

Did Hua Lamphong shut down?

Maybe this is sort of a requiem for the old station.  When I first came out here in the 1970s used to stay around there, loved the area.

 

 

Still open and running trains daily.  Has not shut down yet like they had hoped and that is because the new station is not fully up and running yet.  Just took a train up to Ayutthaya and then back so the GF's daughter could ride on the train.  Looking at a trip on the overnight to Chiang Mai in the near future.

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, userabcd said:

Is it a coal fired steam train?

Reference to Pacific loco Number 824 (I presume the same for 850):- 

• Maximum weight of engine: 58,000kg
• Maximum weight of tender: 38,900kg
• Water capacity: 15,000L
• Fuel capacity: 4,200L
• Length over buffer: 19.3m
• Steam pressure: 13kg/cm²

This suggests oil fired.

https://www.gregtodiffer.com/taking-steam-train-bangkok/

 

Photo of Number 850 clearly shows no coal or wood in the tender.

 

 

[RubbaJohnny]

6 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Reference to Pacific loco Number 824 (I presume the same for 850):- 

• Maximum weight of engine: 58,000kg
• Maximum weight of tender: 38,900kg
• Water capacity: 15,000L
• Fuel capacity: 4,200L
• Length over buffer: 19.3m
• Steam pressure: 13kg/cm²

This suggests oil fired.

https://www.gregtodiffer.com/taking-steam-train-bangkok/

 

Photo of Number 850 clearly shows no coal or wood in the tender.

 

 

Many "tender moments" on the old sleeper to Georgetown, sadly no longer a direct service. However high speed corruption completed on time and budget.

[VocalNeal]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Still open and running trains daily.  Has not shut down yet like they had hoped and that is because the new station is not fully up and running yet.  Just took a train up to Ayutthaya and then back so the GF's daughter could ride on the train.  Looking at a trip on the overnight to Chiang Mai in the near future.

Go to Wong Wian Yai and take the train to Samut Songkran?

[Will B Good]

Not wearing an anorak in this climate.

[DaveE13]

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Can't help but think there is a watch collecting 'General' politician that would make a very good fat controller !

<deleted> uncanny 

[bendejo]

11 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Still open and running trains daily.  Has not shut down yet like they had hoped and that is because the new station is not fully up and running yet.  Just took a train up to Ayutthaya and then back so the GF's daughter could ride on the train.  Looking at a trip on the overnight to Chiang Mai in the near future.

It would be a good idea to not tear the place down as it could be brought back into play, like Don Muang.

I think the thing that will be most appreciated by Bkk folk when the station goes out of operation is that there will no longer be the RR crossing at Phetchaburi.  If you've been around there during the evening commute hours you'll know what I mean.  When I was staying in the Bobae area I could walk from the Wireless Rd area and get there faster than the bus I would have taken. 

One time at that crossing I saw an impressive train, painted dark green and of nearly pristine appearance.  I looked it up and it was a high-falutin' thing done up in 19th century grandeur, it had a name like 'Orient Express' and ran Bkk to Singapore.  And it cost a ridiculous amount of money.

 

If I was around Hua Lamphong I would take the train one stop to get to Bobae, cost 2b.  The price of the ticket was part of the novelty.

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by bendejo

[timendres]

16 hours ago, AMcC said:

That's nuts  ????

I just spent two minutes trying to get your avatar off my screen!

I need to get my eyesight checked again...