We dont need rails .

[Sidecar Racer]

 As far as I can work out this is reopening work somewhere in Indonesia .

 

 

[woodenhead]

It's probably an agricultural railway that is used at harvest time only and with people trudging along, floods and general regrowth the track gets buried each year so first job is to clear the track with a loco only.

[Geep7]

0:48 - That's what happens when you run your model trains on the carpet........

[Mikkel]

Fascinating stuff. The map says "P.G. Semboro" which Google identifies as a "sugar factory" in East Java.

 

PG SEMBORO
https://maps.app.goo.gl/b1ZxnMH9hMjM4rgCA

 

Edit: "Semboro sugar mill in Jember, East Java, has the second largest field lines network that still remains in operation in Indonesia (after the neighboring Jatiroto sugar mill)."

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Mikkel

[kitpw]

The locomotive (which seems to be the same word in Javanese) makes wonderful progress until it reaches the heaps of straw, then the wheels slip.  Wrong sort of straw, I guess.  The level road crossing is something to see... Thanks for posting, as Mikkel says, fascinating stuff.

 

 

 

[Mikkel]

2 hours ago, kitpw said:

The level road crossing is something to see...

 

Yes, that put a smile on my face (begins at 11:24). I didn't think such things were possible!

 

[Nearholmer]

Used to see pretty much the same on peat railways in Ireland, where sections might not be used for months on end. The wind blows peat dust over the track, then stuff grows surprisingly fast. Same issues with people using the tracks as motorbike routes too.

[33C]

You should check out some of his other video's, the flat crossings, the road/rail interchange, the workshop built over the line, running in front "gardens", the re-railing, the digging out of the points, the ploughing through spoil deposited on the rails, etc, etc! Fascinating stuff...