Dancealot Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Waiting and boredom belongs to train travel. But... ...train travel gave me the unique opportunity to look at Thailand from a different perspective. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 At first I thought they where cleaning up the tracks. Later I discovered they are actually waiting and playing with the water to try to overcome the boredom. Waiting to manually fill up the trains' water reserves. Like old buses in Thailand i think the engine needs extra water to cool down due to the leaking if the old engine. However I have seen them watering carriages mainly so I guess this water will be used for train toilets and sinks as well. Thanks for the input Bookman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Chiang Mai trainstation More waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 I haven't seen much train related photo's here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Hua Hin Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Don Muang Station, and the Hopewell Pillars of Shame Hualamphong Station 2nd Class coach to Hua Hin (I think 2nd class; better than the 40 bht 3rd-class only on the way back) Hua Hin platform I found the trains in Thailand a pretty good option, with the exception of the 3rd-class only 40 baht special on a public holiday weekend. I'd have been home hours earlier, but for a little confusion on my part between Thonburi and Chonburi. If they'd said Bangkok Noi, I'd have known what they meant... SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 I found the trains in Thailand a pretty good option, with the exception of the 3rd-class only 40 baht special on a public holiday weekend. I'd have been home hours earlier, but for a little confusion on my part between Thonburi and Chonburi. If they'd said Bangkok Noi, I'd have known what they meant...SC Thanks, streetcowboy, great pics. Hua Hin station appears very small. Did you end up in Thonburi when you shoul have been in chonburi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 B93 for 200km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I found the trains in Thailand a pretty good option, with the exception of the 3rd-class only 40 baht special on a public holiday weekend. I'd have been home hours earlier, but for a little confusion on my part between Thonburi and Chonburi. If they'd said Bangkok Noi, I'd have known what they meant...SC Thanks, streetcowboy, great pics. Hua Hin station appears very small. Did you end up in Thonburi when you shoul have been in chonburi? I think that's just the station temple. the main building is behind me, but it's not so photogenic. I couldn't get a seat back to Bangkok, and let a couple of trains to Thonburi go, thinking it was Chonburi. In the end, after waiting about four or five hours, got on the late-running 40 baht 3rd class only train, which was further delayed at every passing loop to let the trains out of Bangkok pass; and finally bailed out at Bang Sui to get the MRT back to Sukhumvit, and subsequently a taxi home. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hua Hin bound train at Hua Lamphong station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddas Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 NE line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt1591 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Home Sweet Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Nakhon Sawan Old overhaul station, still in use! Notice the new scales inside the building on Pic 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hua Hin bound train at Hua Lamphong station I love those decayed engine trains still in use. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hua Hin bound train at Hua Lamphong station I love those decayed engine trains still in use. Beautiful. I'd like to get a decent photo of the re-engineered BR Class 158s. I don't know where they run though. Perhaps someone here can help out. SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'd like to get a decent photo of the re-engineered BR Class 158s. I don't know where they run though. Perhaps someone here can help out.SC Would be interesting to see if it ran i SE-Asia, or Thailand, even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I'd like to get a decent photo of the re-engineered BR Class 158s. I don't know where they run though. Perhaps someone here can help out.SC Would be interesting to see if it ran i SE-Asia, or Thailand, even. I have a former colleague who worked on their commissioning at Makkasan. I have one poor photo, from another web site, but it does not show the vehicle in its full glory. For me, the 158s were a breath of fresh air when they arrived on the Transpennine route. I suspect they may have been more new than improved, and they have since been supplanted on the Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh route SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 I have a former colleague who worked on their commissioning at Makkasan. I have one poor photo, from another web site, but it does not show the vehicle in its full glory. For me, the 158s were a breath of fresh air when they arrived on the Transpennine route. I suspect they may have been more new than improved, and they have since been supplanted on the Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh routeSC So, then, an original self made photo would be too much to ask here, perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I have a former colleague who worked on their commissioning at Makkasan. I have one poor photo, from another web site, but it does not show the vehicle in its full glory. For me, the 158s were a breath of fresh air when they arrived on the Transpennine route. I suspect they may have been more new than improved, and they have since been supplanted on the Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh routeSC So, then, an original self made photo would be too much to ask here, perhaps... I can maybe trawl back and find one on the Queen Street Waverley run, but we need to remember that the Thai vehicles had metre - gauge bogies and enhanced air conditioning.... I know I've never seen them in Thailand - I don't even know which line they run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 In the mean time; cold drinks. Wang Krot area, nearing in on Phi chit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 gauge bogies and enhanced air conditioning.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 For the BREL boys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_158#State_Railway_of_Thailand All due respect to those whom I have plagiarised SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 For the BREL boys This one is in comission now. I spotted this train 4 months ago on the Chiang Mai line. I looks like a BR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 There is a member in our forum with a big mouse-tash Who went from Hua Lamphong Station to Chiang Mai with a rash http://www.pbase.com/win13/image/49591654/large The trip took 1,006 hours without a hitch Not been derailed nor going into a ditch So he gave the drive a tip in cash Bogie Chiang Mai Station http://www.pbase.com/win13/image/24214976/large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Oh!!! Kan Win is a poet and we did not know it OK we have no railway on Samui, so hard to do!!! .... but the last couple of days I have been taking photos of photos ... glad I printed before losing images! So here's my contribution (technically the photo taken in Thailand.... even though the original was not ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Oh!!! Kan Win is a poet and we did not know it Ah! You fell for his trick for that was a genuine limerick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 OK we have no railway on Samui, so hard to do!!! .... but the last couple of days I have been taking photos of photos ... glad I printed before losing images! So here's my contribution (technically the photo taken in Thailand.... even though the original was not ) It's okay, thanks for having a go. Who are they, jimmy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 What's missing from this picture? It's probably busier now... SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Phitsanulok or Phit-lok trainstation, the whistle-guy and if you where wondering the guy in sunglasses in the back is putting something on his nose, like Jimmy's clown. Which way-to-go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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