DVDs - from other publishers
The LRRSA sells a small range of carefully selected DVDs.
Details of DVDs currently available are described below.
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Shibanxi Heaven
By Rob and Yuehong Dickinson
DVD+R 2 x 60 minutes
Published by International Steam Videos
As reviewed in Light Railways No.201 June 2008 pages 22-23.
More details later, in the meantime refer to the Light Railways review
$A58.00 plus postage
[price to LRRSA members $52.20 plus postage]
(Weight 140 gm) |
Sweet Spot
The Story of the Olean Sugar Mill in Java
By Rob and Yuehong Dickinson
DVD+R 60 minutes
Published by International Steam Videos
The Olean sugar mill in eastern Java, Indonesia, was established in 1846.
Serving the sugar mill is a 70cm gauge tramway, operated by a number of 0-8-0TT Orenstein & Koppel steam locomotives, dating from 1910 to 1920. In the sugar cane fields extensive temporary track is still used, with oxen providing the motive power.
This DVD includes extensive scenes of the steam locomotives at work, the laying of temporary track, oxen hauling cane in the fields, and the machinery in the mill. The mill retains much of its original structure, and the majority of the machinery inside is steam powered and over 70 years old. Manufacturers include Werkspoor, Amsterdam; Fives Lille, France; Bellis & Morcom, England; and Machine Fabrik Breda.
The quality of the videography is exceptionally high, as is the quality of the editing.
The DVD also includes a number of fascinating scenes of the way the mill works in the community - scenes in the mosque, in the school, and in the town.
Also on the DVD is a pdf file including diagrams of the sugar mill and a glossary of terms. There is no commentary on the DVD, but the sound quality is very high.
$A41.00 plus postage
[price to LRRSA members $36.90 plus postage]
(Weight 125 gm) |
Logging Off
The last year of the Weihe Forestry Railway
By Du Jianbin and Chen Yuehong
DVD+R 60 minutes
Published by International Steam Videos
The Weihe Forestry Railway was one of a large number of similar narrow gauge railways in northern China built to exploit large stands of timber and operated by steam locomotives.
As the 20th century closed, one by one the railways either shut as the forests became logged out or converted to diesel traction. By 2002/3, only at Weihe did steam reign supreme and this DVD is a tribute to the people who operated the railway and brought in the logs that it carried in its final season.
Only in the depths of the Manchurian winter could felling and transportation take place and the harsh conditions are perfectly captured here. Follow the timber cutters (and their horses and oxen) as they camp out in the forest and fight their way through snowdrifts to bring down the logs to the loading points.
Watch the locomotives with steam leaking from every joint as they constantly battle to get the empty wagons out and bring back the full ones.
Go behind the scenes as steam locomotives on their last legs are prepared in equally hostile conditions, often in the open as the snow streams down.
Meet the loco crews and other staff who cheerfully work on, knowing that in just a few more weeks, their jobs will be lost and. like the railway itself, they too will be thrown on the scrap heap.
The quality of the videography is exceptionally high, as is the quality of the editing.
There is minimal commentary (in English) on the DVD. The sounds of the locomotives working is very well recorded.
No technical details of the railway are given on the video, but I believe the gauge is 75cm and the locomotives are of the 0-8-0 tender variety (with very melodious whistles.)
$A41.00 plus postage
[price to LRRSA members $36.90 plus postage]
(Weight 280 gm) |
