Old Train Station in Granada Nicaragua
Old Train Station Granada Nicaragua September 2014
Nicaragua Granada town - 12 attractions, things to do
Granada town: Calle Centroamerica, Calle La Calzada, Central Park, Iglesia de la Merced, tower la Merced, Fortaleza la Polvora, old railway station Granada, Convento de San Francisco, Choco Museo, Granada Cathedral, Iglesia de Guadelupe
0:00 horse carriage ride
0:14 Iglesia de la Merced with tower La Merced
1:19 Fortaleza La Polvora
1:39 Iglesia de Guadelupe
1:53 Old Railway Station
2:53 Convento de San Francisco
3:05 Centro Cultural Museum Convento San Francisco
3:26 Choco Museo & Café
3:49 Granada Cathedral
3:58 Central Park
4:20 Calle Centroamérica (south end)
4:34 Calle LaCalzada
Nicaragua - Train Station and Slums
This is a rough-Final copy.
Nicaragua Brick Unloading 2016
'Bucket brigade' style unloading of a truck load of bricks.
Seen at old railway station in Granada Nicaragua.
Nicaragua - Truck Train
Along Hwy 24 - View of Volcan San Cristobal
The Great Venezuelan Railway 1978
The Great Venezuelan Railway was opened on February 1st 1894 following six years of construction. The railway connected the Capital, Carracas, to city of Valencia, the capital of the state of Carabobo. The railway was a total of 111 miles long (179Km) and was considered one of the great engineering accomplishments in Venezuela for its time. The railway finally closed in 1963.
Between 1976 and circa 2000. A section of the line between Los Teques and El Encanto, 7km, was open as a tourist attraction. Sadly this is now no more.
In 1997 I was invited to visit the railway by my friends Jaime and Francisco. Both of these gentelmen were instrumental in the early success of the preservation movement on the line.
The still images in this short sequence were taken from my own video, shot when I last visited the railway in April of 1997. The railway was operational then. All of the vintage footage, both steam and diesel, was taken by a dear friend, Jaime Oliva Esteva , in 1978.
Today, sadly, the scene is one of neglect and abandonment.
I hope that you enjoy this short presentation.
Glen Beadon Dec 2010
トレドのTRAIN vision / Toledo TRAIN vision
Take a Costa Rica Tour with the Trainforest Railroad & Apple Vacations
See Costa Rica like never before with the Trainforest Railroad nature tour
A Bus on a Train Track
On a border run to Nicaragua, our bus doesn't quite make it over the railroad tracks. It's 6 minutes worth watching.
History of rail transport in Nicaragua
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Rail work and buckets
A weeks worth of hard labor on the rail road in Nicaragua. Living LDV!
Music: Salmonella Dub - Push on through
Hillsville Bahamas ice ride high speed to pear tree to chain break
High speed ice ride over to pear tree hill from the Bahamas on the ice. At the top of the hill the bike stalls because the chain breaks in 2. Took a second to figure it out.
Old Train Station & trains in Hong Kong
Old Train Station & trains in Hong Kong
All aboard for the American Dream Desperate migrants ride the 'Train of Death' through Mexico.
The freight train known as The Beast travels through Mexico. And every day hundreds of migrants, mostly from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, sit on top of the notorious train, often for days at a time. It is a risky journey with the threat of criminal gangs, people smugglers, kidnappers and corrupt officials.
Justice Train in Nicaragua
Insight into the situation in Nicaragua.
PANAMA RAILROAD PART 7
FROM GATUN TO MT HOPE
RUSSIA: THE LITTLE BEE CHILDREN'S RAILWAY LINE
Russian/Nat
Children have always played with train sets, dreaming of becoming train drivers when they grow up. But Russian youngsters have gone one better - they run their own railway line.
The Little Bee railway was dreamed-up under former dictator Josef Stalin to instruct children in the work ethic of communist society.
Now it's just for fun. But financial problems in the wake of communism's collapse are threatening to derail one of the Soviet Union's strangest - and most endearing - legacies.
This must be the biggest toy train in the world.
Most children only dream of becoming train drivers. These Russian youngsters are doing it for real.
Every summer vacation, over a thousand boys and girls get the chance to play with a train set their Western contemporaries could scarcely even imagine.
The Little Bee children's railway is one of more than 20 similar lines across Russia.
But despite the holiday atmosphere, the children's railways have a sinister past.
Stalin's transport minister set them up in the 1930s to train youngsters to keep the Soviet Union rolling if war took their fathers to the frontline.
Other children found themselves working the points and collecting tickets when both parents were locked away in prison camps.
But unlike other relics of Soviet childhood, the Little Bee still attracts scores of eager Russian kids.
Take Dima, who has been working this line for three summers now.
As the driver's assistant, he is fiercely proud of his work.
SOUNDBITE (Russian):
My speciality is helping the engine-driver. I suppose I'm responsible for people's lives. If something happens, it's up to the engine-driver and his helper.
SUPERCAPTION: Dima, Little Bee Railway
Something of the communist ideal remains to this day. The children don't get paid - a present at the end of the season is all they can expect for their labours.
The hours are long and competition for jobs on the line is as intense as in the grown-up world. But for kids like Valentin, the chance to work the trains is enough.
SOUNDBITE (Russian):
Fine, I like it. What is there to do anyway during the summer in a hot city? Here, after work, we change and go swimming. (What about the salary?) No, we only work here because we're enthusiastic about the job. I personally work for the pleasure of working here. I work because I like it.
SUPERCAPTION: Valentin, Little Bee Railway
It's not just for laughs, though. Discipline is tough and safety checks rigorous. But the railway becomes a way of life - almost 70 per cent of the children go on to work the mainlines when they grow up.
But although the railway is one Soviet institution which has outlived communism, its days may be numbered.
Due to celebrate its 60th anniversary next year, lack of funding may soon spell the end of the line for the Little Bee.
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EL FERROCARRIL DEL PACIFICO DE NICARAGUA
Esto lo hice por que vive de infancia el Ferrocarril y siento un pesar por que se termino en mi pais,un recurso que debimos modernizar y que futuras generaciones sepan que en Nicaragua existio un ferrocarril,y que talvez algun presidente de mi pais lo vuelva activar en el futuro.