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Khun Wisarut (and maybe Volker?),
here's another quiz question for you railway freaks :p:
Last weekend I was in Buri Ram. In the lobby of the hotel, on a map of the town, I noticed a short branch line (probably just 5-6 km?) going to a place called "Khao Kradong". Also, when going back by bus on the old road via Lam Plaimat, Huay Thalaeng and Chakkarat, I crossed this track, which (assuming you come from the East) branches off shortly after Buri Ram station and then turns to the South or Southwest. (But please don't worry that I didn't use the SRT on my journey - because of course I did! I continued on a 'special express' train from Khorat to Bangsue. :) )
So what is that??? Any information on this track?
Wisarut
17-11-03, 10:42 PM
Khun NCR,
I guess that that's the branch for SRT to cut down the firewood
at Kao Kradong to feed steam locomotives .... the firewood line
of the same kind as Soong Noen line ...
von Hirschhorn
16-07-04, 06:28 PM
Thanks Khun Wisarut, also me, a lot of new information, I shall make a nice print for my archive.
One question however, you mention a sugar mill at Kumphawapee. Where is / was that situated and did they have any rail transport?
Wang Khapi and Ko Kha are both surveyed, this one is complete new to me.
Max von Hirschhorn
Wisarut
16-07-04, 07:40 PM
Khun von Hirschhorn,
Khumphawapee is a district in Udornthani Province.
To badd the station between Udornthani to Natha (Nong
Khai) are either downgraded to STOP for Local Train or
just NO Longer exists
Khun Reiner, beware when you are using map formk Krom Phaengthee Thaharn though ... Sometimes thye have kept the outdated data on the map -> e.g. when Bangbua Thong Rialway has removed the section from Bang Seethong to Wat Chaloem Phrakiat so as to construct the new line from Bang Seethong intersection to Bang Seethong Pier (the pier opposited to the Nonthaburi provincial hall) in 1930, the Military Survey has NOT corrected the route yet even though they CLIAMED that the data was collect in early 1931.
Even after BAngbuathong Railway was out of business in July 1942 and the rail have been removed shortly, the Military survey has only shoen ONLY the trace correspondent to the formaer Bang Buathong Railway but NOT the new road - even though the Highway Dept had constructed the new rroad to repace that railway ...
von Hirschhorn
20-01-05, 06:26 AM
Originally posted by Wisarut
[quote] However, I have never thought that the SRT have used the dried sugar cane from the sugar mill(s) to fuel their loco's ... [quote]
If I am right the stuff is called: bagasse, a leftover after the cane is fully pressed. Most sugar cane transport locomotives were (or are still) fired by this subtance. It saves oil or coal and is a good recycling as well. (apart from air pollution of course)
Dick Van Der Spek's Thai Rail appears to show a branch near Buri Ram. This is a greyscale scan from the Roads Association of Thailand 2001 Road Atlas map of Buri Ram. The whole extent of the line is not shown on either the original or this scan.
The fact that it passes over Huay Jorakhe Mahk has invited much speculation in the Clubhouse of the Pattaya Retired Wheeltapper's & Shunters Club that this might be a private spur built by a certain Buri Ram PM Hopeful with a view to it being used by the Ministerial Train in the not-too-distant future:-
Buri Ram Branch (http://pub8.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?img=71387&usernum=633867102) ;)
Wisarut
13-02-05, 12:03 AM
That branch lin in Buriram is for ballast unit of SRT ....
The Enforcer!
13-02-05, 07:54 AM
That branch lin in Buriram is for ballast unit of SRT ....
Where does it join the Main Line?
The Enforcer!
A short distance west of Buri Ram station. Within the city boundaries, I would guess.
By the way, that mysterious branch was also discussed in this short thread before:
"Khao Kradong" (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=109)
Khao Kradong Forest Park looks to be about 7 Kms south of BR.
von Hirschhorn
14-02-05, 06:39 PM
By and by with travelling you discover all spur and sidelines.
This one is anything but unknown. Somewhere else khun Wisarut comments that this is a line to a quarry. The best thing is a photo with a train but who wants to wait for the shot. (maybe weeks in a row :) )
A few kms west of Ubon Ratchathani is a north-easterly heading branch which must exceed 5 kms in length. It is shown on almost all maps and is also on the Van Der Spek Map, so I guess it is still operational. Is it Ubon's Oil Siding?
http://pub8.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?img=73980&usernum=633867102
Wisarut
31-03-05, 12:48 PM
Khun GWR
That's Bung Wai branch line as the way to pick up rice and other products form the boats and barges alogn Mun River (Bung Wai - Pho Mun) ... This Branch line was opened in 1927 and Closed down in 1984 or so.
There is an oil siding in Ubon Ratchathanee station though
Wisarut
31-03-05, 01:04 PM
Well, it is mroe like a passing loop though for the line
What's that about a branch line to a place called Ban Pah Moon immediately to the west of Ubon (page 1365, first paragraph; also to be seen on the map)?
Khun Wisarut? Any information?
Wisarut
02-05-05, 08:32 AM
Khun NCR,
That's the Branch line from Bung Wai [the last station before reaching
Ubon Ratchathanee] to Pho Moon Pier (to pick up the cargo from the
barges along Moon River) ... Opened in 1927 ... This branch line was
in service for about 55 years before being abandoned after 1983. :p
I've been looking at your huge contribution to the 'Thai rail Transit' Forum on www.skyscrapercity.com
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=102736&page=15&pp=20
and wonder if you could mosey on down to the 'Thai History' subforum and give us some info on the 'Land Torpedo' of 1933:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4903&postcount=14
Here's a Hanomag plinthed outside 'Khorat' Main Station; which Khun Wisaruth has dubbed the 'Land Torpedo'. The link ^-above-^ may provide some clues as to why the loco might be labelled as such. Hopefully, Khun W will enlighten us further on this one; as he has good access to the various archives on Thai railways.
http://www.yimsiam.com/cgi-bin/data/fanrotfaithai/pic/00059873.jpg
Wisarut
06-06-05, 12:26 AM
SUch a kind of phto can be seen in either hte book abotu Boworndej revolt or in National Archieves ... but it seems to me that I have to find the Boworndej Phto Series FIRST.
Even the published photo of that Hanomag ramming is NOT clear enough IMHO ... :(
I suspect I've found a very unclear image of the very unclear Hanomag 'Land Torpedo'.
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4925&postcount=15
I'll scan it in at some point; [which will probably lead to an even more unclear image given the 'cheap & nastiness' of my scanner]. There's also a picture of government soldiers boarding a train to supress rebels at Hin Lub. Any idea where that is?
I'll post more on this when I get a bit further than the 'picture flicking' phase.
From Win Lyovarin's (1994)'Democracy, Shaken & Stirred', an image of the Land Torpedo Hanomag Loco deliberately crashed into a train of anti-aircraft guns mounted on rail bogies in October 1933. The loco's driver was Arun Bunnag, who was sentenced to the penal colony on Koh Tarutao.
Also a picture of government soldiers boarding a train to Hin Lub (where?) to oppose the opposing forces of Prince Boworodet's 'Operation Deerstalking' in the 1933 coup attempt.
Go out and buy this book if you have even the slightest interest in Thai railways, armed forces, politics and penal colonies. Apparently, it is a set book on some uni courses in Thailand:-
http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=5v252q
Also a picture of government soldiers boarding a train to Hin Lub (where?)According to the Falling Rain Gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TH/a/B/a/n/32/H/i/), there are 3 Ban Hin Lap in Thailand:
-Changwat Nong Bua Lamphu
-Changwat Kanchanaburi
-Changwat Songkhla
The only one of them close to a railway (especially considering we're talking about the year 1933 - no rail to Muang Kan or Udon Thani yet!) is the one east of Hat Yai (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TH/68/Ban_Hin_Lap_1.html).
Where did this Boworndej Revolt mainly take place? There was something mentioned about followers converging on Bangkok from the North/Northeast, but Southern Thailand???
But maybe it's not necessarily a village, rather some other place name?
This (http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/thailand/locations/h/18.html) page (what sort of stuff one can find on the net....) might give a clue: streams called Huai Hin Lap; IMO the one in Khorat (somewhere around Pak Chong/Lam Takhong Reservoir) is the most likely answer.
OK..... forget it. Here's the final solution:
There is Hin Lap Station at km 144.29 of the Northeastern Line between Map Kabao and Muak Lek (thus in Saraburi Province, not Khorat). See rotfaithai's list (http://www.rotfaithai.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6).
BTW, also mentioned on this forum ("Goods Connections on the SRT" (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=468&page=1) ) as a place for a quarry (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=2135&postcount=1) and starting point for cement trains (post 9 (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=2158&postcount=9) and post 11 (http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=2292&postcount=11)) to Lamphun and Bangsue.
Thanks!
Think we should rename it 'the Railway Coup' to contrast it with the 1951 Manhattan (Dredger & Sri Ayutthya Warship) Coup. Listen to this! Phibun was arrested by naval officers at the commissioning of a US-funded canal dredger. He was carted off to the Navy's flagship; which was sunk shortly after by the airforce and army (The Navy's oil depot also copped it). Phibun jumped off the ship just before it sunk.) This is also an incredible story, seeing as it happened right in the middle of the city; but I guess we had better deal with it in another thread. There are pictures of the arrest & the sinking.
The result of the crash between the two trains was that both trains fell into a swamp, and many Government soldiers were drowned.
The coup was actually coordinated from Nakorn Srithammarat, but soldiers from Isaan garrisons were heavily involved. However, the Ubon Ratchathani Garrison switched to the Government side and captured the 'National Restorers' rearguard garrison at Khorat. They then cut off the coup plotters route of retreat by destroying the railway between Pakchong & Khorat; including a bridge over the Chee River. Bomber aircraft were then sent against the retreating forces. Hin Lap was probably Prince Boworodet's last stand before his forces disintegrated and he ran off to Vietnam. (He returned, apparently without recrimination, in about 1949.)
qualtrough
14-09-05, 10:14 PM
Took a wonderful 3rd class train up to Pak Chong and have some questions (Pardon my romanizations please!):
1. In Kaeng Khoi on the side of the workshop I saw a model steam loco, looking neglected. Question: Is that a working model (that could be steamed), or just a replica?
2. Bandai Ma station. Question: I believe that means Horse staircase? Any idea where the name came from? Was there something there once for unloading horses? If so, why? A cavalry base?
Answers appreciated!
qualtrough
14-09-05, 11:08 PM
As my train entered Muak Lek I noticed a tomb on the left side of the track heading in the direction of Korat. This was very near the station. All I could catch was that the person buried there was from Denmark. Can anyone supply more details?
John
Wisarut
21-09-05, 12:07 PM
That's a grave of Danish Engineer who was perished byMalaria during the constuction of the section throgh Dong Phraya Fai from Kaeng Khoi to Khorat via Pak Chong ... the most troublesome route of all .
Wisarut
21-09-05, 12:10 PM
1) That's a replicaof the loco at Kaeng Khoi Loco Shed though :cool:
2) There is Khao Bandai Mah at Bangdai mah station ... The Highest Point
at Kaeng Khoi - Pak Chong route .. the troublkesome 55-km track ...
It is very steep track (24 mill) with sharpcurve (100 meter radius)
... very hard for horse to climb
qualtrough
21-09-05, 02:42 PM
Thanks Khun Wisarut. That is what I suspected. He certainly got a nice trackside grave!
qualtrough
21-09-05, 02:50 PM
Khun Wisarut,
Do you mean that it is a non-operating replica, e.g. not a real steam model?
BTW, I went for a day trip to Pha Sadet station. An old woman told me several stories related to the railway in the past. She said that there was a head-on collision between two steam engines right next to the memorial just before the station. At least one driver was killed when he was crushed by firewood and one engine was knocked off the tracks into the cleft. It was raining and windy at the time. Do you know anything about that accident? She said she has lived in Pha Sadet for 50 years, so must have occurred sometime between 1955 and the end of steam on the line in the 70s?
John
Wisarut
21-09-05, 04:27 PM
Yeah, not a real steam model for Kaeng Khoi though ...
For the casde of 2 steams havign ahead on collision, I have no clue
unless Ihaveachance to access into that rarebook section in the National Library to llok aroud the annual report of SRT
The end of steams started sicne the introduction of ALSTHOM loco in 1975,
compelliogn SRT to close down the Steam Loco Repariation facility after 1976 ... and the massive decommission of McArther Locos and otehr locos
qualtrough
21-09-05, 04:35 PM
Khun Wisarut,
Thanks for your reply. There is a book on Thai Railway Accidents waiting to be written some day.
Regards,
John
qualtrough
21-09-05, 04:38 PM
Some time ago I recall seeing a preview or commercial containing a scene in which two Thai steam passenger trains collide head on. The coaches were the old cream/maroon color and the footage looked to me like it was from the sixties or early seventies. It looked to be real and not a model. Anyone know if such a crash really was staged, and if so, have any details?
John
How & when they might have filmed it, I have no idea. I suspect it was a re-enactment of the famous 'Land Torpedo' incident during the 1933 Coup; which happened (by some accounts) at Hin Lup near Muak Lek. And like a lot of Thai TV drama, 'continuity' doesn't spend a great deal of time trying to get the true period feel. And I doubt there was anyone around to film the 1933 incident.
See these threads for further 'mindboggling' details :-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=936
The next thread also contains the 4 following 'singular' linked posts. I recommend you read the whole thing to fully savor the bizarre nature of the whole tale of the 'Boworodet Coup':-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=918
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4903&postcount=14
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4903&postcount=15
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4934&postcount=17
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=4950&postcount=18
I've added some comment that you might find useful in your thread on 'staged head-on collision'. However, treat this with a pinch of salt, as I don't yet know if Pha Sadet is anywhere near Hin Lup or Muak Lek. (I'm off to check!) I suspect the timeframe has gone a bit awry here too:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?p=6324#post6324
Ah! So there is a station called Pha Sadet; with Hin Lup Station between Pha Sadet & Muak Lek: all stations on the way to Pak Chong. Some accounts (in other threads) say that the 'Land Torpedo' Incident happened at Hin Lup in 1933. A monument might well commemorate this highly significant event; but at which station? I suggest you follow the link above, and prepare for a convoluted tale.
qualtrough
21-09-05, 11:45 PM
Hi GWR, thanks for your reply and links. I recall reading some of those accounts of the 'Land Torpedoe' before. An interesting concept!
Going back to the head-on collision, I am pretty certain that the scene was from a movie, not TV. Also, the two trains were passenger trains. While you could be right that it could be related to the LT incident, I didn't see anything to suggest that. Perhaps a Thai reader who is also a film fan might be able to shed some light on this?
Ban Chonabot? In the sticks somewhere?
qualtrough
21-09-05, 11:53 PM
GWR-The head-on collision referred to by the old lady would have had to occur well after the 1933 incident since by her account she has only lived there the last 50 years. From the detail of her account it sounded like she witnessed the event, or certainly the aftermath.
She also mentioned a story about a work train that parked there once. There was a party and one of the workers got drunk and slept on the tracks. He was run over mid-thigh and lived about an hour. The only positive recollection she had was that the villagers used to get hot water from the locos. I found it interesting that she related all these RR anecdotes to me since I hadn't mentioned my interest in the RR at all.
Not many people live in Pah Sadet anymore as the village was apparently forced to move by the cement company at some point. I am not sure how much longer stations like that will stay open as only a very few trains stop there each day.
BTW, anyone there is a very large cave within the vicinity of Pah Sadet that is a long hard slog to access but well worth it if you are into that sort of thing.
John
I found it interesting that she related all these RR anecdotes to me since I hadn't mentioned my interest in the RR at all.Maybe you look like a rail nut? :D:p;)
qualtrough
22-09-05, 12:17 AM
I probably do. I wasn't wearing an anorak though!
Wisarut
22-09-05, 09:38 AM
For teh case of head-on collision by Hanomag Loco Number 277, it DID happen at Laksi (the main battlefield durign Boworndej Revolt).
For teh case of Hin lap, it is the last stand of Col. Phraya Srisitsonggram (Din Tharap) ... he was killed by machine gun on October 23, 1933 ...
A short time ago I have read this book (library Dutch Railway fans, Utrecht).
It's a long, little bit sad story about the good old days. A must for all thai railway-fans.
Wisarut
03-10-05, 06:08 PM
Actually, there was a Hanomag Crash at pakchong in 1934 though ... accord to the Annual Report of RSR due to the Broken Axle Spring :D
qualtrough
13-10-05, 11:31 PM
I stopped off at the Muak Lek station the other day and took a photo of the grave. I would post it here but don't know how to do that! Here is what it says:
Knud Lyke Rahbeck
Born in Denmark
13th February 1878
Died at Muok-Lek
18th June 1897.
The tombstone came from Hong Kong.
Only 19 when he died he seems quite young to have been an engineer? He must have had some wealthy friends or relatives to have been given such a large and impressive tomb situated trackside like that. Would be interesting to learn more about his story.
qualtrough
14-10-05, 12:50 AM
Thanks GWR. Here (I hope) is a link to a picture of the grave. It is located on the left side of the tracks (as you head towards Korat), short way past the station.
http://tinypic.com/ejcy0y.jpg
Dick Van Der Spek's Thai Rail appears to show a branch near Buri Ram. This is a greyscale scan from the Roads Association of Thailand 2001 Road Atlas map of Buri Ram. The whole extent of the line is not shown on either the original or this scan.
The fact that it passes over Huay Jorakhe Mahk has invited much speculation in the Clubhouse of the Pattaya Retired Wheeltapper's & Shunters Club that this might be a private spur built by a certain Buri Ram PM Hopeful with a view to it being used by the Ministerial Train in the not-too-distant future:-
Buri Ram Branch (http://pub8.bravenet.com/photocenter/album.php?img=71387&usernum=633867102) ;)
This string will show the latest source of 1:250,000 Scans if you want to examine the following in more detail for Rail Mapping purposes. Incidentally, a lot more previously unmentioned branches are emerging from examination of these scans:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=6803&postcount=1
1:250,000 scan of Buri Ram Ballast Branch; purpose identified by Khun Wisaruth:-
http://tinypic.com/far18i.jpg
Khun GWR
That's Bung Wai branch line as the way to pick up rice and other products form the boats and barges alogn Mun River (Bung Wai - Pho Mun) ... This Branch line was opened in 1927 and Closed down in 1984 or so.
There is an oil siding in Ubon Ratchathanee station though
1983 RTSD Scan:-
http://tinypic.com/fbdlja.jpg
Wisarut
04-11-05, 04:54 PM
Okay, Now, some Thai railfan has taken a photo on the Branch Line for ballast Train in Buriram ... Look at the Photo at Yimsiam.com
http://www.yimsiam.com/club/board/topicRead.asp?wbID=fanrotfaithai&id=000937
Found 'Hang Rot Fai Lek' on a 1980 RTSD 1:250,000 Map of Amphur Kumphawapi in Udon Thani Province. The legend indicates a narrower gauge than Meter Gauge:-
http://tinypic.com/fbfjhu.jpg
Wisarut
04-11-05, 07:08 PM
'Hang Rot Fai Lek' -> That's "THang Rot Fai Lek " heading to Kumphawapee Sugar Mill of Thai Sugarmill Co.Ltd. without doubt :D ;)
Wisarut
04-11-05, 07:37 PM
Fro the case of Bung Wai - Pho Mun branch line, it is end up a Ban Pho mun (in Warin Chamrab side of Ubon) which is opposite to Ban Khoo Duea and Khoo Duea Beach (Unbon Ratchathani side) ....
There used to be a ferry across Mun river between Ban Pho mun and Ban Khoo Duea until Seri Prachathipatai Bridge across Mun River has come to Undo Bung Wai - Pho Mun branch line ...
1:250,000 scan of Sung Noen lines from approx 1971 map: -
http://i5.tinypic.com/15gz6u0.jpg
This string will show the latest source of 1:250,000 Scans if you want to examine the following in more detail for Rail Mapping purposes. Incidentally, a lot more previously unmentioned branches are emerging from examination of these scans:-
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=6803&postcount=1
1:250,000 scan of Buri Ram Ballast Branch; purpose identified by Khun Wisaruth:-
http://tinypic.com/far18i.jpg
I was looking at a map of this branch from 1972/73 qnd noticed it actually has the line configuration for a narrow gauge track. And now I look back at this original scan and it's the same. To represent the legend crudely: -
-+-+-+-+-+ = Meter Gauge
-'-,-'-,-'-,-' = Narrow Gauge
I probably missed this before because I had grown so accustomed to not seeing narrow gauge lines represented on Thai maps. but recently I've seen quite a few.
I suppose it's possible that the line was originally operated by someone other than SRT, and was used for other mineral or timber extraction purposes. Perhaps SRT replaced the original gauge when they decided to use the quarry for ballast.
Any comment Khun W?
Wisarut
26-06-06, 12:00 PM
Fro the case of Soong Noen narrow gauge track, it is for the firewood to fuel the steam locos .... :)
Okay, Now, some Thai railfan has taken a photo on the Branch Line for ballast Train in Buriram ... Look at the Photo at Yimsiam.com
http://www.yimsiam.com/club/board/topicRead.asp?wbID=fanrotfaithai&id=000937
The above indicates that it has been used for ballast in more recent times. The map doesn't make it clear if there is a quarry at the end of the track. I suppose it could just as easily have been a loading spur, with road trucks bringing in the ballast from elsewhere. The photos clearly indicate that this is now a meter gauge branch, whereas there is a vague suggestion on the map that the narrow gauge ran alongside the mainline into Buri Ram station. Of course, that would usually be a more practical arrangement than having two different gauges on the same trackbed. One wonders when the branch was regauged? The map is from the early seventies, when there were still a few locos requiring firewood. I suppose this branch may also have been used for firewood in the past.
Easy to lose the plot sometimes! This thread uses the words 'quarry' and 'firewood': -
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=109
Wisarut
26-06-06, 02:29 PM
It has been used for carryign ballast since the first day from Quarry at Khao Kradong ... I can testify for that since the was are cord of accident of ballast train form Buriram in June 1932 ... while heading from Buriram to Khorat ....
Wisarut
30-07-06, 01:32 AM
More photo of Kao Kradogn Branch
http://www.yimsiam.com/cgi-bin/data/fanrotfaithai/pic/00096224.jpg
http://www.yimsiam.com/cgi-bin/data/fanrotfaithai/pic/00096243.jpg
von Hirschhorn
30-07-06, 07:49 PM
Great, another unearthed piece of railway history:
Thang Rot Fai lek - Small Railway Route (road) substantial news. I asked before about this sugar mill especially if there were any remains but so far nothing. However with this map on hand one should go there and see what’s left.
Also nice to see some track views of the Buri Ram branch line. It looks very rusty and that means no trains for a long time. Thus I was right in an earlier thread: one have to wait weeks in row to take a propper picture here, that means include some rolling stock.
By the way GWR; what on earth is the Pattaya Retired Wheeltapper's & Shunters Club, for them there’s hardly any yard nearby to practises their hobby :D
Wheeltappers are those railway inspectors you used to see tapping the wheels of bogies with a special stick to make sure there were no cracks in them. And shunters shunt in shunting yards.
These articles should give you the idea that railway workers used to have their own workingmen's social clubs. Nowadays, retired (& divorced railway) have changed their habits a bit and live in places like Benidorm, Torremolinos and Pattaya, but they no longer drink 'Watneys Bleedin' Red Barrel' as was suggested on 'Monty Python' many aeons ago.
Funnily enough I have met people like this in Pattaya. My inspiration for this was a Brit who worked as a loco driver on Canadian Pacific. He lived in Chachoengsao for a while, and was distinctly unimpressed by SRT. He eventually moved to Pattaya, saying that Chachoengsao was too 'Ban Nork' for him. He needed his fix of all things farang, which probably included a few 'glee' clubs.
These three articles might also give you some idea:-
http://www.wheeltappers-benidorm.com/
http://offthetelly.co.uk/lightentertainment/wheeltappers.htm
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/comedy/wheeltap.htm
There's even a wiki: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheeltappers_and_Shunters_Social_Club
Here's the original post Von Hirschhorn was enquiring about: -
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showpost.php?p=3207&postcount=1
Newin Chidchob may yet need a private spur for the 'Cabinet Train'. He has already been mentioned as a possible PM hopeful if TRT decides to ditch Thaksin. Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wisarut
31-07-06, 01:14 AM
Already, Father of Ai Newin has Seized Railway Land aroudn Khao Kradong and Buriram st ation for his own private use without paying ANY rent to SRT Coffer :eek:
Already, Father of Ai Newin has Seized Railway Land aroudn Khao Kradong and Buriram st ation for his own private use without paying ANY rent to SRT Coffer :eek:
Wow! Humor comes true! ;)
von Hirschhorn
31-07-06, 06:42 PM
…. needed the fix of all things farang …
A nice euphemism. Wine and liquor can be find everywhere, the real delight of Pattaya has a strange but human natured attraction. Tapping the wheels, shunting your shunter, buffer kissing, another typical British railway phenomena practices by the Branch Line Society. Although you like to treat this subject serious, in connection with the charm and chase, or as the Amies call it: rest en recreation, in Pattaya one can wonder what railway really means.
Already, Father of Ai Newin has Seized Railway Land aroudn Khao Kradong and Buriram station for his own private use without paying ANY rent to SRT Coffer :eek:
Were you involved in this complaint Khun W?
Railway union files complaint
State Railway of Thailand (SRT) labour union yesterday filed a complaint with Auditor-General Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka accusing the father and wife of Newin Chidchob of encroaching on more than over 44 rai of SRT land in Buri Ram's Muang District.
SRT union leader Riangsak Kaengkan urged Jaruvan to take legal action against Chai Chidchob and Karuna Chidchob, father and wife respectively of the former PM's Office minister in the Thaksin government.
He claimed that both Chai and Karuna illegally obtained the title deeds to the two plots.
A Senate special committee and the Council of State had ruled that the land belonged to the SRT and could not be used by the private sector, but the SRT has not taken action against the two.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/11/04/national/national_30018034.php
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