Over the years I’ve found a few YouTube videos featuring the Kowloon Canton Railway pre-electrification, and here is another one – a 3 minute long journey along the line in 1971.
A timeline of what there is to see:
- 00:00 Aerial view of Victorian Harbour and the Kowloon station building
- 00:14 Outside Kowloon station
- 00:17 Kowloon station ticket office
- 00:27 Train in the platform at Kowloon station
- 00:35 KCR locomotive #58 leading a train out of Kowloon
- 00:40 Aerial view of the Kowloon station yard
- 00:51 Train heads north towards Hung Hom
- 01:05 Onboard a train
- 01:12 View of the passing New Territories countryside
- 01:20 Train passes a farmer in a paddock
- 01:35 Onboard a train
- 01:44 Passing a colour light signal beside Tolo Harbour
- 01:50 Northbound train arrives into University station
- 01:53 Inside the cab of a diesel locomotive
- 02:00 Train arriving at Lo Wu
- 02:17 Looking over the border crossing at Lo Wu
- 02:27 Passengers cross the border on foot
- 02:44 Chinese train departs Lo Wu
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