Ahmad Zainul Arif, known online as ahmad arif 29, is an Indonesian[1] YouTuber who uploads railway-related content.[2]
Background[]
Arif is Indonesian and created his channel on 11 February 2016.[1]. He uploads his videos titled in English, though some titles on thumbnails are written in Indonesian, and he speaks in all his videos in Indonesian.
Content[]
Ahmad arif 29 mainly uploads vlog-style videos about Indonesian narrow gauge sugar cane railways, though some focus on the state-owned 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) gauge Indonesian State Railways.[2]
The first video to the channel, uploaded on 11 February 2016 at the same time as his channel's creation[3] (the same day as the channel's creation), titled PG Olean 2011, is a 1 minute 22 second clip[3] of steam and diesel locomotives in operation at the Olean Sugar Mill in East Java, featuring locomotives No. 5 0-8-0T+T named Bromo (Orenstein & Koppel No. 9358 of 1920[4]) running past, No. 1 0-8-0T+T (Orenstein & Koppel No. 5856 of 1912[5]) being loaded with firewood; and later shunting cane wagons, and Diesel 0-4-0DM No. 2 (Kyosan Kogyo of 1965[6]) shunting empties. The video ends with a cab view of No. 1 whistling, as of 5 June 2024, this video has over 6.4K views, 128 likes, and 10 comments[3].
The most popular video on the channel is also the channel trailer, titled THE LOCOMOTIVE OPENS ITS PATH COVERED WITH ASPHALT‼️, uploaded on 16 May 2022[7], it is 16 minutes long with 7.5 million views[7], over 32K likes, and 2,499 comments as of 6 June 2024[7], featuring Semboro Sugar Mill diesel locomotive 0-6-0DH No. 9 (built by Hokuriku Juki Kogyo[6]) making its way along an overgrown line which is being prepared for reopening to coincide with sugar cane traffic and crossing a road with rails which had been mistakenly covered with asphalt, the video is voiced over in Indonesian by Admad Arif themselves.
Sugar Mills[]
2016[]
- Olean (recorded in 2011, uploaded in 2016)
- Kedawung (recorded 2011, uploaded 2016)
- Semboro (recorded 2012, uploaded 2016)
- Jatiroto (recorded 2012)
- Gending (recorded 2012)
2018[]
- Semboro (recorded 2011, 2014, and 2016), 4 parts
- Jatiroto (recorded 2016), 3 parts
- Purwodadi (recorded 2015 and 2016), 2 parts
- Krebet Baru
- Merican
- Wringinanom (recorded 2016), 2 parts
- Olean (recorded 2016 and 2017), 3 parts
- Asembagus (recorded 2016 and 2017), 2 parts
- Kedawung, 2 parts
2019[]
- Wringinanom
- Semboro
- Jatiroto
2020[]
- Wringinanom, 6 parts
- Semboro (some recorded in 2011), 15 parts
- Jatiroto, 6 parts
- Olean, 3 parts
- Kedawung, 3 parts
- Purwodadi
- Gunungsari (some recorded in 2018), 4 parts
- Krebet Baru (recorded 2010)
2021[]
- Wringinanom, 8 parts
- Kedawung, 3 parts (some recorded in 2011)
- Semboro, 31 parts
- Olean, 3 parts
- Asembagus
- Jatiroto, 19 parts
- Prajekan, 4 parts
- Jemboro
- Wonolangan
- Lain, 2 parts
2022[]
- Krebet
- Jatiroto, 10 parts
- Semboro, 19 parts
- Purwodadi
- Tasikmadu, 9 parts
- Wringinanom, 2 parts
- Asembagus
- Panji
- Olean
- Kedawung
Activity[]
Ahmad arif 29 went inactive from late 2016 to early 2018. He has been active ever since.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBTy6i-_ST5JQ9OXm1PIkNA/about
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBTy6i-_ST5JQ9OXm1PIkNA/videos
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN_NrT8gpE
- ↑ https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=17036
- ↑ https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=16692
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/javadiesels4.htm
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyCy5J_NJ2k