Ahmad Zainul Arif, known online as ahmad arif 29 is an Indonesian youtuber who uploads railway-related content.
Background[]
Arif is Indonesian and created their channel on 11 February 2016, they upload their 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.
The first video to the channel, uploaded on 11 February 2016[1] (the same day as the channel's creation), titled PG Olean 2011, is a 1 minute 22 second clip[1] 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[2]) running past, No. 1 0-8-0T+T (Orenstein & Koppel No. 5856 of 1912[3]) being loaded with firewood; and later shunting cane wagons, and Diesel 0-4-0DM No. 2 (Kyosan Kogyo of 1965[4]) 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[1].
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[5], it is 16 minutes long with 7.5 million views[5], over 32K likes, and 2,499 comments as of 6 June 2024[5], featuring Semboro Sugar Mill diesel locomotive 0-6-0DH No. 9 (built by Hokuriku Juki Kogyo[4]) 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[]
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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, they have been active ever since.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN_NrT8gpE
- ↑ https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=17036
- ↑ https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=16692
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/javadiesels4.htm
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyCy5J_NJ2k