The Forgotten Railway of Kinta Valley by Ansell Tan

Ansell Tan, Producer and an early photo of 'The Forgotten Railway'

I finally saw it ‘The Forgotten Railway of Kinta Valley’ produced by Ansell Tan. The screening was organised by the Perak Academy and held at 1 Jalan Lasam. 

Its a very well produced documentary with a glimpse of the towns on the way to Tronoh and the placement of community services eg post office, police station and market in close proximity to the railway stations. It was arranged that way by the British colonialist. A lovely glimpse into the past history of the 6 mining towns... all to transport people and take out the ‘Black Gold’ ie Tin.

..some early insights to .....

....a time gone by ......

(l/r) Dato' Abdul Rahim, Ansell Tan, Dato' Dr Ramanathan Ramiah and Adib Vincent Tung 

 JAG