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Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 15 Jan 2018, 21:57
by Paul K
This first HD video, about 38 minutes long, is on what is known as the Flam line in Norway. The wintry scenery is spectacular, as is the engineering that must have gone into building such a railway. The tunnels get a bit claustrophobic, but that adds to the sense of being there.
https://youtu.be/jRGva6G9Glc
This second video is taken from the driver's cab on the railway line to Bergen in Norway, again in deep winter. Two hours long - once you start watching, it's difficult to drag yourself away from it. About 15 minutes in, the snow is deep enough that the track is no longer visible - a bit disconcerting to say the least.
https://youtu.be/facDr2lTAUM
Grab your favourite tipple, put on your favourite tunes, and watch full screen.
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 08:18
by Vancouver
Blimey! The latest Train Sim is getting quite realistic and here's me still on Version 2.
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 10:36
by Paul K
Nice if it
was a sim - I'd buy all the add-ons going. I found myself wanting to pan the camera to see a bit more of the countryside.
She has done a number of videos. Here's another short one. Once she turns the wiper off, it's like being aboard a cross-country bobsleigh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn8Hi8CkNQg
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 16:50
by FlyTexas
Thoroughly enjoyed the videos, Paul. Thanks for posting.
Brian
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 17:36
by Paul K
FlyTexas wrote: ↑16 Jan 2018, 16:50
Thoroughly enjoyed the videos, Paul. Thanks for posting.
Brian
You're very welcome, Brian.
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 16 Jan 2018, 23:35
by robbie
I subbed to that channel a couple of years ago Paul, recently I've found similar cab ride vids from Vietnam, I think it's fascinating to see how people live in other countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-YG0eytI8&t=4177s
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 01:13
by airboatr
HeLlo Paul.
That's a fascinating perspective of driving train through snow.
Imagine what it might look like from the outside.. ..
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Get a load of this..
https://youtu.be/Yja2VmZOfdA
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 07:15
by GHD
Dashcams are everywhere these days. I was expecting to see a crash on a level crossing
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:22
by FlyTexas
This looks like a nice train. *ahem*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnJ_1OWWH3M
Brian
Re: Two train trips through the snow.
Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:53
by Paul K
Some great videos chaps !
What's not to like about trains ?
Robbie, I've yet to watch that one all the way through, but it's interesting because it is nothing like the way I imagine Hanoi to be. Perhaps I've been reading too many books about the war, Rolling Thunder and the French era etc. Thanks for that.
Joe, that's a SNOWPLOUGH! Almost scary to watch it approaching !
Brian, that's the way to travel. I remember proper restaurant cars on British Rail - okay, not in the same league as the Orient Express, but it was very civilized to sit there, silver service full English breakfast and watching the countryside roll by. You can scarcely get a cup of tea these days, and when you do, its a styrofoam cup with the teabag string dangling out ( for your convenience of course. Have a, like, awesome customer experience, like.
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My younger daughter is currently touring New Zealand's south island, and took a trip on this:
https://www.greatjourneysofnz.co.nz/tranzalpine/