4K CABVIEW: Northern Lights seen from the train 😮😍
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- First time I've seen the Northern Lights from the cab in August!
Seeing the Northern lights in August is quite rare this far south in Norway. But lately the activity has been pretty crazy with the "the lights" being visible almost every day.
On this trip we start off in Bergen where I have to pic up the train at an unusual location and move it to the terminal so it can be loaded with freight. Since this is a Sunday the freight volume is quite low. Bergen is undergoing massive changes these days as they are getting ready to couple the old, and refurbished, Ulriken tunnel to the network. At the same time they are making huge changes to the freight terminal with longer tracks, parking areas for trains and, the most important point, the possibility to depart directly from the terminal track. This will make it so much more easier and more effective. But we will still have to do the go-around on arrival so we get the loco in the correct end. Hehe.
Other moments in this video is the signalling failure between Voss and Reimegrend causing massive delays throught the network. Those delays changes where we meet trains in the opposite direction. In this case I used this chance to fill up my thermos with Covfefe at Voss.
This trip also show a really close call with a beautiful stag just after Geilo.
ENJOY!
Check out the chapters below for interesting points during the travel marked with "🐄"
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//CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:58 The Walk to the loco at Havnebane Nord 🐄
0:02:59 Pulling the carriages from under the City to the Terminal 🐄
0:11:24 Kicking brakes
0:11:49 Going from the Terminal to departure track with POV 🐄🐄
0:19:14 Map, information on trip and height profile of the line 🐄
0:20:10 Bergen - Arna through the new Ulriken Tunnel
0:28:27 Arna - Trengereid Following Sørfjorden fjord 🐄
0:37:45 Trengereid - Vaksdal
0:48:02 Vaksdal - Stanghelle Magnificent view of the Sørfjorden fjord 🐄
0:54:59 Stanghelle - Dale The Cove, one of my favorite parts 🐄
1:01:19 Dale - Bolstadøyri Going through the Trollkona (trolls wife) tunnel
1:08:02 Bolstadøyri - Evanger Following Vosso River 🐄
1:15:36 Evanger - Bulken Following Vosso River mostly in the open 🐄🐄
1:27:47 Bulken - Voss
1:32:59 Voss - Urdland Starting the climb from 187ft to 4009ft above sea level
1:48:44 Urdland - Reimegrend Signaling failure! 🐄
2:10:38 Reimegrend - Mjølfjell Misty mountains 🐄
2:19:07 Mjølfjell - Myrdal (in the video it says Reimegrend, but the correct station is Mjølfjell)
2:33:44 Myrdal - Hallingskeid Climbing up on the mountain pass🐄
2:46:59 Hallingskeid - Fagernut with the siding inside the mountain 🐄
2:54:15 Fagernut - Finse Finse tunnel and Highest point on the line 🐄
"The secret room" in the Finse tunnel • TRAIN DRIVER'S VIEW: T... 🐄🐄🐄
2:59:38 Finse - Tunga Mountain plateau 🐄
3:08:16 Tunga - Haugastøl
3:18:52 Haugastøl - Ustaoset
3:27:44 Ustaoset - Geilo
3:29:10 First sighting of The Northern Lights 🐄🐄🐄
3:37:27 Geilo - Hol
3:40:36 The Buck that barely made it🐄🐄🐄
3:49:02 Hol - Ål Going down into the Halling valley🐄
3:51:38 View of the Northern Lights with its changing shapes and intensity🐄🐄🐄
3:59:39 Outro with outside view of the train leaving Ål station after crew change.
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who was thinking, right at the beginning, "What is she doing in the Bergen passenger area". But it was just a long green train in the way of where she was really going.
Hehehehe :D I'm in the passenger area in Bergen all the time.. Need to get to work, you know :p
I watched a LOT of Norwegian train videos, mostly yours. It must have been an enormous task to bore holes thorugh mountains and build bridges over deep valleys for the railways. I can't imagine the resources needed to do all that work.😗
They were more daring in the old days when they did not just think that something had to earn it's own cost in just 25 years ...
Only the newest tunnel between Bergen and Arna is drilled, the rest was made the old way using dynamite.
They also weld the rails together, so that there isn't the constant clickity-clack.
Misty mountains, aurora borealis and a lucky deer! Couldn't ask for a better trip over the mountain pass. Thanks for another wonderful journey!
Glad you enjoyed it!
1:33.33 Where would we be without Covfefe🤣? What a wonderful trip. Thank you!
Very high quality and it is fantastic to see the northern lights on this ride 😍
Thank you :D Yep recorded with the Sony FX3 :) Please share this with all your friends
My grandson loves watching for the piston affect with the fog, he especially likes it when you exit a tunnel and the trees and bushes real close to the tunnel move
That is one of my favourites as well :D The piston effect is awesome. And it is always fascinating to see how much air is pushed in front of the train. :D
Grats on being in devin's latest song! Great to see the collab after hearing him talking about how having you on in the background helped him
Thank you :D I'm pretty excited myself not only for this, but for his upcoming album as well :D
@@RailCowGirl Likewise :) his music is vast and there is something for pretty much anyone to like!
I agree with all regarding the beauty of the footage. With the northern lights, it's a piece of art. But hey, RCG, thanks for the humorous moment at the Bergen platform. I thought "what...?!? getting on the Bergensbanen, and not as a passenger??" until that big grin popped up.
Lol ;)
Had i been a coffee drinker, i would've spat coffee all over my monitor when you made that trollface in the beginning. Amazing. I needed that laugh
Glad you enjoyed it! ;)
Your commuter videos (and now freight) from your beautiful home country transported me into my interest in Rail videos. Im so pleased to see your still creating them. Such soothing stuff, I use them end of day to relax. Ive never been to Norway (😢) but my father had.. and your channel makes a personal connection to his life and being there.
Thank you RCG
(aka HCG that was🙂)
I'm so glad this brings you this connection :)
Thank you for dimming your lights at 3:52:45. Doing so gave us a better chance of seeing the Lights from your point of view. I live on the 38th parallel in North America. We never see the Aurora Borealis unless the sun was to do something absolutely crazy!
Thanks for watching!
You were the first of these type of videos I started watching and you are the best. Thank you for your hard work editing these. They are great on their own but your edits make them even better.
So happy to see your newest video - have been waiting for a long time. Well worth it though, looks to be your best so far. Thank you Kristine.
Yay, thank you! :D
The scenery is breathtaking. Thank you for another wonderful video!
Thank you so much!
Another great trip, Ms RailCowGirl!! Thanks so much for bringing us all along! Great scenery! Smooth rails! [Greetings from Tucson]
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent! Many thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Hi my friend. You have some great videos here of your own; congratulations. Norway is so gorgeous!!!
Thanks, glad you like them!
Awesome video and really gr8 camera brings excellent night picture! As for northern lights I also heard Sami legend saying that when winter fox go hunting, she sweep snowflakes from the hills with her bushy tail. And these flakes are shining during the long winter nights. Thats why Sami called northern lights with a word: "Revontulet" which means "Fox Lights".
Beautiful, thanks for sharing 🥰
Beautiful, just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this trip. I think this one and the one with the disappearing woman (sorry don't remember the actual name) are my favorites. I look forward to the next journey you will take us on.
The Huldra :) Thanks for watching, I'm happy you like them!
Excellent as ever. Even in the rain the scenery looks spectacular and the North Lights were really something to see.
Yes it was!
Marvelous! If I had a waiting room in a doctor's office, or auto repair - or anywhere I didn't want to have to wait in a room with others, I'd have this on full screen! Everyone would be mesmerized they'd hate to stop waiting! (OMG your pause in Voss for a thermos refill was priceless!) ... Had to stop there to comment so far. Anxious now to see the rest! Fantastic job RCG!!! ❣
Haha! Thank you :D
Norway is so gorgeous. I never get tired of these well-made videos. RailCowGirl is #1 all the way! I'm so proud and happy to be a subscribed member. 😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow. Just wow!
Another brilliant video. Thank you very much.
A lot of snowshed rebuilding in metal going on, I see. Also a lot of new wood for repairs in the other ones. I imagine the metalwork will save a great deal on the regular maintenance to the snowsheds which must take place every summer. It must be a never-ending job for the maintenance people.
As well as being more sturdy :D
It was very interesting to see. Thanks ! I live in Sweden an I am very often to Norway (doing ascensions in the mountains). But I haven't been to Finse and the middle of Hardangervidda yet. So it was nice to see a bit of that part. Also the Northern light was beautiful. 🙂
Ha en trevlig helg ! 😊
RailCowGirl, if I understand correctly you drive this route every few days. And yet, I can understand that this is not something you can be tired of. The scenery is so beautiful, with changing weather and seasons, light and dark, that each time you drive it is a new experience. And the tunnels have their own magic. Great to watch.
(Only drawback, maybe: they seem to be building more and more light metal tunnels in the higher areas, which reduces the views. Is that because of the snow, to minimise the need to clear the track?)
They are not building more. They removed the old wooden structures and built new ones in steel.
@@RailCowGirl Thanks for your reply. And this is to protect the tracks from snow/avalanches?
Another beautiful ride!! My coffee always tastes better when I'm riding along with you. Thanks! :) :) :)
🥰I really enjoyed this video especially the blanket of mist fog it fits the season and I love this video seeing the Auroras 🥰
The deer looked beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
Ah, the land of a thousand and one tunnels. Love the video clarity and color saturation, and great iris work keeping proper light level in all conditions. Thanks for sharing your hard work.
I am a retired Conductor since 2004 after 38 years of service with the Chicago & North Western/Union Pacific. I am just amazed at the infrastructure of your railroads compared to ours. I really wish we'd get with it in this country. In my early career we still had intercity trains, but not since 1971 when AMTRAK took over, and they are a poor example of passenger service as freight trains have priority. Love your videos, keep it up. Thanks for entertaining this old man.
Thank you for another lovely video. Makes me start looking at holidays in Norway.
Go for it!
Thank you so much for the new Bergen Line video! After 24th February (Russia's invasion) I hardly watched anything on TH-cam besides news dealing with the subject. Now I am "back to life" and have enjoyed your trip. With my engineering background, I found very interesting your info on technical things, such as "last mile diesel" and the like!
Thank you, glad you like the information :)
I'm here courtesy of Devin Townsend. It's great to see art in different formats being combined so that the whole is even greater than the sum of its parts. You have some great videos here of your own; congratulations on the additional recognition and exposure! It was probably an unexpected surprise, but those are oftentimes the best ones. 😊💯
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for all the effort and time (!) you put into making these wonderful videos! you raise the »train-drivers-view-genre« to a new level!👌
Glad you like them!
At first, I was thinking-she's not going to take the El 18 again-. But then, that is impossible, since you are driving freight trains. So you went around (scary face to the EL18) and found the locomotive in a corner. I know of this spur. I read the book about it. A few things to pick out: low clouds nearly all the way to Myrdal; the reflections in the lake near Vieren; the buck, nearly escaping the train; and a rabbit crossing the track in Hol. When watching this, one would not epect the sky to clear up, and see the Northern Lights later on. And: it seems, no ride goes without a signalling failure. I enjoyed this trip very much. Thank you. It was very worth while waiting. Excellent.
hehehehehe :D Not going back Vy...
Thanks! One of our favorite videos! So beautiful! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the generous SuperThanks, John! :D
SO nice to see you back RCG!!!
Thanks!
Unbelievable beauty 😍
Thanks a lot 😊
Great exterior camera work and seemless transition to the different shots. That took some great editing work.
Much appreciated!
Thank you for making these videos, I have said it a few times but they inspired me to make some cab rides here in the UK. Norway is beautiful and your videos are amazing!
Thank you! That is awesome!
Veľmi prekrásne video 😇😇😇.
Perfektné , super 😇😇😇.
Srdečne pozdravujem zo Slovenska 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰.
Thank you so much! 😃
💕beautiful! 💕 I didn't want it to end... thanks for sharing 😊
I wish the I could slow down time myself. It was a magical ride. A future video will show even MORE :D
@@RailCowGirl wonderful! I can't wait
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so so much! ❤
Can't wait to start my weekend with RailCowGirl's latest train journey experience...🙂
Thank you very much . That was so wonderful. Have a Great day..
Thank you! You too!
I'm honestly impressed by the headlights on the train.
That's some pretty crazy bright light :D
It’s a crazy good camera ;)
Make ours in the UK seem like tired candles!
It's beautiful and serene. Thanks for posting the vids!
Glad you like them!
Awesome! As always, thanks D for editing in the details - wouldn’t be your vids without them. Night runs have special features, love them!
Thanks, glad you like them!
I am just so glad the deer moved away in time 🦌 ❤️
🥰
Ahahaha - loved how you pranked us at the start. You sure got me - lol! Also, loved the intro with the music and deer/lights teasers. Now to settle in to the ride.
Hahahah! That hit me as I was walking along the side of the train. And I thought.. baahaaha this is so going to get them HAHA!
FANTASTIC.
Glad you think so!
These videos are such a great way to de-stress
Always good to see another video as always. Those northern lights were very magical. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you :D
Been thinking about you RailCowGirl, very glad to see a new great Vid. Thank you !!
If you sign up for the newsletter you get a monthly update on what's going on ;)
I really love your videos, they bring me peace! Hope to visit Norway some day, best wishes
Thank you, I hope you get to visit sometime :)
The POV from the start of the video was very cool! Very good video overall, continue the good work RCG ♥
Thanks, will do! These videos are getting more and more complex to edit... over 75 hours of editing for this one.
Thanks for the delightful trip through your lovely country.
Thank you too :D
Watching your vids from the UK. I'm loving them. Keep well.
Glad you like them!
Lovely trip great scenery another superb video !
Many thanks! :D
Ty for the video! ☺♥
Thank you for watching
Hooray!! She's back again! 😊
:D :D :D
Thanks for the ride, it's always nice to ride up front! Ove 🇳🇴
Thank YOU for riding with me! :D
1:33:18 I didn't realise that you had those cable cars over there, snow areas yes, but not in a town, that's awesome.
Thanks again for another wonderful video! You really have your video system dialed in. This is broadcast quality video! You have probably been asked this question a million times, but what happened to RailThor's channel? Thanks, again, for a great experience!
I have been asked that a million times... And I'm not going to answer anything more than, this is not for everyone. You have to understand and thing safety in everything you do. Not only on you and your company, but for every company that is connected to the railway family. If you don't understand the effect of your actions, then you get shut down.
Thank you very much for answering my question. I’m sorry for upsetting you.
Excelente video
One Can feel meditating while watching your vlog .. beautiful
Thanks a ton
First world safety is a benefit many of us take for granted. This beauty is the end result of sacrifice. You should be proud.
Thank you it is sooo peaceful 😊
You're welcome 😊
Woohooo! A new video ❤ and with Northern Lights 😍….
Hope you enjoyed it!
Norway railway is bery beautiful and relaxing.
Trains and its drivers are also very gorgeous.
Love and like from India👌🙌
Thank you very much!
Beautiful scenery, looks like you've had a LOT of rain before this trip.
I love the view with the new video camera they are so sharp and the scenery is absolutely stunning. Where is the new freight terminal being located? I truly missed your videos and have waited for this new video. Keep putting out videos when ever possible and believe the delay must be from the reopening from COVID and your working longer hours and vacations are sorely need so you don’t get burnt out.
Your videos have always been a pleasure to watch, thank you. We do watch them over and over. 👍👍👍. 23 September 2022
Thank you :D
Beautiful 🥰
Thank you! 😊
Ha ha when we came around that corner after all the passenger stuff I thought it was an 18!!!! Just fleetingly, I think you used that route on purpose RCG ! LoL
Hehehe.. Not going to operate the EL18 anymore... probably never again.
You must have amazing watch time, hell I watch this at night falling asleep to the calmness of the experience!
it could be much better ;) hehehe Thank you so so m much for watching, and being one of the awesome people who increase to the watch time
This is so awesome
Thank you :D
Hi RCG, nice to have you back after a little bit of a break.
Just watching as you go thru Myrdal...and couldn't help but think you'll probably never have the opportunity to go down the "roller coaster" to Flam, again :(
Nope, that is correct. I'm not running passenger trains anymore, since I'm not working for that company. That also means that I won't be going down to Flåm anymore either. I'm just glad I quit when I did. the charm of the Flåm Railway will be gone when it is converted to ETCS/ERTMS.
@@RailCowGirl Well, I guess it's all about safety, especially on that line...but surely there would still need to be a "driver" ??
Life is ALL about timing !!!!
Hello sweetie, very nice to see you back..
Thank you! 🤗
I love these videos, whenever I watch them I always find myself wondering what the small buildings right next to the rail are for, or what it is like to live in one of the houses next to the route.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the side view while moving about, please try to incorporate this in more videos. I for one find it very interesting. Rob, Silverton, Oregon, USA
You mean like the ones I did on the Flåm Line?
The side windows on most of the locos I operate now are heavily tinted, so it would be almost impossible to do the side views
Is it me or do my musical ears hear the 2001:Space Odyssey theme (Also sprach Zarathustra) when the loco starts up at 3:59:39 ?
Yess ikr i also thought so the first time i heard the Br187 locomotives acceleration sound.
wow this siding hidden behind the recent construction in Bergen station, it's great! thxxx!😃😃😊😊
Used to go all the way down to the harbor in the good old days, but now it just stops inside the tunnel at the gates. It goes really far in as you can fit two whole trains in there. Sadly the loco can not go in due to the shape of the tunnel.
@@RailCowGirl wow okay thxxx RCG, and please tell me what about a line I've just noticed further north with Skansemyren Station ? thxxx
@@akayann Eeeeh? you mean the funicular stop?
@@RailCowGirl ah okay yes maybe. Ok I got it 🤗😊
@@RailCowGirl how many drivers are You in the loco of a fret train? Are You alone ?
The new camera is delivering some fantastic quality!
Yes, I agree ;)
wonder mooie opname . 💥💥💥prachtige streek . ondanks het slecht weer heb ik er toch genoten van deze ontspannende reis . 🗻🌧⛰bedank en nog vele groeten uit belgie julien .
Thank you so much, glad you liked it :)
Those were amazing... living in South Florida, I never get to see the lights. Rocket launches make up for a lot of it though... :)
Oh man :) I was able to to witness a Transporter launch and the Crew Dragon... it was completely awesome. The visuals of the launch is one thing, the sound is a whole different dimension.
Have a great new week!! 🎉🎉
Thank you!
Oh I like this music you started with, sounded like ZZ Top!
Thanks for watching!
Nice train ride. Thank you RailCowGirl
Thank you!
The electric modulation frequency steps sound really pleasing compared to all the electrics in the US
Kick ass video dear collegue. You videos is getting better and better. Impressive.
That stag was btw a beauty. Glad he escaped.
I noticed that CN train was full, but if im not wrong that train was loaded the day before and then wait until sunday evening since there is no freight trains on Bergensbana saturday evening.
Who know, mabye there is a conductor with a green jacket taking photo in one of your upcoming videos 🙈
P.S. Station text in Evanger is wrong, it stated Bolstadøyri.
Correct, that train was loaded the day before and had been staying over the weekend :)
Yeah, I had a couple of those mishaps in the video. Not easy when you're editing on a laptop between shifts at the hotel. lol
Ooooh :) I know who this guy is ;) hehehehe ;)
@@RailCowGirl Honest misstake. No Wonder, 4 hours of film and lots of things going on. :)
Yeah i think also you know Who that guy is ;)
Another great video for me to fall asleep to, that’s a compliment - I have trouble sleeping and these work magic!
I see the station labels are not matching real stations, did TH-cam mess up again?
TH-cam does not mess up stations names etc, that is me who messed up twice :p
I was always wondered what was up that siding!
Now you know ;)
Ny, flott video. Kjempefint!
Thank you so much. I've never seen Northern Lights before in real time.
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
I’m back on my exercise equipment this time with the rail trip. Just finished Seattle, Washington to Washington,D.C. a road trip. Like the graft at the start that maps out the different elevations.
Thank you :)
Everything there is so beautiful and clean. I can almost see myself in a cabin on a river in the mountains with a lake nearby being very happy. I do not want to get married but Maybe a wife and a couple kids running around driving us crazy. Like watching Thank You RailCowGirl 😇
Wonderful
Watching from Aus (where it is usually flat terrain) and loving these trips. Curious about what the repeated vocal messages mean that sound like 'sit pup sit' :D
Awesome. Never seen aurora in my life, only noctilucent clouds here in Czech Republic. This part of Norway is beautiful, even more Rallarvegen on a bike - there are no tunnels :-) and camera quality in the night is outstanding
Thanks for sharing