★ 1x🎥 🇨🇭Lötschberg alpine crossing cab ride from Basel to Brig (through Switzerland) [01.2019]
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Welcome to another cab ride, this time travelling over one of the 2 standarg gauge alpine railway crossings in Switzerland, namely the Lötschberg. For those who aren't familiar with Swiss geography, the north is generally hilly with flat parts here and there, whereas the south lies in the middle of the alps, which span from Austria to the east right across to France in the southwest.
The first alpine crossing was achieved through the Gotthardbahn in 1882, which runs from central Switzerland to the southern most tip in Ticino.
In 1906, the BLS (Bern - Lötschberg - Simplon) was founded, who pioneered the alpine crossing over the Lötschberg pass, where we will be travelling today. In 2007, a base tunnel was opened, avoiding the steep ramps of the mountain pass and cutting time off the overall journey, however only one third is double tracked, reducing its capacity.
This has led to most northbound freight trains taking the mountain route, while southbound trains tend to be routed through the tunnel, hence most cab ride videos on youtube showing the mountain route being northbound.
We start our trip in Basel (1:45), where most freight on the north - south axis enters Switzerland (other points include Singen, St Margarethen, Buchs and very rarely Konstanz). From Olten (22:30), we take the new route to Rothrist, followed by the old route to Ostermundigen (1:14:00). From there we head to Frutigen (1:53:30), where the base tunnel starts, and take the mountain route to Brig. Note that Goppenstein is the highest railway station on the Swiss main network. Most of the line between Frutigen and Brig features 27‰ gradients, with speeds limited to 75km/h due to the curves. With heavier trains like ours, the electric regenerative brakes are not sufficient to keep the train from accelerating on the downward slopes (they may be sufficient, however electric braking is regulated in order to keep buffer pressure at safe levels and avoid a derailment). Train drivers therefore need to use the train brakes, reducing the speed for long enough so that the air brakes have at least 60 seconds to recover and reload.
Some of you may be wondering why the train keeps changing tracks on the Lötschberg Pass. We are travelling with a train that is taller than the typcial Swiss structure gauge. Trains like this are referred to as SIM trains (Simplon Intermodal). The Lötschberg pass was adjusted to accommodate these, however, as you could imagine, it involved a lot of work (enlarging tunnels, relocating infrastructure) so not all parts of the pass were adjusted. This is why SIM trains change tracks, to avoid sections of track without enough clearance. Train drivers are informed of these sections with signs and purple signals, which indicate halt for SIM trains. SIM trains also have to be registered on the cab radio during entry, in our case on the viaduct in Frutigen.
I will be working on the light flaring at tunnel ends, hopefully a set EV value should suffice. I also want to apologise for the glare around Thun and Spiez. It was just the time of day mixed with the condition of the windshield. I hope to get a better capture of this stretch sometime in the future - although it won't be easy getting weather like this again!
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0:03:50 Pratteln
0:07:20 Frenkendorf-Füllinsdorf
0:08:40 Liestal
0:10:20 Lausen
0:11:45 Itingen
0:12:55 Sissach
0:14:35 Gelterkinden
0:17:15 Tecknau
0:23:10 Olten
0:28:35 Rothrist
0:32:20 Murgenthal
0:33:45 Roggwil-Wynau
0:36:30 Langenthal
0:41:15 Herzogenbuchsee
0:44:40 Riedtwil
0:47:30 Wynigen
0:52:40 Burgdorf
0:58:50 Lyssach
1:01:40 Hindelbank
1:03:35 Mattstetten
1:04:25
1:05:35 Schönbühl
1:08:30 Zollikofen
1:15:50 Ostermundigen
1:18:20 Gümligen
1:21:55 Rubigen
1:23:45 Münsingen
1:26:00 Wichtrach
1:27:40 Kiesen
1:29:25 Uttigen
1:32:50 Thun
1:36:40 Gwatt
1:38:30 Einigen
1:41:10 Spiez
1:48:40 Mülenen
1:49:45 Reichenbach im Kandertal
1:53:15 Frutigen
1:58:25 Kandergrund
2:02:40 Blausee-Mitholz
2:06:30 Felsenburg
2:10:50 Kandersteg
2:24:10 Goppenstein
2:29:20 Hohtenn
2:36:05 Ausserberg
2:39:15 Eggerberg
2:41:15 Lalden
2:47:15 Brig
0:06:20 Container Terminal
0:17:45 Tunnel (Hauenstein)
2:14:20 Tunnel (Lötschberg)
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So eine Tolle und Wunderschöne Zug fahrt , bin extrem begeistert, Prima Ausblicke wunderschöne technische meisterleistungen wie Brücken, Tunnels und Grandiose Bahnstrecken. Vielen,vielen Dank!
You planned the weather beautifully. Thank you to all.
1:42 hello again 😸 Diese Fahrt schau ich mir jetzt an. Ich freue mich schon auf die Berge 😻
So amazing, beautiful journey
très belle vidéo merci pour le voyage
Some 30 odd years ago a friend of mine (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) booked a room in the station/hotel of Hohtenn to have a first row seat for trainspotting. For me, it was Kandersteg, the favorite holiday destination of our family. Thank you so much!
That gives me ideas for travel once the Pandemic ban is lifted. I take these videos on one screen, and googlemaps on a 2nd screen, and follow the train from A to B. I did the video from Brig to Basle a while ago, and when I found this one in the other direction, I felt a familiarity with Kandersteg, and Hohtenn, and all the rest from the other direction. Thanks for the idea!
lorirocks777! Спасибо!!!! Эмоции зашкаливают!!! Просто фантастические кадры!!! Уверен, что "в живую", эти горы... эти склоны и холмы... Жаль, мне этого не увидеть.
Спасибо за видео!
A realy great video.👍👍.
Oh nice more train cab view videos
Great journey
You can see a lot of anti noise panels to protect the houses adjacent to the train tracks which are always in perfect condition. These train videos from Switzerland never boring, like others from other countries. And cargo trains are the ones I like the most. It influences, of course, the landscape, which is spectacular
Thanks, glad you like the videos
Amazing one.
Ein qualitativ herausragendes Video einer der schönsten Bahnstrecken Europas
I doubt there are too many railways where the greatest danger of the driver being distracted is due to how spectacular the view out the windows is, but Switzerland seems to be one place where that's true. The trip over the mountain is of course really fantastic. Reminds me in some respects of the Tirano to St Moritz which is also brilliant.
Thanks. I have a summer run in 4K coming soon too.
@@lorirocks777 Great. Meanwhile here in Aus, we have the world's longest straight stretch of railway, a ridiculous 478km.
Imagine driving that, LOL.
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Prachtige en mooie rit langs vele bekende plaatsen. I love Swiss.
I don't think I've caught this one before. Outstanding. A lovely frosty morning, turning to fabulous sun and snow over the mountains. The descent into Brig is quite spectacular from this direction; it looks like you should have a braking parachute.
Brilliant video! Love the final section down to Brig.
Me too. What a truly magnificent view. It's fascinating to see how the landscape slowly becomes more majestic after leaving Basel. Breathingly wonderful trip! 🚂💨🌄
Wondfeaul and Beautifaul country iliiiik it🤩👍🕊
Super Mitfahrt mal wieder von Dir. Danke für's Raufladen, Daumen hoch und viele Grüße vom Mega! :)
Herzlichen Dank und Grüsse!
@@lorirocks777 :-)
Beautiful video! Especially parts with mountains.
по рекламе на предприятиях, я узнаю промышленность Швейцарии ))))) Спасибо за видео )))
The descent to Brig reminded me strongly of an Airplane landing!
Thank you for this experience.
Funny. I live in Basel and rode this train many, many times... and I still have the same sensation of an airplane landing!
Lovely ride in fantastic winter's scenery and amazing civil engineering - those sheer drop embankments are stunning!
Loved this video!! Never get tired of looking at the mountains! I'd like to learn more about how the tunnels were built in those days with none of the modern equipment we have now! On to the next one! Thanks so much!!
Thank you. Yes, they did some amazing work considering they didn't have computers and GPS. They were still able to start digging tunnels kilometers long from both ends, using picks, shovels, and dynamite, and meet each other in the middle with only a few centimeters of error.
Seid ein fleißiges Völkchen ihr Schweizer, habe 6 Jahre bei euch gelebt, ihr habt ein wunderschönes Land und echte Demokratie! Hopp Schwyz! Gruß aus Bayern!
Překrásná krajina díky.A video taktéž.
Great Cab ride. It's very unlikely that I'll ever get to Switzerland and ride the trains, so this is the next best thing.
Thanks For this Beautiful Journey. Wonderful! Love Switzerland Always.
wonderful journey thank you
Superb cab ride my friend! And what a beautiful mountainous landscapes... Thumbs definitely up! :) Regards, Mike
Many thanks!
Thanks a lot for the upload.More then 2 hours dreaming away with this video in best quality.
Super video. Enjoyed it all the way! The Lotschberg pass is really beautiful.
I enjoyed the descent the most. Also at 02:45:52 seeing the Glacier Express down in the valley was really nice!
magnifique vidéo et superbe voyage au travers d'un pays aux paysages magnifiques ! je ne m'en lasse pas ...........( hello from France )
JcP jean-claude Merci beaucoup!
Thank you very much for the excellent and interesting explanations.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
@@lorirocks777 thank you very much from me too!! :0) I have one question for you, I hope it's not a too stupid one :-P From time 52'08" to time 52'16" approximately, you can see what looks like a second pair of rails, placed inside the two outer main rails, just like it was a short segment of a narrow-gauge railway (of course it's not the case!). What is their purpose? I remember to have seen similar pairs of inner rails, for a short lenght, also in other videos. I'm puzzled!! Thank you very much in advance! :0)
@@Elhombresombra You're welcome and thanks. The inside rails prevent the train falling off the bridge in the event of a derailing.
@@lorirocks777 Really??... WOW, that's soooo clever!! ☆ Thank you again! ;0)
Amazing engineering and equally impressive Rail Traffic Control, aka Dispatching. I am amazed however at the absence of guard rails in certain critical sectors. Thank you for posting. Ontario, Canada. 2019/12/10.
Very nice video with a high quality and many informations ¡Thanks!
the only way I will see this beautiful country, thank you so much
Wenn mal überhaupt der Begriff "Super Video" angebracht ist, dann hier. Das hat mir sehr gefallen. Auch die Durchfahrt durch Ostermundingen, dessen Faller-Nachbau meine Anlage ziert.
Besonders beeindruckt haben mich auch die dezent gesetzten, aber sehr gut erklärenden Untertitel. Ein Meisterwerk.🤗🤗🤗
Manni Vormelker Vielen Dank. Es sind mehr alpquerende Aufnahmen geplant.
Fantastic video dear Friend love it. God bless you. Happy Day
Very interesting thank you Sir .👍👍☺☺
The return journey is coming soon
Nice videos
Super schön!
I have discovered your videos during our lockdown in England am enjoying them very much, please keep them coming if you can
Thanks. They will keep coming. There is a playlist with all of them on my channel page.
Merci pour cette vidéo et pour les explications!
Video very, very done well. Excellent recovery with perfect reproduction of the real train speed and the notes of the line section. For the next videos I would suggest, if possible, the shooting of the driving desk in picture-in-picture mode only. Thank you and good future work. Stephen.
Love the full window view, Awesome detail. Thank you for posting this version of the your video.
Either this level of sharpness creates a more realistic sensation of motion or your train is moving really fast! I’ve made it just past “Kiesen” and look forward to finishing the journey this evening. Hope to see future videos and greatly appreciate your work. Well done!
Kevin Ridgeway Thanks a lot. The maximum speed in this video is 100km/h.
I love these train videos. I would like to see a split screen of either side sometime.
Tolle Reise! Es ist interessant, die Strecke einmal "von der anderen Seite" zu erleben! Gibts das von der Gotthard- Strecke auch?
Basel Bellinzona habe ich in beide Richtungen auf TH-cam, die Bergstrecke nach Bellinzona kommt noch.
Beautiful!
Watch with rear camera: th-cam.com/video/9g8LO67j4RY/w-d-xo.html
Video mit Rücksicht Kamera
Excellent video and informative
Nice video...
Great video.
Thanks!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
Very nice video!👍
Wonderful!
I am wondering, why front lights on the locomotive are not turned on when driving through the long tunnels without internal lighting?
They are on, just not that bright. The camera I was using doesn't pick up a much light as our eyes.
It's actually illegal to drive through a tunnel without lights.
1:58:28 ich überlege gerade, ob wir jetzt den 14 Kilometer Tunnel umfahren haben, oder ob der noch kommt 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
2:14:40 da ist ja der lange Tunnel. Ist es eigentlich der längste Tunnel der Welt?
Ich mach aber diesmal einen "Zeithüpfer" und Spule vor zur Ausfahrt.
wunderbar
I really like the map at the beginning of this video. On these train rides, I look for maps and quite frequently the maps are held hostage by travel companies and it's impossible to locate even the towns on them, without having to sign up for a trip.
1:32:17 was hattest du denn gegen das grelle Sonnenlicht gemacht? Du konntest es ja auch nicht "überspringen".
very good
What an amazing and exhilarating journey. Base tunnels are boring, excuse the pun. The atmosphere dramatically changed from Spiez. The quaint car carriers are unique, never seen anywhere else. Thank you for the wonderful cab ride and the wealth of information. I have a request - is it feasible to show the temperature at each station? Thanks.
Thanks. I can look into that.
La musica è top..🎼👍
I understand SIM very well.
Thank you for the commentary.
By the way, it's the name of the wonderful music of the opening, can you tell me?
Thank you for the non rear - view video - I like it better !!! Wonderful video. Was this a SBB or BLS unit please ? From the red in the beginning, I would guess SBB. Thanks. Dana
Dana Mack Thanks! SBB
@@lorirocks777 RE III/III ?
may i ask why the tourist office was greyed out to the left as we entered Spiez?
If the camera in use has automatic exposure then I doubt if you will be able to do anything to fix lens flare. The camera lens is still wide open after adjusting itself after entering the tunnel. Besides the effect lasts for just a couple of seconds. Why give yourself all the bother of trying to sort it out? If viewers don't like it - tough. I know why it happens and make allowances for that. I have to say that I was not mightily impressed with a rear-looking 2nd camera. Adding that perspective to the forward looking scene is only giving you extra work. That, by the way, was great. More Swiss railway footage, please!
А почему движение левостороннее?
Great Video of my favorite route through Switzerland. Question: You mention that most south bound trains use the tunnel, but that some still use the mountain route. How is that decided?
Trains without ETCS always use the mountain route. At certain times, it may even cost less for a railway company to order the mountain route. The other factor is capacity. The base tunnel is mostly single tracked.
Trains forced to take the base tunnel include heavy trains without enough power / bank locomotive to take the steep route and to my knowledge, double decker passenger trains.
lorirocks777, shouldn't the developer of Switzerland already decided on which country gets what?
Just have a question does your train have ERTMS ETCS level 2 installed because there's the Lotschberg Base Tunnel 2007? if it has then use the base tunnel instead of Old Tunnel
Yes. The base tunnel only has 1 track for most of the way, so it's not always possible.
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Wozu sind die dauernden spurwechsel gut?
Damit die Fahrt profilfrei bleibt - Zug ist höher als üblich.
@@lorirocks777 okay Dankeschön!
What are the illuminated numbers on the signals for...12/14 etc?
Viele Grüße aus der Tschechischen Republik und vielen Dank für das schöne Video. Ich möchte fragen, warum es in der Schweiz nach links geht?
Tomáš Klečka Danke. Bei der Bau vom Eisenbahnnetz wurde England als Vorbild genommen.
So this one is a another version of the one released earlier ? I suppose so. When do you plan your next, if I may ask, understanding that your answer will only be an approximate idea. Best regards, Dana.
Dana Mack Yes. In about a week - but it may not be a cab ride.
@@lorirocks777 I don't suppose you might have an approximate time for your next cab ride, would you ? Thanks, Dana.
Why does the train keep changing tracks on the open mainline after 2hrs?
See description
@@lorirocks777 Oh yeah!
Alpine crossing cab ride from Kawasu-marateyaguhashi to Futaikomaruharatachi in through Japan - February 3, 2035
Great, realistic railroad video! And thanks for NOT including some sort of God-awful music!
Any plans to film this route in the other three seasons of the year?
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Agreguen datos técnicos, como a que velocidad se mueven, distancias que recorren entre pueblos y villas fantasmas sin gente, cuanta electricidad consumen y el costo del pasaje, etc...!!
Why doesn't the engineer turn on the headlights in the tunnels?
They are on. But whit Headlights of older Locs you can't see very much.
Chris M Really? They're that bad? Are you sure?
Isn't this the same video you posted few days ago?
If you see the title, this version is with one camera only. There was some discussion on the benefit of using a second camera in the comments on the previous video.
спасибо
2:45:55 Glacier Express on the right
SBB Re 420 ?
Never mind - Re 620.
You have one of the top jobs in the world. How is the pay?
When you write names of stations on the screen it also would be nice to show the current speed of train and current local time. Thank you.
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Who gives this a thumbs down? What did they expect?...animals on the tracks? LOL
Hahaha good one
any chance you can send me the mp3 version of the into song?
great vids thanks
It's downloadable for free in the youtube music library..
@@lorirocks777 How do i do that? Sorry new to youtube music
Cheers
@@lorirocks777 Whats the song called? Thanks
Why do some European countries allow graffiti? In the United States it is not considered art. It's considered an act of vandalism. Graffiti smeared across buildings and roadways is unattractive. There is no originality in the subject matter, composition or execution. Is it allowed because there is no money to remove it? I am surprised that the countries where I see graffiti are countries that, otherwise, are very, very clean and beautiful. So, why allow the unsightly blemish of graffiti to spoil the landscape?
Southern Biscuits Its not allowed in Switzerland and would cost a fortune to remove. Its only removed from passenger trains. When people are caught, their graffiti is identified and the often owe a 6 figure sum in damages.
USA culture allows graffiti. Their laws mean nothing except in rich neighborhoods.
In the place where I live graffiti is not allowed and is done away with ASAP. And, I am speaking of the majority of the state and surrounding areas outside the state as well. The only place I recall major graffiti was in the Blue Ridge Mountains at a place called Lovers Leap. It has a magnificent view but the rocks of the overlooked were defaced by a high school class that partied there at the close of their graduation.
You wanna know what relates to that? The trees under the powerline wires.
I think it's debatable if graffiti is art or not. Yes it can be damaging to some parts of the city/country but i much rather look at interesting graffiti in a concrete jungle than just grey as far as one can look.
Italy, Tuscany, Florence.
Stefano Giusti, Italy is a country, not a station stop.
Como me gustaría tener esos trenes en México, que corren suavecitó, sin bamboleos y llegaríamos rapidito a ciudades que están a 150, 210, 300, 500, 800, 1,100, etc km y a alturas de 400 a 2,600msm,... mí cama esta a 2,265msm...lo que no me gusto de este vídeo es que no hay gente, ni chavas con quien vacilar, etc
En mi país no se dirían abasto de mover a diario a más de 130, 000,000 de habitantes que se mueven de ciudad en ciudad y no las Mugres autopistas agringadas con sus incómodos autobuses, que hacen de 4 a 6 hrs para recorren 210 km..que hueva !!!
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