Very observant. The location is Trakiszki. It is the Polish end of the dual gauge (1524/1435mm) line that extends from there across the border to Sestokai, Lithuania. The Polish train seen crosses the border on the standard gauge rails to Sestokai, where an across the platform transfer is made to a Russian gauge train out of Kaunas, Lithuania. They are gradually extending the dual gauge with the eventual goal of reaching Talinn in Estonia with through service from western Europe.
Nice video, but a lot of change over there, loudest thing seems to be the DR1A railcar. All (2)M62's are reengined now (Caterpillar), the new ER20 locomotives (MTU 16V4000) and no trough traffic from Belorussian 2TE10's anymore. And that Siemens loco is an ugly thing, although the Vectron electrics (eg NMBS reeks 18) from Siemens use the same cab front unit and they look pretty good. It's that high roof that makes them ugly, you can't take something that was designed for European standard gauge loading gauge and put something on it to use the space available in the Russian loading gauge, imagine having a Corvette and put a van roof on top of it to utillize that space....Wouldn't do much good for that car's appearance either.
+dieselmupke In my opinion, most of the newer locos, EMUs and DMUs in Europe look like dildos with wheels. Some of what we're getting in the US is not much better. But I guess the guys at the end of the steam era had the same thoughts about the new diesels.
That's exactly what I think about it, there are a few exceptions, the best example for me is the new Vossloh class 68 in the UK, it has a quite agressive look and sounds good as well. But I really hate all locomotives from Bombardier, they all have exactly the same boring design and infest the railways of Europe, seems there is not much creativity left in the design departments. (they should have stayed with snowmobiles only) And I believe it's not much different in the states, all major railroads depend on the modern GE locomotive types with their universal (but better, functional) looks, the variety left is in the company colors, although the mergers between them just added to a universal look. That's why I like your channel, whit all the shortlines and industrial railroads with their variety in (old) locomotive types and colors. The decline in first and second generation diesel and electric types was wat me drew away from filming the everyday railroad and into preservation, where I'm actively working on preserving these old locomotives.
Great video, where is 6:25 location? looks like some Polish train?
Very observant. The location is Trakiszki. It is the Polish end of the dual gauge (1524/1435mm) line that extends from there across the border to Sestokai, Lithuania. The Polish train seen crosses the border on the standard gauge rails to Sestokai, where an across the platform transfer is made to a Russian gauge train out of Kaunas, Lithuania. They are gradually extending the dual gauge with the eventual goal of reaching Talinn in Estonia with through service from western Europe.
@@fmnut cool, I should go to Sestokai to check it out, would be nice train trip from Vilnius for the weekend, thank you for the video and information!
Nice video, but a lot of change over there, loudest thing seems to be the DR1A railcar.
All (2)M62's are reengined now (Caterpillar), the new ER20 locomotives (MTU 16V4000) and no trough traffic from Belorussian 2TE10's anymore.
And that Siemens loco is an ugly thing, although the Vectron electrics (eg NMBS reeks 18) from Siemens use the same cab front unit and they look pretty good.
It's that high roof that makes them ugly, you can't take something that was designed for European standard gauge loading gauge and put something on it to use the space available in the Russian loading gauge, imagine having a Corvette and put a van roof on top of it to utillize that space....Wouldn't do much good for that car's appearance either.
+dieselmupke In my opinion, most of the newer locos, EMUs and DMUs in Europe look like dildos with wheels. Some of what we're getting in the US is not much better. But I guess the guys at the end of the steam era had the same thoughts about the new diesels.
That's exactly what I think about it, there are a few exceptions, the best example for me is the new Vossloh class 68 in the UK, it has a quite agressive look and sounds good as well.
But I really hate all locomotives from Bombardier, they all have exactly the same boring design and infest the railways of Europe, seems there is not much creativity left in the design departments. (they should have stayed with snowmobiles only)
And I believe it's not much different in the states, all major railroads depend on the modern GE locomotive types with their universal (but better, functional) looks, the variety left is in the company colors, although the mergers between them just added to a universal look.
That's why I like your channel, whit all the shortlines and industrial railroads with their variety in (old) locomotive types and colors.
The decline in first and second generation diesel and electric types was wat me drew away from filming the everyday railroad and into preservation, where I'm actively working on preserving these old locomotives.
Nice video. Where’s the best place to spot freights in Lithuania?
Near Šiauliai
Very good video! Like!
Excellent. Thank you.
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great trainage
agreed
Some ugly locomotives and great looking cars .Thanks for posting