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- Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) - New level crossing with retractable rack at Oberwald
(Canton of Valais, Switzerland) 2010/08/22.
The 2010 newly built level crossing at Oberwald on Furka road. The first half of the video shows the level crossing open for the cars and bikes with the rack which if retracted inside the road so the cars and bikes can easily cross the railway track. A volunteer wearing a fluo jacket is waiting the steam train to leave Oberwald station. He is ready to manually command the closing of the level crossing when the train will come. You can see that, before and after the level crossing, the rack between the rails is higher than the level of the road.
When the train finally comes, in the second part, the volunteer manually commands the closing of the gates When the gates are closed look, in the middle of the road, that the rack is put in up position at the same level as the rack before and after the road. So the train is able to cross the level crossing by gripping the rack continuously!
This system is unique in the world! - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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The 1st time I came across Furka Pass Railway was in 1986 when it had been closed for a few years after the by-passing tunnel opened and I could only hike along the abandon track. You can imagine my sheer joy when in 2012 I went to exactly the same spot covered by this video and saw the departure of the same little steam train. After I saw the train off I then jumped on my car and raced the little train along Furka Pass. Unsurprisingly I beat the train even though I stopped a few times along various view points taking pictures of the train.
The landscape around the railway is as important as the steam train itself!
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It's taken since 2010 to get to Sussex, UK. Our Steam Trains don't have rack and pinion - what a beautiful setting! So clean and un-littered.
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The one on Snowdon does
I have ridden over that many times and never noticed. Thanks. I need to stop and watch the next time.
You should!
So neat, didn't understand what I was watching @ first, learned something new! (Soon as I was done being distracted by the beautiful scenery & daydream of touring on one of those motorcycles!)
Una meraviglia! Quanto mi piace il treno,io ho fatto appena in tempo vedere le macchine a vapore le sogno ancora non le scorderò mai ,quante uscite ho fatto per vederlo passare e sognavo.Ormai sono vecchio avrei desiderato tanto salire sulla motrice anche per pochi minuti ,che bello sarebbe stato . Purtroppo è rimasto un sogno ormai irrealizzabile Grazie, questo filmato mi ha emozionato tantissimo ,chi l'ha postato mi ha fatto un gran regalo.
Beautiful scenery, beautiful steam engine, well done the engineers, staff and people, who keep this train on the rails and working.
Thank you very much!
Imagine riding that steam engine in most beautiful valleys of Switzerland. And that whistle at 2:08.
Ikr That Whistle sounded just gorgeous 😍😍. I adore Switzerland for great Railways and just everything looks, feels and sounds great!!
Beautiful place, beautiful train, and an elegant solution for the level crossing. Interesting that this is being recommended now after 10 years!
I am also surprised... do you know how TH-cam manage the recommendations?
@@Funimag No one does. It's a complete mystery to all
Amazing quality for an old video. What a scenic location.
Glad you enjoyed it
2010? How old do you think that is?
@@mrlevhil se ve de excelente calidad, para ser de hace tantos años
It was 2010 not 1899.
What the........
The little train that could !!!
Just like the book.
No doubt, steam locomotive is the only old technology that people are greatly remembered and admired till this day.
Old aircraft, old buildings, old books, sailing ships, to name but a few.
And the old British motorcycles and the Morgan 4x4 in the car park!!
Yeah people hate the pyramids nowadays... What a load of BS. Most old technology is still admired to this day.
Beautiful scenery, also the air looks so fresh there🧘
It really is!
It is, I went skiing there on a school trip when I was twelve! It's very beautiful!
My name is?
@@madhugupta4883 U'r name is Madhu Gupta
A steam train whistling its way through pine jungle settings. Wonderful! 👍
Pine Jungle, I love it!
Well, I racked my brain and my pinion is that I really want to visit this beautiful place. I really enjoyed this video and I applaud the volunteers who keep this railway in tip top condition.
I am a shareholder
@@christopherwagner2395 That is something that you can be proud of.
Bonzer, mate! Throw another shrimp on the barbie Skippy!😉
Very creative solution. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you!
That train was talking .... I heard it say .... I think I can I think I can I think I can ..... then it said I knew I could I knew I could lol nice catch
Anyone else notice how clean that whole crossing area is? In the U.S. that whole area would be littered with cigarette butts and McDonalds bags. Very cool video.
👍 Compared to our U.S crossings, this one is practically sterile. No rust, no accident debris. Looks brand new.
Yes It was specially designed and built for the opening of the Oberwald - Gletsch section in 2010. It is unique in the world!
Your comment is accurate...but it makes me sad ! I have ridden trains in Australia, UK, Europe and USA. Don’t understand why we can’t take care of stuff.
In the UK, you'd be lucky to find straight barriers.
Yes. Because they don't have "vibrant diversity" (our greatest strength!!!)
Imagine a driver trying to run through the gate to beat the train, and they just end up popping their tires on the rack. Lmao.
I thought the rack would be left out of the crossing, but that would lead to excessive wear if the gear had to reingage at every crossing.
In Tasmania they use the Abt system. According to Wiki the rack on the approaches to the crossings were spring loaded to facilitate the meshing of the gear.
Here also it is the Abt cog system. This level crossing with retractable cog is unique in the world!
Sounds like the Swiss like Harley's, either that or they're of a Twin-V configuration. Cool video, I liked the way the train whistle echoed through the valley. Too bad I don't have the money, I think I'd like to live in Switzerland, those Alps sure look cool. I love the snow and the mountainous terrain. Here in Buffalo, NY we don't seem to get the snow we used to get, and the Adirondack Mountains are a few hours away, oh well.
I live @ the other end of Lake Ontario, in Watertown..I think Mother Nature flips a coin to see which one of us gets POUNDED, in the snow belt below me & north if Syracuse they always get it, meanwhile we can enjoy not being quite as famous as the last times we made world news! Yes bit of a drive sometimes but living in NY we do have access to GORGEOUS areas, metropolitan Canada and Canadian wilderness, we have so much to enjoy in the Northeast..but the "exotic" factor of the Alps gets everyone! I was wishing I was there too, seeing all the motorcycles, oh, I don't want to leave my daydream!!😄
Absolutely riveting stuff, amazing!
We sat there for how long waiting to see the machinations and in the end saw nothing only became ill from the zooming. Thanks. 🇦🇺👍🍺
The whistle is making the statement “coming 🚂 🚂slowly going away 🚂 🚂slowly 🙏👍☝️watch me 👀 “thank you 🙏😍
What a beautiful historic rack railway. And a very creative bit of infrastructure to allow the level crossing over the rack - German engineering at its finest.
This was designed in Switzerland around 2009 for the reopening of the Oberwald - Gletsch section in 2010.
@@Funimag Well, I'm an idiot. I should have known this considering family originally came from Switzerland. Which canton is the railway in?
@@ArchTeryx00 Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) links Oberwald (Canton of Valais) in the upper Rhone valley to Realp (Canton of Uri) passing the Furka Pass at more than 2100 m beside the Rhone Glacier.
That is a great video. There are a number of cog trains in the world. The highest in the world is pikes peak in Colorado USA. This may be the only retractable cog rack rail. Cool video.
Thank you to appreciate the video
It's very good, to remember those moments that were part of mine, I lived in front of a sugar cane plant built by my great-grandfather who came from Portugal to Brazil, and the Maria train passed in front of the house I lived in! Congratulations on this video that made time travel!
Thank you
Beautiful country there
At least now I get what is meant by "retractable rack".
This is a COG-RAIL line.
My mom's late brother Burley told me on a few of his vacations out in Colorado, there is a cog-rail that goes up to the top of Pike's Peak.
These are mainly used for grades at about 5% or higher. They are not normally used on grades less than 5%.
There's a cog rail to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
@@jamestragle9504 I didn't know that.
I did hear that it is the windiest place in the lower 48.
@@lestergillis8171 if I'm not mistaken it's the location of the highest recorded wind speed. Oops, that record, 231 mph, was broken in 1996. Barrow Island, Australia recorded 253 mph. There is an amusing video of someone attempting to have breakfast on Mount Washington.
Wunderschöne Aufnahmen 👍
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Thank you
The rack is stationary. The plates on both sides of the rack rais and lower. When raised they provide a slight hump protecting the rack and providing a smooth path for vehicles over the rack.
That is not correct otherwise no mobile part would be needed. In fact on the road, the rack is hidden below the level of the road. When the barriers are closed, the rack raises up before the train and goes down below the road when the train is gone and the barriers are up. See the following video DFB 5 to have a better view.
3:05 you can see the rack rising out of its recess.
I am Surajit Kalita from Barpeta, India. I like this video.
TRULY AMAZING!
Thanks for sharing. Great video.
TH-cam recommended this video after 10 years
This is definitely on my bucket list ❤️
Beautiful
Трудяга старый паровоз, очень хорошо вписывается в этот прекрасный пейзаж!!!👍👍🚂
VERY NICE LEVEL CROSSING !!!
Thank you very much!
Belle Citroën traction sur le parking
Who cares?
Great video, keep them coming.
That's pretty cool I sincerely hope those cog steam engines are not being retired
Do you know the history of these cog steam locomotives? They were built in Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century to run on this line then transferred to Da Lat in French Indochina before WWII when the line was electrified. Once the Furka tunnel was drilled in 1983, this summit line was abandoned and volunteers decided to put it back into service with the original steam locomotives. They found them completely rusted in 1990 in Vietnam where they had been abandoned in 1975 after the Vietnam War. They were repatriated from Vietnam to Switzerland where they have been completely restored and now circulate on this line which saw them at the beginning of the 20th century!
@@Funimag Yes I did know that the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway bought their diesel engines from Switzerland
They certainly arent retiring them the just brought another (slightly different/bigger) one into service and are restoring another (also they finaly restored their steam rotary snowplough which was originally from rhb)
@@the_retag Awesome that is so cool
Fährt der Zug nach HEIDI & Schnucki auf dem Berg ??? Großvater und Peter 1978 ...die gute alte zeit ! Es ist watt schönes einen alten Zug zu sehen der noch ZEIT hat !
I play the video and then go to toilet and came back .... What a surprise.... I can see this train.....
Que linda LOCOMOTORA mi PAPA fue FERROCARRILERO
y viajábamos Puebla, Veracruz y es muy PADRE VIAJAR y entrar por los TÚNELES y todoblo que VENDÍAN
Take a look at Zurich main station. A little bit outside you will find plenty of used needles and so.
What I like best is that the crossing arms extend the width of the street, so no idiots can drive around them.
Isn't that normal? Over here they are or across the entire road or there is a barrier in between the lanes so you can not go to the other side of the road to cross
@@larsmeijerink5471 Some places yes. Most where I live only extend half way across.
Mind blowing suspense!!
Beautiful scenery and so clean. Would love to take a ride on this.
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Starts at 2:40
It is soo beautiful.....
Little hard worker. Very interesting! 👍
Cog railways are the coolest in my opinion
I agree !
Video's title is "retractable rack", yet the video does not show the retracting of the racks and seem to be distracted by the wonderful train. Oh, well!!!
Yes the video shows everything but it needs some attention. The up/down movement of the rack is fast and short.
Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
Nice!
Thanks!
Beautiful 👍
Why is the cog necessary for a stem engine? Is it because there is a steep incline on the track further up the line? [and the steam engine does not have the power to negotiate that incline?]
It is a mountain train which goes from Oberwald (Valais) to Realp (Uri) and passing the Furka Pass at more than 2400 meters high!... the gradient is steeper as normal railroads so a rack and pinion train is necessary (steam powered or electric ).
@@Funimag Thanks, Funimag
@@ralphturner3798 There is also a helical tunnel with rack during the ascend just before Gletsch and Rhone glacier! And also a retractable bridge to let the avalanches during winter. This is a really great railway. You must look on the web for "Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke" or Furka Steam Railway. ;-)
@@Funimag thanks
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É lindo e emocionante, relembrar o passado, de vagens de trens. Àqui no meu Rio Grande do Sul Brasil temos estes passeios de trem àvapor 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I missed it the first time because the camera zoomed in after it happened,had to watch a second time.
see how they trick you to watch more, if his "and there's MORE" does not work, Jawtooth zooms in out so you miss it lol
Superb. ♡ T.E.N.
So great.
In India Mettupalayam-Ooty toy train route has this middle brake. At the back of the train the brake man slowly releases the brake
Muito bom 😊
Nice video my friend
Cool.
Can someone explain what a retractable rack is? I don't know what I'm looking for.
Also, awesome train. They are lucky to be able to ride and enjoy it.
The rack looks like a center rail with gear teeth on it. The locomotive grips it to climb steep hills without slipping. It retracts back into the road when the gates come up.
Yes... when there is no train the rack is retracted inside the level crossing so cars and bikes can pass over it without any trouble. When the cog wheeled train has to pass the level crossing, the rack with teeth is lifted up so the cog wheel under the locomotive can grip the teeth to climb the slope.
Funimag Here in Tasmania Australia we have a magnificent example of an ABT railway on our west coast. It used to haul tin from the mines at Queenstown to the seaport at Strahan, these days it's a tourist attraction, but it goes through some of the most spectacular scenery in Australia.
@@bradwilliams7683 I think you are speaking about West Coast Wilderness Railway... right?
Funimag That's correct.
That the rack, the cog is on the locomotive itself.
That's correct... how can I write this in 2010?! Have to correct it :-)
@@Funimag that's ok if English is not your first language ;)
Very nice
Thanks
We have one of these goes up Mount Snowdon in Wales, works really hard too.
Yes but here at Oberwald the rack is retractable at the level crossing.
Missed it!
Guess i missed it.... retractable track? Where? At 3:23 I didn't see anything on the track....
Watch the middle of the road. As soon as the barriers are lowered, the rack goes up .... once the train has passed, the rack retracts into the ground and the barriers rise.
Misleading heading. Does not concentrate on the retractable rack!
Rack in the center of the track was retracted and flush with the pavement until the gates lowered and the rack was raised. Creative solution, as others have said. Happens at about 3:00.
Yes, there was so little focus upon the interesting bit.
Like watching paint dry!!
Great machinery however.
Me gustaría ser el maquinista de ese hermoso tren
Here in West Virginia we have one of the steepest railroads in the world and it is not cog driven. It relies on traction alone.
What is this West Virginia railroad? The steepest railroad in the world is Pilatusbahn railway in Switzerland with a 48% gradient... with cog and rack of course.
@@Funimag I did say non cog railroad. I am aware the cod railroads are steeper. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Scenic_Railroad_State_Park steepest non electric non cog railroad. The two that are steeper are electric. Cass uses Shay geared locomotives.
@@Funimag Oh, West Virginia is beautiful too..
West Virginia is such a beautiful region of the US .. beautiful world, and no matter where we live, there is such beauty @ home too!
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Check out the "cog railway" in the white mountains of New Hampshire
Gooood
Which country is this looking awesome.
Switzerland.... It is written in the description of the video.
Why is it necessary to have a rack gear going down the middle of the track? I thought the side wheels on most steam engines were what drove the engine forward.
Steep grades. Cog systems were designed to deal with grades so steep that traction wheel locomotives just sat still and spun wheels on tracks. Sand sprayers were no help.
@@davidhoffman1278 Oh, ok. There must be a lot of steep hills there in Switzerland.
This Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke cog steam railway is a train which uses a mountain railroad passing Furka pass at more than 2100 m high!
"There must be a lot of steep hills there in Switzerland?" Absolutely one of the finest examples of Deadpan humor that I have read in months!
Eita lugar bonito
Wished D.H.R. be like this
The excitement part starts at 2:53
I was wondering how that worked, since the cog usually sticks above the rails! Cool!
This is really unique in the World!
Swiss Movement
@@PanduPoluan NICE!
Yea normally, at other cog railway crossings, there is just sloped plates so road vehicles can cross it. This solution here with a retractable cog rail is unique.
Between two tracks , what is that third track in between and what is its role
Between the two rails? This is an double blade Abt rack which is used to help trains to climb steep slopes with cog wheel under locomotives.
@@Funimag tysm bro
Can't tell if the train is going uphill or downhill? Does anybody know for sure? OK worked it out from Google Earth, its uphill. I must have travelled this route when it was THE electric Furka Pass route in 1978. How time flies!
Yes this is uphill... Furka tunnel was opened in 1982 so this part of Furka railroad was abandoned. It was saved and reopened from 1989 till 2010 by an association of volunteers to create the Furka Cogwheel railway.
Could you tell me how you found my video and profile?
@@Funimag Thanks for your answer and for posting the video. Reminded me of when I studied with the Swiss PTT in 1978, and a holiday in Interlaken a bit later. Your videos appeared in my list down the right hand side, because I often watch train videos - usually a bit faster than this one but steam is great too.
@@ridefast0 Ah ok ... I was wondering this because for a week I have received many comments on these two videos!
@@Funimag It is the ongoing mystery of YT recommendations.
@@ridefast0 Yeah... also a big amount of access on my channel for a week as well ;-)
Epic
I had to laugh at the silly sod who wanted to put his foot in it at 2:05
They look like roller coaster tracks.
Hermosa máquina histórico
Que lugar lindo. Onde fica?
This is a 6 minute video. NOTHING happens for 2 and a half minutes, then stuff happens, and it's over by the 4 minute mark.
Ha ha , I worked on the railway over here in Britain all my life and this pretty well sums up railway life !
Thanks ;-)
😂😂
I thought rack railways pushed trains up the hill not pulled them or am I missing something
The two configurations are possible. For example MGB Glacier Express train is pulled. If the train is composed of multiple wagons it is better to pull the train.
I believe its because they go up and down without change of direction and afaik the coaches are all fitted with cogs for braking
@@the_retag There are four turntables : at Oberwald, Gletsch, Furka Station and Realp.
@@Funimag i know, i meant the train doesnt go down the same way as it went up like many other rack railways
@@the_retag
Not really, as these lines traverse mountain passes and as such go up/down both sides. However, as these lines were intended for heavier traffic when built, the grades aren't as steep as they could be. This means that the carriages don't need to be equipped with cogs, as they have sufficient braking force. This also means that just one locomotive braking in front is safe when going downhill.
The cog Railroad
Que lugar é esse muito lindo, aqui é Brasil são Paulo.
What did they do before then,push it?
A close up of the crossing, would have been nice, to see the cog pop up.
See the video DFB 05 following video DFB 04.
@@Funimag Thanks.
yeah
What is the center section on the track ?
What gauge is this railroad? It looks rather narrow.
The gauge is 1 meter.
Um, Sound of Music scene when Maria takes the kids on an outing in curtain clothing...? 😯
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