★ 4K 🇨🇭Realp - Furka - Oberwald rack railway diesel cab ride, Switzerland [08.2021] 700 meter climb
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- The line we're looking at today used to be the heart of the Furka Oberalp railway (FO), a narrow gauge rack railway connecting the SBB station of Brig in the canton of Wallis with the RhB network in Disentis/Mustér, with a branch line connecting to Göschenen of the Gotthard railway.
Construction of the line started in 1911. As a result of World War I, funds and workers were no longer available, putting a stop to progress. In 1926, the rest of the line was finally finished.
Due large amounts of snow and the danger of avalanches, the line had to be closed through winter months. This included removing catenary wires and other pieces of infrastructure prone to damage, closing the tunnels and even folding a specially designed bridge down into the valley. The viaduct which once stood in its place was destroyed by an avalanche in 1916 before a train even got to drive on it.
The high costs involved with this procedure, as well as the inconvenience of the line being divided for 5 to 6 months of the year led to the development of the Furka base tunnel. This was completed in 1982, upon which the mountain pass was decommissioned and planned to be removed.
Thankfully, railway fans formed an association, aiming to preserve the line, which they were successful in. Finally by 2010, the line had been restored to the extent that trains could once again travel all the way from Realp to Oberwald.
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All donations during the Premier will go to the Furka Bergstrecke association, for the upkeep of this wonderful railway.
That is very noble of you and I support this initiative, although I am surprised they don't make such big profits so as not to rely on donations. For comparison, the ride up the Brienzer Rothorn costs nearly 100 Swiss Francs per person and at least in summer the trains are pretty full. For me at least, as an Eastern European, this ride was extremely expensive. I am pretty sure the Rothornbahn gets to cover all the costs associated with running steam engines and make a good profit too.
@@wyqtor That is expensive! I can't speak for the Rothornbahn, I just know this organisation is a non profit one, made up of mostly volunteers, some who travel from different countries to help.
Their annual maintenance costs are around 700'000.- and they have to comply with certain laws with crossings etc, which add to the cost. I guess on top of that come the running costs (Diesel, coal, locomotive repairs, rental) which are likely to be covered by the guests. They also have a lot to do before and after winter, removing traffic lights and anything else that could get damaged by avalanches.
They have around 35'000 guests per year, according to the internet.
That is incredible that they undertake all this, I'm sure they will certainly appreciate your efforts in fundraising to help such a great cause.
and the wonderful trains Im sure xd
Боже, какая красота!!!
Fantastic video of one of the World's most stunning lines. I've hiked both ends as far as the tunnel mouths. The hike from Realp to Furka was undertaken in October 2020 about one week after the line had closed for the season. Already it had suffered from landslips and huge boulders falling on the line! Once 2000m was attained, there was snow everywhere. An unforgettable experience!
I love the details you provide ... the maps, image of the actual train making the journey, informative notes ... and the views were extraordinary! Great job!
Thanks!
Do the inhabitants know how lucky they are to live in such a beautiful place? Stunning trip. Thank you!
"Engage rack, Mr. Sulu." "Rack engaged, Captain."
26:38Furka
33:46Muttbach Belvédère
48:11Gletsch
01:06:00Oberwald
Wow! How cool is this journey! Thank you for bringing me along with you! : )
A few weeks ago, on September 5, 2021 I was there by car. I drove over the Grimsel Pass to the right to the Oberwald, then back the whole Furka Pass to Realp. I think, along with Grimsel, they are some of the most beautiful passes in Switzerland.
Certainly much nicer than the fashionable and well known Gothard Pass :)
When I found this video, I was happy to see my favorite road from a different perspective - when I met it in the past, I knew I had to come back here.
I also traveled through the tunnel under the Furka on a previous visit to Switzerland.
Thank you very much !!!!
Thank you for this amazing journey. Switzerland has some stunning railways.
If you live in these moutains, consider yourself lucky and blessed. This is heaven on earth and it cannot get any better. Thank You!! Merci Beaucoup!! Muchas Gracias!! Dankeschön!!
I live in the Alberta Rockies near Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. I know what you are talking about. It's heavenly all year around.
Vielem Danke furo video!
Coucou et coucou de la Corrèze natale egletons France 👍 j'adore les trains manifique vidéo très jolie me sentiments les meilleurs grand merci beaucoup 👍👍👍💌
Visit Switzerland ! Come for the trains. Stay for the Grappa.
Furka pass railway : the glorious younger brother
Dalat-Tourcham railway : the forgotten older brother
I hope this video will be nice! However it seems like it’s late premiere at tonight.
Hermoso 💚 amo los trenes 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾💞
As a retired truck driver (USA), I know there's a lot more hard work than what you see here. Driving jobs just come with hard work.
But I've travelled by train through so much of that lovely country. If I could turn back time, I'd love to operate one of the many trains running through Switzerland.
Wonderful video. Thank you.
Thanks and all the best!
Ich bin auch bei der DFB dabei und ich bin auf dem Löschzug. Von Oberwald bis Km 44,1. Ich bin seit 2014 dabei.
Tolle Sache 😎
Thanks Lorirocks. This one is special! I practise the trumpet to your videos projected onto my wall, it’s like being there. Please keep them coming!
Bahnstrecken oberhalb der Baumgrenze sind in West- und Mitteleuropa sehr selten und immer etwas besonderes. Der Scheiteltunnel wirkt sehr schmal für heutige Maßstäbe. Aber er reicht aus. Danke an Paolo, uns auf die interessante Fahrt mitgenommen zu haben.
Hope this is just the first of many rack railways on this channel! Gornergrat and Wengernalpbahn from inside the driver's cabin would be pure bliss!
there is one 750mm gauge one in greece as well with swiss made trains running on it.
For some more Cog Train videos from Switzerland and other countries, check out Timsvideochannel1. He's got some pretty good ones as well.
The Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway from Manitou Springs up Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA has just reopened from replacing all of the track which was laid in 1891 with the Abt System, new trains from Swiss Locomotive, and a new depot. They spent about 2 years rebuilding the railroad. The maximum grade is 25%.
The other cog railroad in the US is the Mt. Washington Cog Railroad in New Hampshire which is the first mountain-climbing cog railroad in the world.
We will try to film more of them!
@@royreynolds108 Timsvideochannel1 has a couple of excellent Pikes Peak Cog Train videos, if anyone's interested
I saw this train when riding my motorcycle on the pass and always wanted to ride the train! Thanks for the video!
Pemandangan dan jalur keretanya sangat menyenangkan...
Спасибо! Очень красиво! Спасибо за вашу работу. Много положительных эмоций! 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the video. Brought back memories of when I rode it in 2014 (behind steam). It also highlights the spectacular road over the pass, which was used in the Bond movie, Goldfinger
I would love to watch the premiere, but I have to get to work early on saterday, so I will skip this one. I will watch it later.
Lovely thanks. We had quite a large earthquake here in Victoria Aus. It triggered off vertigo for me. This came just in time for me to enjoy. I am a fan of rail journeys but most are too fast for me at the moment. This was just right. This ride was special; one I will watch again. Thanks for putting on different journeys take care.
One of the most delightful areas of Switzerland. An essential part of seeing Switzerland by rail!
agreed!
7:29 To the left of center, Paolo appears like a spectral apparition.
48:30 Can honestly say, have never seen nor heard of a water column equipped with a signal lamp here in the United States.
51:46 Neat. A tunnel portal located in the center of a highway's hairpin curve. Another first.
55:01 Freshet on the right.
56:04 A pair of ghostly reminders of catenary days.
Do I understand correctly, lorirocks, that all those traffic signals controlling the grade crossings are put up at the start of every operating season and then taken down after the line closes for the year? That's a lot of work. Kudos to the volunteers.
Thanks, Paolo, for taking the time to film this (I'm quite certain there was a lot of arm twisting--by YOU to get in that cab!) and to you, lorirocks, for posting it. Very enjoyable. Now, off to Google Earth to scope out this route.
Yeah! The ghost of the Furkaline ;)
You are welcome! Yeah I had to put some effort to offer to you this but it was worth it! Later a ride on the opposite direction will follow!
@@dellacapaolo great job again Paolo , when you reach the cog section do you have to lower a gear to engage the locomotive with the cog ?
Thanks .
@@louisletourneau3429 to engage they have to be at max speed of 10kp/h and then they can engage it
@@dellacapaolo thanks !
@@dellacapaolo to engage the max speed is 5 -7 km /h for all vehicles.
Wow, what a beautiful ride that was, thank you so much for recording that for our viewing. Be safe.
To curious people: The water of the stream we see at the beginning (Realp to Furka) finally reaches the sea at Amsterdam Holland. River Rein.
The water on the other stream (Furka to Obervald) reaches the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille France. River Rohn.
Imagine to be two drops of water of the same cloud and finally to be at two different places of the world 🤣
Interesting thought. The water would also have to make it through without evaporating, being drank, sinking into the earth or getting sucked into a pipe. You could make a dramatic movie based on this 😂
Die Schweiz in ihrer ganzen Schönheit..................lieben Dank Lori, ein sehr schönes Video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Très belle vidéo er magnifique paysage, merci.
Beautiful Video, Scene Very nice explanation & information thank you so much.
What a wonderful feat of engineering and construction not to mention the amazing scenery.Thank you Lorirocks 777.
Bello stretto poi vicino così
Super Video von dir wie immer aber mit dem Auto Furka pass fahren macht mehr spass ich war im Juli dort
Breathtakingly stunning scenery, wow 👌 👏 😍
Hello, I am from Ukraine! Thank you!
Congratulations!
0:02:52 Realp
0:03:30 Depot Realp
0:14:44 Tiefenbach
0:25:51 Furka
0:33:20 Muttbach-Belvedere
0:47:07 Gletsch
1:04:38 Oberwald DFB
It refreshes the mind and soul.
Nice early Porsche 911 there38:20.
Hallo aus Greece dankechön...
On these videos I automatically hit the "like" button before watching. They are guaranteed to be great.
Thanks!
encore un merveilleux voyage dans les montagnes Suisses ! merci beaucoup !
Oberwald Pulmann Classic Richtung Brig 1.06
Encore une très belle vidéo de Paolo et Lorirocks
Une ligne très typique, très différente des RhB, territoire habituel de Paolo
Par moment je me suis cru dans les Andes, la végétation en plus
Une des rares lignes suisses ou la caténaire n’est pas présente
Lorsque l’on voit les valeurs des rampes, on ne peut qu’être émerveillé par le travail de nos anciens
MERCI à vous deux pour cette vidéo superbe
Merci beaucoup!
Je conviens totalement avec vous.
TOP VIDEO !!!! WONDER MOOI!!! DAAR ZIJN GEEN WOORDEN VOOR !!!BEDANK VOOR HET MOOIE WERK!!
IK WENST JOU ENE FIJNE KERSTMIS EN DE GROETEN UIT BELGIE JULIEN
No cows here ?Too high for them ? seems unlikely but it's so strange for Switzerland ! otherwise this looks far more like Snowdonia in North Wales than Switzerland ! But was that SNOW I saw in one valley as we passed by - everything is green otherwise - weird!
Around min 16-17 there are cows on the top right. Hard to see but I was them when I filmed this line.
Maybe the Appenzeller or Entlebuch Mountain dogs herded all the cows elsewhere! Beautiful Swiss Herding dogs!
voie ferrée avec de belles vues sur la montagne. salutations d'Indonésie
Maravilhoso linda paisagem 💥💥💥🌿🌾 🇧🇷Santos litoral
Servus Paolo, ich kann leider nichts spenden, aber werde immer diesen Kanal ansehen :-))) Dieses
Video ist sehr gelungen und es ist super beschriftet!!! Herzliche Grüße aus Bad Vöslau!
Niemand muss spenden ;-) Die netten Kommentare reichen aus!
Liebe Grüsse
Kein Problem! Danke!
Looking forward to riding this route in the future, what an incredible route.
Great day..terrific video..and 2 Canadians coming home from China.
Toll, nach 40 Jahren, nachdem ich diese Strecke noch mit der F.O. fahren konnte, zu sehen, was die DFO mit Hilfe vieler Fronarbeiter dort geleistet hat und immer noch leistet!
Quels paysages magnifiques ! Merci.
Many thanks Lori and Paolo for another spectacular video. Hopefully when world travel returns i will be able to visit this line. Just wondering if you know what the wall that the line cuts through, just past Rätschbach Brücke @1h03m, was for or part of?
Is that line run by ordinary trains or by special trains only ?
Thanks
Just special trains
Nice informative video. Thanks
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Thank you so much. I enjoy the beauty of Switzerland from my home. There is no chance to visit Switzerland in my life. Thank you so much once again for giving me the great opportunity. Tamilnadu (Needamangalam) INDIA. வாழ்க வளமுடன்.
Sehr schöner Film.
How far does the steam train go? All the way that we went, or just as far as Furka?
Just as far as we went. There are 4 steam train rides per day
Solo ora scopro che anche il treno Furka ha 2 versanti. Credevo che ce l'avesse solo il Wab che da Grindelwald e da Lauterbrunnen va Kleine Scheidegg
Hiiii ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
Fantastic !
Greetings from Armenia
As you said! Unique and wonderful. Thank you so much Paolo.
Looking forward to this video. I actually took an ride on the this line and the walked along tracks from Furka pass to both Oberwald and Realp, but still this never gets old :-)
Много раз видел красоту этих мест на TH-cam "из окна автомобиля", но "из окна локомотива" впервые. Классно! Спасибо Paolo и lorirocks777.
Wow ~ 😲 ❤
This is just AWESOME!!! I needed more eyes in my face so I wouldn't miss anything. 💜
I was supposed to ride the Furka pass railway behind the steam loco in the summer of 2019. Unfortunately, that day, there was flooding between Realp and Andermatt and I couldn't get there. Thanks for the video so that I can see what I missed. I'll have to try again in the future.
Excellent video, thanks for sharing such beautiful landscapes!
Another excellent video👍
Perfect to make me forget my 🤬 toothache.
Very nice cab ride. The landscapes of FURKA are splendid, obviously with the sun is better. At a certain moment, I wondered if it wasn't in Scotland, saw the landscape and the low clouds that hid the peaks, but no, it was just a mirage.Very nice view, from Gletsch of the summits at the end of the valley. Finally congratulations for this video and your endeavour.
Many thanks 😄
Yes - I got flashbacks to Snowdonia too.....probably the clouds on the mountains !
@@lorirocks777 which country?
Nice one.
As an Old Kiwi I would like to thank you very much taking on this lovely trip over the hill/mountain something that I will never do in real life.
Какая красивая природа! Спасибо за чудесную поездку!
Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke
Respekt dla inzynierow, ktorzy te trase zaprojektowali w szwajcarskich Alpach!!!
Is this a same line seen in a james bond movie goldfinger ?
True. The Furka street mountain pass
Ого, сколько ИВАН-Чая растёт)))) Аж жить захотелось в Швейцарии!))) Побольше таких видео)👍👍👍
En Suisse même les lignes secondaires sont parfaitement entretenues quelle différence avec la France j b
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Switzerland Beautiful 🇨🇭🌄
beautful trip thanks greetings from buenos aires,argentina.
Beautiful I like good.
It is fantastic! I have never been in Switserland, but by watching your video's I see the area's,nature and so on. Thank you.
Lovely video of this unique railway line, thanks for taking us on one of the few unelectrified lines in Switzerland. Though it was quite odd to see just 2 catenary poles at about the 56th minute of the video. Why have they kept those 2 poles? Any particular reason? Thanks for this, and hope to see many more such routes.
I saw a few along the way too. Perhaps as a sentiment?
When I was a kid you still could see the glacier half way down the mountain 😢Still a beautiful train ride.
Prekrásne natočené video 😃😃😃.
Perfektné super 😃😃😃.
Srdečne pozdravujem zo Slovenska 😃😃😃.
Le Rhône n'a plus sa belle couleur quand il arrive près de chez moi en Camargue !
Auf einer Busreise in die Schweiz, parkten wir mit unserem Bus auf der Rückfahrt, hoch über Gletsch.
Ich habe eine Dampfwolke entdeckt und unseren Busfahrer gebeten, zu warten. Das war die beste Entscheidung, denn alle Beteiligten bekamen die Ankunft des Dampfzugs in Gletsch mit.
Herzlichen Dank!
Like my friend. Fantastic video. Getting from argentina
wow a cog train !!
Yo créo que hay lugares donde se puede andar a más de 20 Km/hr, no hay wue ser tan exajerado, pero bonito el viaje de montaña. 👍🇨🇱
Puede ser pero el problema es que la manutencion es minimal porqué costa mucho dinero. Ir para bajo creo que no se puede ir mucho mas veloce. Para arriba capaz que se podría mas veloce (30-35 km/h).
Hey! More videos with mountain road sections and good old diesels! Thanks for the fun!
Como siempre hermoso vídeo los paisajes y esa Locomotora están súper muchas gracias saludos Desde tecamac México
the longest tunnel i've ever seen wow amazing🥰🥰🥰
Захватывающее путешествие, по сказочно красивым местам!👍👍👍👍👍
absolutely stunning. thank you
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