4K CABVIEW: Going to Oslo and the City Lights and the depot
Running the Afternoon Express train to Oslo going to the City Lights and Depot.
Got some issues with the power supply at Veme and had to reboot the locomotive.
It's fascinating to see how much light is reflected in clouds from the city.
The details in the tunnels are amazing with this camera!
//CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:50 Ål - Torpo (passing loop)
0:08:29 Torpo - Gol
0:18:20 Gol - Nesbyen
0:29:32 Nesbyen - Bergheim (passing loop)
0:41:36 Bergheim - Flå
0:54:13 Flå - Gulsvik (passing loop)
1:01:21 Gulsvik - Trolldalen (passing loop)
1:09:22 Trolldalen - Sokna (passing loop)
1:21:38 Sokna - Veme (passing loop)
1:29:34 Veme - Hønefoss
1:32:41 Power failure! Loosing power and need to do a hard reset of loco.
1:43:36 Hønefoss - Tyristrand (passing loop)
1:56:06 Tyristrand - Vikersund
2:05:24 Vikersund - Geithus (passing loop)
2:08:11 Geithus - Åmot (passing loop)
2:13:19 Åmot - Skotselv (passing loop)
2:18:02 Skotselv - Hokksund
2:23:55 Hokksund - Steinberg
2:28:25 Steinberg - Mjøndalen
2:29:40 Mjøndalen - Daler (passing loop)
2:32:09 Daler - Gulskogen
2:34:25 Gulskogen - Drammen
2:36:30 Drammen - Brakerøya
2:39:58 Brakerøya - Eriksrud (crossover)
2:43:47 Eriksrud - Asker
2:47:17 Asker - Sandvika (Skaugum Tunnel and Tanum Tunnel)
2:53:09 Sandvika - Lysaker (The Bærum tunnel)
2:57:57 Lysaker - Skøyen
3:00:32 Skøyen - Nationaltheatret (Oslo Tunnel)
3:03:08 Nationaltheateret - Oslo S (Oslo Tunnel)
3:07:32 Oslo S - Lodalen Depot
3:13:42 Carriages disconnected going to maintenance with loco
3:19:36 Outro
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Wow ... as soon as I started watching your video, I was blown away by how crystal clear the video is, I'm not an expert on cameras but it's obvious to me it's a great camera. It picks up the light so nicely. Thank you so much again for doing these beautiful and very interesting videos for all of us railfans and for those folks who live so far away and will never have the opportunity to visit different parts of Norway. It's as if we are right there with you driving the train and seeing the sights. And on a big computer or TV screen, it's awesome! From London, Ontario, Canada.
Thank you so much
@@RailCowGirl Here is a technical question: what type of screen do you use to edit these videos? I have learnt to value expensive quality computer screens for (amateur) photo editing. I bought an Eizo 10 years ago, it cost more than twice a similar-sized normal computer screen, but was more than worth it, because beyond the perfect colours and black blacks, I still use it a decade later and I have noticed practically no image quality deterioration. I'm not sure that this type of screen is good for video editing, though, especially 4K (moving images)?
@@chuckjones5797 Her channel was HinduCowGirl previously, but she changed it to RailCowGirl.
@@Daneelro , mybee, but only mybee, what you need, it stays in the top tekst, roul down after the time table/chapters for the train, and so come gear, tools and service. But I am not a pc/it techi nord. Fif I have problems, I must ask my son, alsow when it com to english ;))
If you guys have chromecast, you CAN watch this and other of railcowgirl's longest videos on TV!!!!!! BIG SCREEN. It'd be real cool. I have 70 inches tv that I can send on phone or laptop to tv. I have another tv in bedroom but not have chromecast but the next one will have it!
There's a reason why I subscribed to this channel. It's amazing and always the last thing I watch before bed.🌑🧸 🛌 😊
Happy to hear that :)
We all have our reasons..
Impressive and very important to show that the profession of train driving ( engineering ) is not only all sun , snow and nice landscape as with every job , things can happen , you have to work the nights , bad weather and unscheduled delay situations , technical issues and all sorts of stuff - and still be able to deliver . like and
Running at night during some rain makes another different video. Many thanks.
Thank you for a wonderful evening! A hot cup of kaffe and a blissful few hours watching the dark winter world pass, halfway around the planet.
Thanks for the new video. I never get tired watching. And thanks for putting in the hard work preparing them!! 👍👍👍
So nice of you! Thank you for watching :D
Again with thanks for an interesting video journey, this time in particular for info about such details as "passing loops" and about the deepest point in the tunnel approaching Oslo!
So glad you watched all of it :D Truly wicked :D
Wonderful video! Love clear night front view with lights and colored lights, so beautiful. Thank you for your channel!
Thank you too!
I've been watching slow TV started by the venerable NRK for years and your videos beat the best of them by a large margin. Thank you, RaiCowGirl!
I have never witnessed a panto droppout like that. You corrected everything quickly and perfectly. You are the best!
Well done. I appreciate all the on-screen information, with location, VMAX, etc.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Double tap on the folder. Shows satisfaction of a job well done and commitment.
Fantastic! The low light camera is unbelievable, that and meeting a relative at Lodalen😎
It really is!
Thanks for the upload RailCowGirl.
I am so impressed with Norway's train freight/passenger service. Who would want to drive long distance at all. Here in the U.S. we do not have that option in most places. Our roads are in bad shape in many places and most have to drive at least two hours to get to a large airport. Thank you for the ride, will in Florida
Favorite video of yours, find myself always coming back to it
Thanks, happy to hear that!
Wonderful video, thank you so much. I just love that run in to Oslo from Drammen. And the trip to the depot is an extra treat. Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Great train engineers captured in these well produced cab ride videos.
Another great video from the best content giver on KZhead, I am really loving this video!
Wow, thanks! :D So glad you like it!
I took my journey forward for the first time. this is fantastic.
It's just so incredible soothing to watch :D
I want to thank you for answering my snowdrift question the other week. I found it fascinating and informative. Thank you for your time and videos. Be well and safe also warm.
Any time! Glad I was able to answer your question :D
@@RailCowGirl A follow up question to that would be, does the snow get so bad you get delayed and they have to send out special equipment for removal? Sorry I'm just inquisitive.
it's great! I like it so much that you add different work moments to your videos, which other authors do not have: coming to the workplace, moving around the depot, various small work moments. This is so great, as a railway worker I understand everything (the principle itself). You have such a beautiful country! Thank you, I really liked it! ❤👍😘
Thks for sharing this. Great memories of my backpacker ride Oslo to Bergen then onto Lofoten Islands
Glad you enjoyed it!
Perfekt fredagsunderholdning 👍 God helg 😊
God helg til deg også :D
Great video very good train and perfect ride 👀👌
Very nice. I love your videos!
Thank you very much!
Another awesome video thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
@RailCowGirl Nice Video And Ride, I Love Seeing Trains In The Dark. They Never Fail To Impress Me.
Thank you very much!
@@RailCowGirl You're Very Welcome.
Excellent video, Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Never a dull moment with RCG! I have a couple of questions please - 1> If you lose all power, do the cab phones still work or do you have to resort to your mobile/cell phone to report the failure? 2> If you had been unable to restart the loco, where would the relief loco to drag you to Honefoss have come from?
Beautiful night ride.
Excellent! Most interesting end. Thanks. That is a small place to sleep, although attractive.
Thank you loved the ride
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, you have some really long tunnels on your route. The Eriksrud crossover, in particular. Love watching!
RCG displayed that tunnel's name and data at 2:42:13. What I am surprised about is that even the newer tunnels are single-tube two-track. At least the Ulriken tunnel will now become two-tube ( = safer).
What is less safe with having a double track tube? The newer tunnels in Oslo were built without TBM's. At the time there were non available, and using TBM's for short tunnels is kind of overkill. The newer tunnels around Oslo is totally up to all the safety regulations set by the EU. :)
@@RailCowGirl Now you get me rambling... From what I know, single-tube tunnels have these three safety issues two-tube tunnels don't have: (1) you can't use the other track for evacuation or easy rescue train access in case of a fire, (2) you can have a collision with a derailed train, (3) when a passenger train passes a freight train at top speed, the cargo can get dislodged due to the aerodynamic drag. Personally, I think EU tunnel regulations are still too lenient. For example, they demand escape shafts every 1000 m or cross-passages every 500 m. In 2010, there was an evacuation test in the Channel Tunnel (cross-passages every 375 m) with two fully loaded German ICE3 trains (distance of extreme doors about 380 m) and it took 20 minutes to get everyone out - way too long in case of a fire. So I think cross-passages/escape shafts every 200 m should be required, could reduce the evacuation time at least by a third.
@@RailCowGirl I refreshed my memory with some read-up on the single-tube to bi-tube transition. The gist of it: Norway isn't really lagging :-) The newest tunnels in your video were opened 2011. They must have been planned around the same time the transition happened in Germany and Austria (the two I'm most familiar with). I checked newer projects, the Follo Line is already two-tube (I'm not sure about others like Tønsberg-Larvik). In Germany, the transition is represented by the Katzenbergtunnel, a 9385 tunnel near the Swiss border, which was changed from single-tube to bi-tube during planning around 2000 (it was opened in 2012). The only major single-tube mainline tunnels opened since are on the Nuremberg-Erfurt high-speed line, but those have been planned earlier. Newer tunnels as short as the 2623 m Falkenbergtunnel (on a bypass along the old Main-Spessart line in central Germany) are two-tube. In addition to new tunnels, it's interesting that from the mid-2000s, several older tunnels a few km in length have been "renewed" by adding a second tube and reconstructing the old tube as single-track (for example, the Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel along the scenic Koblenz-Trier railway along the Mosel river). In Austria, the transition was the New Lower Inn Valley Line (also opened in 2012), which had the last long two-track tunnels, but with a parallel rescue tube. I got a good understanding of what went on in Austria during two weeks last year, when I criss-crossed the country on a special train, standing next to a different Austrian loco driver every day. _All_ of them re-told the same story: back in 2000, there was a horrible tunnel fire in a funicular (the Kaprun disaster), which led not only to the changes in tunnel planning, but also expensive safety upgrades of _all_ older tunnels. Longer tunnels got escape shafts and/or caverns. A lot of tunnels were widened to fit in walkways along the track. In all tunnels, large white painted arrows on the tunnel walls point towards the nearest escape shaft/safe room door/tunnel exit. It was really impressive that the changes weren't just cosmetic but included a lot of things normal passengers can barely notice from passenger car windows.
Your videos are very relaxing
Glad you like them!
Thank you! 👍
You're welcome!
The night/dark or heavy snow videos are absolutely lovely. Well all of the videos are great, but those are my favorite. They’re really calming and relaxing and put me to sleep. I grew up next to a rail yard, and have lived near one my entire life until recently. Now I can’t seem to sleep without the familiar noise of trains, even the big loud diesel locomotives. I miss the sound of them building a train; slamming big box cars together, the loud crashing sound. Have you considered making this audio putting it in a podcast or even on Spotify/Apple Music?
Awesome Video
it looks nice over there
It truly is :D
I love these beautiful cities in the mountains - street lights and house lights. Im in Ohio in USA. I know it will probably never happen in physical but this video is a big opportunity to see these and gain experience!!! It would be more beautiful if I watch this on my 70 inches tv via chromecast.
I like your videos very much thanks a lot
Glad you like them!
Awesome as usual RailCowGirl !!! All of that extra info was very interesting. It would be great just to sit down with a beer and chat with you about some of your adventures! That bed in the hotel room looked good and that's where I'm headed as it is 02:04 in the morning here in Canada... Take care and be safe out there... :):):)
Thank you, be safe!
6 & 1/2 hours of daylight, damn to someone like me if i was there i would be so screwed up with time lol, also that power failure.......................wicked, hate when the power goes out at night & i'm like (wtf just happened now) lol. Be safe & healthy out there, your videos are Epic.
The "turn it off and back on again" trick works on locomotives too! :)
Wow, I'd love to visit those Oslo depot tunnels...
first I read the comments and now it's 2:22 AM and I'm going to watch the video. I'm excited! Late night show starts! 😉
After i was watching this video now I'm sure: RCG is the best yuotube railroad channel ever
in Australia, I watched one of these videos (winter snow) for Hours, Monday night, Tuesday a.m. Couldn't stop. Then watched this one last night (Tues) and now finshed a 1.15 a.m. Kept falling asleep, woke when there were different sounds. Almost missed the power failure I had been waiting for, had to backtrack a bit.
Nice video 👍
Thanks 👍
the best rest is a change of activity 😊😊😊 I really like to travel with you
The next trip is probably from Oslo when I met you! I am looking forward to that
Was that you on the platform at Oslo S a couple of days ago? :D
Yes!
You where driving the EL18 2256 train 63 I think
The first IR video from bergensbanen! Looks good...
Like, hugs from Brazil.
:D
Very Nice Video Ma'am 🙏😊.
Thanks a lot 😊
Wow there is lot more to running a train than just driving it. Those maintenance places are huge. Must take an army of people to check on things so the train has no problems.
Much more :) And I'm so happy that I'm able to show you how massive it truly is :D
thank for the cow member
Watching from Vancouver...
From New-Brunswick here, glad to see there's other Canadian fan of this channel, cool. :-)
וואו זה כל כך מדהים
I saw a thing on tv last night about big winter machines. One of them they covered was the snow removal machine used around Finse. Pretty cool as it will pivot 180 degrees to go the other way but I didn't get the name of it.
I think it is called Beilhack.
Yep, it's the Beilhack :)
@@RailCowGirl RCG I think You and the truck driver Reidar Humlestöl should be sponsored by Visit Norway. Your videos shows the the beauty and majesty of the Norwegian landscape so well. The two of You make me really long to go to Vestlandet again. And I have been there many, many times before. Greets from Sverige!
Such an impressive piece of machinery. U.S. and Canadian railroads should buy them. UP rotary snowplows, while impressive in their own right, are 100 years old. kzhead.info/sun/naemYZyRgWpnY58/bejne.html
Now we have the proper plague here (UK) this is a welcome distraction watching these video's. Thank you, Merry Christmas :)
Yet another unexpectedly beautiful video! You really have some light pollution near Oslo, amateur astronomers wouldn't be happy, but looks nice on the video! At 3:16:54, you passed two Stadler Eurodual locos. Massive beasts! Reminds me to ask: do you ever drive freight trains? Or is that impossible due to the separation of train operating companies?
Yeah, they are starting to talk about it now since people in the cities are not able to see the night sky anymore. Glad It's not that bad where I live. Would drive me crazy if I wasn't able to see the milky way. Yep, GreenCargos new beasts in Norway. They are going to be used by them on the Bergen Line. Nope, different company, so not possible to drive it. Stupid really. It was a time when we were able to do both, because it was just one huge company. Now everything is split up in the name of New Public Management and Privatization. It has ruined the effective usage of rolling stock and crew resources. Rendering everything less effective and so much more expensive.
@@RailCowGirl I'm both glad & sad to hear that railway(wo)men everywhere see it the same way... I work in the rail sector in Hungary, I know rail employees from several nearby countries, and from everywhere, I hear these same reforms cause massive problems, but the politicians (and the non-rail top managers they install) don't see it (or don't want to see it). At least they still spend money on sensible upgrades.
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Yay a new video thanks RCG❤
Enjoy. :D
Danke gutes video
Thank you! :)
Было интересно. Спасибо.
i hope you did not hurt yourself when you rebooted it! LOL if i may a quick little tip. if a windshield fogs/mists up, a few seconds cold a/c should clear it. it worked for me without fail
Now with the better camira's, I am starting to see more lights and I get the impression that the area is more populated than I first thought.
Nice to se al the upleight hausis al araund. It is so cousy. Sorry tha people here in Denmark tak it down after 6 of januar. When I meet theis people i the lighthouses, I tell them, it is nice in a dark time. And I think that it is good for the maind to se light in that form.
Sorry if this question has come up before. :D I love your content, it's strangely relaxing. In any case, I like to know how things work, so I have tried to see when you sound the horn, when you change speeds etc. to see if there are any markings along the track for that. I found information about the light signals, but not for the regular signs. It seems like if there are two triangles on top of each other with a gap or sometimes side by side, that you sound the horn. I noticed the speed changes, but I assume you have a map or tablet that gives you that information. Thnanks.
I have seen what appear to be distance markers on the left of the track (number with 0 or 5 bellow it) and then a yellow triangle sign on the right of the track with a number and then something like +10 bellow it. And then sometimes a yellow sign that's slanted with a number on it as well. So many questions... :D
46:12 What is the purpose of the hockey-stick-like reflectors? Do they relate to snow removal operations?
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Amazing how much problems even outside my IT-World can be fixed with that :D
3:00:38 so cool!
Werte Dame, es ist neu für mich, dass Sie jetzt auch solche Züge fahren!? Aber das Video ist SUPER! Vielleicht haben Sie schon mehr solche Fahrten gemacht? Ich habe ein Ihres Kanals und werde mich informieren :-))) Herzliche Grüße aus Bad Vöslau in Österreich!
Hi there That single track out of the station looks eerily beautiful as it stretches out in front of the carriage What typical speed would you get to on that stretch with those slight bends ? This green lights are piercing too ... presumably designed for high visibility It’s very different to see this darkness everywhere with hints of lights in the distance and then the poles/bridges/signs that suddenly come into view out of the black Fascinating and beautifully shot Thank you
Wasn’t the speed limit presented in the bottom left? :)
@@RailCowGirl Ah, it was - I was so entranced I missed that Merry Christmas
I dont know how good the lights are on the train but how about cats eyes in the middle of the track to help?
Very nice night ride! Just strange how they have spent millions on the new high speed line outside Oslo, and even the express trains stop at almost every station
Ok. I don’t know anything 🤷🏼♂️ but arriving in Drammen the log says arrival 21:52, 9:52. The clock at the station indicated 10:11. I’m guessing the train was late? Not a criticism, of course. I just noticed the clock. Are many people on the train this late, even in normal times? Great videos, RCG
You have a keen eye, my friend :) You are correct. We we're running late since we were held back at Veme, with the following reboot of the locomotive due to the problems with the power supply. The freight train pulled a lot of power and it was just to much for the system when both that freight train and I was pulling out of the station at the same time. We were running about 20 minutes late when we arrived Drammen :) nicely caught :D
RailCowGirl Thanks for the reply. I would like to read the complete reply but I can’t seem to open it without a reply. Anyway I may have missed that delay due to napping😁. Videos are very relaxing. 👍. Ending well done.
@@RailCowGirl Did the freight train get brought to it's knees, too?
Thxsomuch railcowgirl🏵💥🙏💥🏵
just guessing but are you a celebrity. Since guy in the workshop is wearing your rcg mask?
LOL! Nifty motion graphics ;) But lets say I am :p LOL
Show 😃
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Please forgive this morbid question, but I’ve been wanting to ask Do animals ever cross wile you make the videos?
Yes they do.. and those videos will never be released as it will be in direct breach of KZheads Community Guideliens.
@@RailCowGirl i would never want to view an animal getting killed, i was only curious if it happens. Cheers ✌️
We see more of the town layouts at night, with the lighting. When it's clear. I noticed only now you got copyright on your video ?.?
Yeah, had to put it in there... as there are too many people re-uploading the content and claiming it to be their own. That is not fun when you think about the hours invested in this, just for someone to take a short cut.
@@RailCowGirl I would like to slap those people around a bit with a large frozen cod fish.
@@RailCowGirl agree. Pity. People will do that. Good thinking on your part.
Like from Ukraine!
Lindo
ny Ulriken tunnel when? really looking fwd! Greetings Rail Girl.
It opened on 13th December, but now they are working on the old tunnel, so it is still only one track open, I think.
@@usernametaken799 What will be the top speed when both are finished?
I found this on the internet www.railjournal.com/regions/europe/vy-launches-new-services-for-2021-timetable/
@@usernametaken799 yup....but all traffic will go trough he new tunnel.
@@Daneelro According to the information I can find, from a few newspaper articles, it says 160 kmh.
1:50:48 what does this sign mean on the overhead support?
general warning Level crossing Halt / platform Level crossing and Halt at the same place added to any of the above means you can cut the sounding of the horn between 10pm and 6am
@@RailCowGirl wow, thanks, very interesting! ❤
Hmm, what do I do wrong in the timing calculation? It says Departure at the Starting Point is 19h18m acording to train shedule (0:00:53) and leaving the Building at your destination the clock say 23h16m (3:20:20)! That is according to my elementary school knowledge about reading the clock ~4 hours. I understand that we do not see the mentioned 15 minutes of power failure and train reset (1:35:10). But then there is still many minutes from real time missing, isn't it? Can you make me smarter please?
Are you confusing chapters with the real train schedule?
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Thank you!
Question: what's difference between flashing green and yellow lights?..
flashing green expect to proceed forward as steady green is proceed- flashing yellow is expect to stop ahead
Ha!, ha! Northen (City) lights. Merry X-mas to everyone.
Merry Christmas!
I have a question for you - with what camera was this film recorded? Thank you in advance for your answer and best regards :)
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@@RailCowGirl Thank you very much for your reply. Greetings from Poland :)
Hi, is there no direct rail link between Hønefoss and Oslo?
This is the direct rail link between Oslo and Hønefoss. This train stopped at Hønefoss as well.
@@RailCowGirl Thanks!
NB. is it noy difficult to dreve in the dark, with only a sorth lwission aheat. I comper it to the day light, whwre you can se longer than the light on the train. I can drive cares im the night, no problemo, but when I se your video, I think it mush require xray eays.
How do you know what to do when you can’t really see anything?
You see the signals, we follow the signals ;)
Viltrefleksen langs sporet er rene julestemningen å se på i mørket.
Jepp, og sykt effektive :D Har ikke sett noe dyr der etter at de ble satt opp :)
Hva er egentlig en "loop" på VY-språket ??hilsen Harald K
Kryssingspor, og det er ikke Vy-språk. Vy er bare en operatør som betjener tog og ruter... Jernbanespråket kaller det kryssingspor. Eller enda mer teknisk så er det en stasjon i sikkerhetsmessig sammenheng.
Were you really moving @ 130 kmh? It did not seem to be going that fast
I was moving at 160kmh at parts as well. And no, it does not seem that fast when you sit there.
Emergency Vehicles at 1:42:00 what happened?
I think that might be road construction warning signs and lights, and not emergency vehicles.
Just road construction vehicles :D
Thanks Guys.
do one with ny to la coast to coast
hello Rail cow Girl best Girl ever Video is cool and nice 👍🤗
Thank you 🤗
Filmed on my birthday. The elevator says so 🤣
The elevator is always right LOL! Happy Belated Birthday! :D
@@RailCowGirl Just so. Thank you RCG