Swiss Railway Journeys - SBB Gothard North
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
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Join us for a captivating journey along the magnificent SBB Gotthard Line, one of the world's premier rail routes, running north-south through the centre of Switzerland. In Gotthard North we take the ex-TEE "Gottardo" for the ride from Zürich to the Gotthard Pass.
We join our train at Zürich Main Station and are soon running alongside Lakes Zürich, Zug and Lucerne. We break our journey to look around the old town ot Zug, visit the fascinating animal park at Arth-Goldau, and the Victorinox factory in Schwyz where the famous Swiss Army Knives are made.
We look at the history of the line and its locomotives and visit the SBB depot at Erstfeld, not only home to the most modern of the Swiss Federal Railway's fleet, but also to two of the surviving "crocodile" locomotives from the early days of electrification.
After Erstfeld the line begins to climb steeply, twisting and turning around the village of Wassen, whose church is a famous vantage point for railway enthusiasts.
We end our journey at Göschenen, where we leave the train to look at the Gotthard Pass road and follow the old horse-drawn post-coach to the summit hospice.
(recorded in 1994)
I love Swiss Railway Journeys. Malcolm Brown’s brilliant narration and warming voice is an amazing accompaniment to the beauty of Switzerland.
Yes its Malcolm Brown narrating that makes the series. It would still be good but not as seriously interesting and beautiful.
Thank you so much for uploading this 🙏🙏🙏
You are very welcome. Enjoy :)
yes, this was fun and very enjoyable. Loved to hear you just talk, ramble, plan . Go for it! Good Stuff!
EXCELLENT!!!
I never missed an episode when this aired on my local PBS station. Switzerland is such a beautiful country to travel by rail. I love the theme music to this show! Thank you much for uploading this! You have great taste!
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Hele serie al meermaals gezien, blijft samen met "rail away" de top.
@Swiss Railway Journeys The RABe Sets used 1500 V DC for France and the Netherlands, 3000 V DC for Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium, 15,000 AC for Germany Austria & Switzerland, and 25,000 V AC for France and Luxembourg !!!
To think that the Gotthard Tunnel is one of the longest rail tunnels in the world is a massive achievement.
Some of my relatives immigrated to the US from Switzerland in the mid 1600s and settled into PA and later Virginia. They came here looking for land to farm, and that's what they did. Eventually, they ended up doing that in Ohio and later in central Illinois. And I don't think any relative with the same history in the family has ever gone back to visit Switzerland. I was all set to go, you guessed it, in the Spring of 2020. Still waiting to get a chance to travel, even to Ohio, today.
To think the new base tunnel mentioned here finally opened in 2016.
Pls correct here the border outlines of Switzerland, in your Intro, thank you ! 🙂
Who did the music?
The music was written and produced by Lou Stonehill of Studio 4.
Never go to Sweden with a Victorinox