Driver’s Eye View - Fichtelberg Railway - Pt 2 (German: Fichtelbergbahn) Oberwiesenthal to Cranzahl
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- In Part 2 we rejoin our train for the return trip to Cranzahl. Please sit back and enjoy the picturesque Saxony Scenery as the almost perfect lighting conditions highlight the wonderful winter colours.
Once the standard gauge railway from Chemnitz to Chomutov via Annaberg and Vejprty was opened to traffic in 1872, attention turned to connecting the former mining town of Oberwiesenthal (Germany's highest town) to the Saxon Railway system. Plans were made in 1884 to build a narrow gauge railway between Cranzahl to Oberwiesenthal, although construction didn't start until 1896. The line opened to traffic on 20th July 1897, proving popular, it carried 67756 by the end of its first year in operation, tourism continued to boost passenger numbers and special transporter waggons enabled the railway to carry standard gauge waggons with around 30 a day serving the quarry at Hammerunterwiesenthal alone. After 1990 traffic began to decline with freight services ceasing in 1992, in 1994 ownership was transferred to Deutsche Bahn and plans were made to either close the railway or sell it. To celebrate the railway's centenary communities along the route got together with the Pressnitz Valley Railway and the Lößnitzgrund Railway to organized a festival week featuring narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock from all over Germany operating an intensive schedule on all three lines The event attracted over 40000 visitors, leading to local districts making plans to acquire the railway. On June 1st 1998 BVO Bahn GMB took over operating the line, in 2007 the Saxon Steam Railway Company took over giving the railway a new name “Fichtelbergbahn” to reflect its new roll as a tourist line serving resorts along the route, the line soon acquired a new status recognise throughout Germany and beyond, especially in winter transporting winter sports enthusiasts to the ski areas of Oberwiesenthal.
Map at 00:30 - Google Maps
Map at 00:38 - www.openrailwaymap.org/
This visit was part of a rail tour arranged by the “Railway Touring Company” - if it’s something you’d like to know more about, please click on this link - www.railwaytouring.net/europe
To learn more about the railway, please click on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichtel...
To book your own railway adventure please click on this link - www.steam-route-saxony.com/en...
I ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS
WANTED TO SIT & WATCH
FROM THE FRONT OF THE
E N G I N E
IN BETWEEN THE 2-BUFFERS
FINALLY I'M ON 7 TH CLOUD
WATCHING WITH SMILE
AND MARVELLING AT
THE SPEED & ESPANSE !!!!!!!!!
I am grateful to the locomotive crew for allowing me to mount a camera on their locomotive; the view from the front is the best way to enjoy the ride.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Y'r an honest genius ! T.Y. Sir.
@@user-mb9ek1jq3k I'm pleased you enjoy these videos 😊.
Hats off to you
For a great Driver's Eye View.
Thank you, we also owe the driver a big thank you for allowing me to mount a camera on his locomotive.
Tim, this video, along with Part 1, bring back such memories. I was a post war brat living in Vienna, Austria and Wiesbaden, Germany from 1949 until 1965 and can remember, so vividly, the beauty of both countries, the wonderful cultures and people and, of course, the lush forests !. Well done, great video quality....more of these !
Hello Carl, I'm pleased this video bought good memories from your time living in Vienna and Wiesbaden 😊.
Thanks, it truly did....@@Timsvideochannel1
Auch auf der Rückfahrt bin ich gerne wieder mitgefahren☺🍀
Das ist wirklich schön zu wissen. Ich freue mich, dass Ihnen die Fahrt mit der Bahn in beide Richtungen Spaß gemacht hat 😊😊😊.
Thank you Tim
Hello Keith, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm in Austria at the moment capturing some more European rail action to share over the coming months. Cheers. Tim.
Look forward to anything you do. @@Timsvideochannel1
@@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS Cheers Keith, this has been a good year for Driver's Eye videos, I've filmed some fascinating stuff from both Europe and the UK, but I think some of my favourite videos were taken in Wales a few weeks ago, I'm looking forward to sharing them as time allows. 😊.
Solche Videos sehe ich sehr gerne, aber das permante Gebimmel hat mir dieses verdorben.
Hallo, ich freue mich, dass Ihnen Videos wie dieses gefallen. Leider kann ich an der Warnglocke nichts ändern, sie ist dazu da, die Leute vor dem herannahenden Zug zu warnen.
Thoroughly enjoyed the train ride through the German countryside. I liked the scenery and I enjoyed it. Thank you for another excellent production.
Thank you, it's nice to know you enjoyed the ride.
Hi Tim! It's a romantic railway (750mm) to enjoy it 👍. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.
Hello Hans, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 🍺.
Hi Tim. Thank you for another wonderfully entertaining German narrow gauge tour. As usual your intro slides were beautiful and the accompanying audio track for them evocative of what was in store. I have often observed how tidy the right of ways are in some EU countries - Germany and Switzerland spring to mind. I wish Ontario's railways kept their's as free from undergrowth. Stay safe. James.
Hello James, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride. The trackside in a lot of European countries is neat and tidy, there isn't the untidy area between the boundary fence and the track because in most cases there isn't a boundary fence. Britain’s trackside is often a mess because people dump their rubbish over the fence and the railway makes little or no attempt to pick up its own rubbish. Cheers. Tim.
Thanks for the ride !! 🥸
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Klass!Auhagen,Piko,KIBRI))))Danke!
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Ihnen die Fahrt gefallen hat
SPEED ENTHRALLS IT'S GENETIC .
SPEED WITH GUSH OF WIND
THE SCENT & SCENARIO ABOUND
THIS SHOOT ASCENDS TO
A DISCOVERY OF SORTS ???
Hi, I enjoy reading your descriptions of the journeys we make 😊.
A really beautiful restored railway i hope it never gets shut down there's a lot of history right there thanks TIM for another great journey cheers BOB.😎🤠
Not the speed but the scenery !!! LOL🥸
@@sellier-bellot22 i DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SAYING.😒
Hello Robert, the East Germans look after their narrow railways and the history can be fascinating, many of these railways used to carry a considerable tonnage of freight, now they are almost exclusively passenger railways. I think Veijo Vuorela’s comment was to point out that the scenery can be enjoyed at a slower speed.
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WHAT AN AMAZING ^^ RUN ^^ THIS IS ???? GOD'S FULL ^^ B L O O M ^^ IS ^^ TRANSCRIBED ^^ INTO THE HEADWIND , FOR AN EARTHLING LIKE ME TO WATCH WITH AMAZE & AWE !!! BRAVO TIM'S ============================================= ; AND THE TEAM
^^ HE : SHE : & IT ^^ ?
Hello, I like your description of the ride and I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. The real heroes are the people who keep these wonderful railways operating for us all to enjoy.
46:35 Oh, there *IS* a station here (Unterneudorf). Here was I thinking this was a "Clayton's" station(the station you have when you haven't got a station! Re: my comment apout this location in Part 1). Okey-dokey!
@@top40researcher31 ~errrrrr HUH?~
@@top40researcher31 Well...... du-uh! Tell me something I *didn't know!*
Geez, Tim. Your camera's way over to the right of the loco in this video!
@neilforbes416 must have been sidetracked 😆
@@top40researcher31 ~groan!~
@@neilforbes416 There weren't many fixing points, I had to make do with the ladder at the rear of the locomotive.