@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 Many things you have explained, have answered questions that have come to mind whilst watching other videos, it is really appreciated when someone explains these things that get overlooked.
A wonderful video, just like your earlier films. I very much liked the maps, and certainly enjoyed your comments and information on the signals and rules that regulates your driving. Much to learn! Could you mention the stations we are passing? Sometimes the train moves too fast for us to read the three-letter signs telling us which places we are approaching. Thank you and keep on your good work!
Hi Jenny, and thx for commenting! Yes the stations i kinda forgot about! I listed them in part 1 for just that part. Ill remember to add them in last part. I'm editing that now. I like very much to add maps and explain. Good to know others like it too.
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 When we learn, we change, often to the better. Thank you for introducing yourself to the wonderful world of being a locomotve/train driver in our wonderful country!
More questions for you. This is mostly about passenger trains, so you may not have the answers. In the 1960's and 1970's I traveled all over Europe by passenger trains. We would buy a ticket at the train station, get on board, and then several miles away from the station a conductor would walk through the car and ask us for our tickets. He would punch a hole in them. Today, when I see smaller stations out in the middle of nowhere there is no building there to buy a ticket, only a shelter and some benches. But people are there waiting to get on the train. How do people buy their tickets today? Is there a vending machine or a kiosk close by? Secondly, do conductors still walk the cars checking tickets?
Hi Mike. I drove passenger trains in school. We have 4 months of practice in trains, in 3 blocks (1, 1 and 2 months). There are still tickets! Some from vending machines and kiosks, but most from phone apps. Commuters use monthly and yearly tickets. And yes, the conductor still checks them. You also have unmanned commuter cars. They have personnel dedicated to ticket checks on many trains. They move from train to train catching free riders:)
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 - LOVED YOUR ANSWER! You covered even more than I dared to ask. I figured the cell phone could be involved in this too. I am surprised that conductors are still being used to check tickets, but that's good. Gives people jobs and doesn't take us so far into the future that a robot would be checking them!!! I have been thinking that it sure would be easy to ride trains for free, but I love they are still "catching free riders". You sure are a kind man to take the time to answer all these questions from me and from others. I'm in Kentucky, USA. Sadly, no passenger trains here, just many, many LONG freight trains.
You stated that both the incline up to Oslo S, and the further route after the station was very steep. What is the biggets incline that you handle on this route ? is that 2,2 % ? And what was the weight of the train?
Hi and thx for commenting and asking! We have a maximum of 21 wagons up there (due to terminal capacity). With both locomotives the weight is about 1800 metric tonnes. And yes the slope up from Oslo S to Bryn is about 2,2%. But there are more steep areas, but short, so it dont matter that much. From bottom of the Oslo tunnel under Oslo S its 2,6%. And we have the second most steep climb in Europe on Flåmsbana with 5,5%.
Thanks for showing us the "other" route between Oslo and Lillestrom, never before seen on video (by me, at least). I guess they don't want slow freight trains clogging up the Romerike tunnel. The maps are appreciated and a big help, but is it possible to freeze the view from the cab while the map is being shown?
Hi and thx for commenting! Sure i can freeze the view when i show the maps. Sometimes i show the map when in tunnel or boring parts. And to cover up talking with train leader and stuff :D I will be adding a trip from Hønefoss via Gjøvikbanen and Roa station eventually. And the line for freight trains from Grefsen to Alnabru.
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 There are parts that might be boring for you, but not for somebody who has never seen them before. And to an especially deranged train lover such as myself, even the inside of a well-lit tunnel can be interesting.
My sentiments too! Most of the drivers showing passenger routes now have to take the Romerike tunnel. This video is brilliant as it shows the lovely scenery of the original route, but also shows the need for the tunnel as the country strives to get both more freight and passengers on the railways.
Very interesting video! I'm not sure if you mentioned this in one of the previous parts (I'm only on part 2 so far) and I missed it but how heavy was the train?
Hi Zap, and thx for commenting. I dont think i mentioned the weight (i have to remember to put in some data in last part then). But we weigh about 1800 metric T, we have 21 wagons (we are going to pick up 5 more when we arrive Kongsvinger).
Hi Joe, and thx for asking. We dont drive over high mountains, more hills. I did some research and i think the highest is Rudshøgda at 250m. But when you have 1500 tonnes after you thats more than steep enough :P Kvam in Gudbrandsdalen would be the most northerly timber terminal we serve.
Thanks for another fun and informative video! The maps are a big help. Thanks for sharing!
Thx again Swarf!
We're here for ya.....
Thank you for another very interesting video, with information omitted by other drivers forced to travel faster past the points shown.
Thx again for feedback and comment Engels!
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 Many things you have explained, have answered questions that have come to mind whilst watching other videos, it is really appreciated when someone explains these things that get overlooked.
tusen takk for fin tur igjen. Flott informasjon og fint at du legger inn kart på hvor du er, vi koste oss på turen :)
Takk for det Astrid.
A wonderful video, just like your earlier films. I very much liked the maps, and certainly enjoyed your comments and information on the signals and rules that regulates your driving. Much to learn! Could you mention the stations we are passing? Sometimes the train moves too fast for us to read the three-letter signs telling us which places we are approaching. Thank you and keep on your good work!
Hi Jenny, and thx for commenting! Yes the stations i kinda forgot about! I listed them in part 1 for just that part. Ill remember to add them in last part. I'm editing that now. I like very much to add maps and explain. Good to know others like it too.
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 When we learn, we change, often to the better. Thank you for introducing yourself to the wonderful world of being a locomotve/train driver in our wonderful country!
More questions for you. This is mostly about passenger trains, so you may not have the answers. In the 1960's and 1970's I traveled all over Europe by passenger trains. We would buy a ticket at the train station, get on board, and then several miles away from the station a conductor would walk through the car and ask us for our tickets. He would punch a hole in them. Today, when I see smaller stations out in the middle of nowhere there is no building there to buy a ticket, only a shelter and some benches. But people are there waiting to get on the train. How do people buy their tickets today? Is there a vending machine or a kiosk close by? Secondly, do conductors still walk the cars checking tickets?
Hi Mike. I drove passenger trains in school. We have 4 months of practice in trains, in 3 blocks (1, 1 and 2 months). There are still tickets! Some from vending machines and kiosks, but most from phone apps. Commuters use monthly and yearly tickets. And yes, the conductor still checks them. You also have unmanned commuter cars. They have personnel dedicated to ticket checks on many trains. They move from train to train catching free riders:)
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 - LOVED YOUR ANSWER! You covered even more than I dared to ask. I figured the cell phone could be involved in this too. I am surprised that conductors are still being used to check tickets, but that's good. Gives people jobs and doesn't take us so far into the future that a robot would be checking them!!! I have been thinking that it sure would be easy to ride trains for free, but I love they are still "catching free riders". You sure are a kind man to take the time to answer all these questions from me and from others. I'm in Kentucky, USA. Sadly, no passenger trains here, just many, many LONG freight trains.
That suburb train is a metro line or what you called it T-bane. I thought that freigh train going around Oslo not passing under it.
You stated that both the incline up to Oslo S, and the further route after the station was very steep. What is the biggets incline that you handle on this route ? is that 2,2 % ? And what was the weight of the train?
Hi and thx for commenting and asking! We have a maximum of 21 wagons up there (due to terminal capacity). With both locomotives the weight is about 1800 metric tonnes. And yes the slope up from Oslo S to Bryn is about 2,2%. But there are more steep areas, but short, so it dont matter that much. From bottom of the Oslo tunnel under Oslo S its 2,6%. And we have the second most steep climb in Europe on Flåmsbana with 5,5%.
Thanks for showing us the "other" route between Oslo and Lillestrom, never before seen on video (by me, at least). I guess they don't want slow freight trains clogging up the Romerike tunnel.
The maps are appreciated and a big help, but is it possible to freeze the view from the cab while the map is being shown?
Hi and thx for commenting! Sure i can freeze the view when i show the maps. Sometimes i show the map when in tunnel or boring parts. And to cover up talking with train leader and stuff :D I will be adding a trip from Hønefoss via Gjøvikbanen and Roa station eventually. And the line for freight trains from Grefsen to Alnabru.
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 There are parts that might be boring for you, but not for somebody who has never seen them before. And to an especially deranged train lover such as myself, even the inside of a well-lit tunnel can be interesting.
@@obkb1 Yeah, i guess you go a bit numb when you see it on a daily basis :D
My sentiments too! Most of the drivers showing passenger routes now have to take the Romerike tunnel. This video is brilliant as it shows the lovely scenery of the original route, but also shows the need for the tunnel as the country strives to get both more freight and passengers on the railways.
Very interesting video! I'm not sure if you mentioned this in one of the previous parts (I'm only on part 2 so far) and I missed it but how heavy was the train?
Hi Zap, and thx for commenting. I dont think i mentioned the weight (i have to remember to put in some data in last part then). But we weigh about 1800 metric T, we have 21 wagons (we are going to pick up 5 more when we arrive Kongsvinger).
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 Hi! Thanks for the quick reply :) Is the 1800t for the full train (including the two locomotives)?
@@zaphr89 Yep. When we have one locomotove and 26 wagons we are about 2200T. That's our currently most heavy config.
again a great video sound is better to Q;what is highest altitude you climb to and what is most northerly point u go?
Hi Joe, and thx for asking. We dont drive over high mountains, more hills. I did some research and i think the highest is Rudshøgda at 250m. But when you have 1500 tonnes after you thats more than steep enough :P Kvam in Gudbrandsdalen would be the most northerly timber terminal we serve.
@@thenorwegiantraindriver4788 thanks for info
5:30 Elisenberg Station. Unfinished and later decided unnecessary. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisenberg_station ].
The damn taggers found it tho 🙄