A Winter Journey with Caroline. The Enchanting 1861 Steam Locomotive Touring in 2024!

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  • čas přidán 24. 04. 2024
  • The Norwegian Railway Museum boasts one of the world's oldest, most intact, and operational vintage trains. The journey of restoration began in 1988 when the Friends of the Railway Museum conceived the idea to revive a historic carriage train. After six years of meticulous restoration work, the locomotive "Caroline" roared back to life in the spring of 1996, just in time for the museum's centenary celebration.
    Since its revival, the train has been a focal point of the museum's activities, embarking on two to four annual excursions to Elverum, with occasional side trips to Eidsvoll/Lillestrøm in 2004, Kongsvinger in 2004, Flisa in 2010 and 2015, and the Lillestrøm-Kongsvinger route in 2012. It even ventured beyond Norwegian borders for a guest appearance at the Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle in 2006.
    Typically, the carriage train undertakes three journeys per year, shuttling passengers between Hamar and Elverum. However, its operational range is restricted by its maximum speed of 60 km/h, achievable only on downhill stretches. This speed limit dictates the sections of track it can traverse. Additionally, the train's mobility is contingent upon the availability of a turntable to maneuver the locomotive.
    Fully assembled, comprising the locomotive, a goods wagon, and six carriages, the train spans approximately 70 meters in length.
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  • @simonfunwithtrains1572
    @simonfunwithtrains1572 Před 22 dny +168

    What an absolutely wonderful thing to see such an early train out on the line and not sleeping in the museum, an excellent video thank you.

    • @jamesfranklin2203
      @jamesfranklin2203 Před 21 dnem +6

      It seems that the train sleeps in the museum and sometimes enjoy a ride

  • @QLDrailfan798
    @QLDrailfan798 Před 21 dnem +140

    Man, seeing a standard gauge locomotive from 1861 running on the main line is just gloriously beautiful

    • @toyroadsrails-trainscarspl1709
      @toyroadsrails-trainscarspl1709 Před 19 dny +1

      Truly, it is wonderful to see.

    • @buzzytrains9037
      @buzzytrains9037 Před 18 dny +3

      It really is, especially with our own victorian railways Y112 running about on the mainline every now and then.

    • @QLDrailfan798
      @QLDrailfan798 Před 18 dny

      @@buzzytrains9037 I wish I could see her in action, here in Queensland there’s a loco called No.6 (the one In my PFP) which sadly isn’t running due to covid (I think) and the rising cost of basically, everything, but I am looking forward to seeing her turn 160 next year.

    • @Yarf.McBarf
      @Yarf.McBarf Před 16 dny

      And at a pretty decent clip, too! ~25 mph in that first clip (assuming a driver diameter of 4'-6"--I'm not sure what they actually measure)

    • @QLDrailfan798
      @QLDrailfan798 Před 16 dny

      @@Yarf.McBarf damn for a over 150 year old loco, she’s going a pretty good speed

  • @user-ho2wq6dj7n
    @user-ho2wq6dj7n Před 20 dny +19

    Это что-то нереальное, я сначала подумал, что это на компьютере нарисовано. Какая работа! Сохранить такую реликвию в таком состоянии! Моё глубокое почтение

  • @tonypetts6663
    @tonypetts6663 Před 19 dny +26

    163 years old and still going! Old Robert Stephenson knew a thing or two about building locomotives.

  • @lowrangemaniac5326
    @lowrangemaniac5326 Před 22 dny +47

    What a old, little, shiny, and cute steam engine! And it sounds so happy too! I love it!!

  • @PowerTrain611
    @PowerTrain611 Před 19 dny +15

    Its not crawling along either, you guys are really hauling it! Love to see it!

  • @Realohiorailroadproductions

    Hard to believe that locomotive is 40 years away from being 200!

  • @shaunbolton4662
    @shaunbolton4662 Před 19 dny +28

    Awesome! I absolutely love the early steam locomotives, and Caroline is a gem! She looks and runs like brand new. This is time travel- that beautiful locomotive hauling an equally venerable train jauntily through the countryside, just as if it were still the 1860's. Flawless. Thanks for posting this!

  • @Mason58654
    @Mason58654 Před 20 dny +13

    Long live Norway! 🇳🇴
    What a beautiful engine in such pristine working order!

  • @ScumClassWorks
    @ScumClassWorks Před 20 dny +27

    Refreshing to see an engine that age being appropriately worked, rather than babied with only a coach or two.

    • @stevecooper7883
      @stevecooper7883 Před 16 dny

      Casey Jones better watch his speed on this little guy!

  • @WeapoKingNZ
    @WeapoKingNZ Před 22 dny +17

    Incredible heritage in motion. Long train for such a small loco, amazing. It's like seeing a Stirling Single on the UK mainline.

  • @tomschmidt3165
    @tomschmidt3165 Před 19 dny +6

    What a beautiful locomotive and train. 3 cheers to the people that maintain them. It looks like it gets a lot of loving care.

  • @eggballo4490
    @eggballo4490 Před 21 dnem +18

    I remember when that engine was fresh out of the workshops in 1861, in fact, I was the one who drew up the Lego set instructions to build him.

  • @duck1946
    @duck1946 Před 21 dnem +12

    What a gem this loco and its train are, she sounds gorgeous!!

  • @babbagebrassworks4278
    @babbagebrassworks4278 Před 21 dnem +6

    Was that a traverser taking the loco out of the shed? Yep. We still have one here in Ipswich but it is in the old Norwegian 3"6" gauge like most of Queensland Australia. Our oldest loco still running is the 1864 2-4-0, it make the same sort of noise. Lots of respect to those keeping these old things working.

  • @nyotamwuaji6484
    @nyotamwuaji6484 Před 18 dny +6

    A beautiful little locomotive puffing away in some beautiful landscapes with her adorable coaches. Excellent

  • @johnlunnun9769
    @johnlunnun9769 Před 18 dny +4

    I just had to watch again! Magic!❤

  • @brianhepke7182
    @brianhepke7182 Před 20 dny +14

    Absolutely stunning... Wow! 1861 unbelievable.
    Caroline is such a pretty locomotive and she has much pulling power; A lot of love has gone into the restoration work, along with the coaches.
    The long shots of the train traveling through the snowy landscape reminded me of the train scenes in "Dr Zhivago".
    Well done to all involved.
    Thank you for posting.😊

  • @Stubwood_on_YT
    @Stubwood_on_YT Před 21 dnem +6

    Wow, what an amazing engine and train

  • @kimballthurlow577
    @kimballthurlow577 Před 20 dny +10

    Thankyou from Australia. Excellent cinematography and so pleasurable to see the old working locomotive and carriages. The museum is indicative of the persistence of the Norwegian people.

  • @cedarcam
    @cedarcam Před 21 dnem +11

    Lovely restoration and video. I thought we in UK had some of the best restored trains but we have nothing like this on our main lines. What an exhilarating journey it must of been.

  • @duncanwilson3672
    @duncanwilson3672 Před 19 dny +6

    What a wonderful little engine and carriages. A remarkable thing to see.

  • @geraldleat5970
    @geraldleat5970 Před 20 dny +4

    2024/04/26: My first view of Caroline. This is AMAZING.

  • @penguinmaster7
    @penguinmaster7 Před 21 dnem +4

    Caroline is friend-shaped!

  • @howardrisby9621
    @howardrisby9621 Před 22 dny +21

    Fantastic .... brilliant .... thank you so much!👍
    If No.17 were a kitten or puppy, youd be up to 10m views by the end of today .... it's that cute!! That cab cannot be much larger (or much more complicated) than 3'-6" gauge Alf's.
    And those carriages .... the 4w ones remind me of those built in the UK for the North London Railway, way back in the 1860s. Superb restorations.
    And that traverser ... I've never seen one like it.
    The Norwegian Railway Museum just made my "bucket list"!! 🙂

  • @hens_ledan
    @hens_ledan Před 18 dny +2

    Wow!!!! What an absolutely delightful engine. She is beautiful !!

  • @mr.wheels6212
    @mr.wheels6212 Před 20 dny +3

    What a beautiful beast of fire, steal, and PSI

  • @johnlunnun9769
    @johnlunnun9769 Před 22 dny +12

    What a charming sight! Glorious! Such a dinky little locomotive, almost like a toy, and in beautiful condition! ❤😊

    • @jasperhorace7147
      @jasperhorace7147 Před 22 dny +3

      And the beautiful carriages too.

    • @johnlunnun9769
      @johnlunnun9769 Před 18 dny

      Yes indeed, those too! Totally un realistic, but wouldn’t be nice if railways had stayed like this!❤️

  • @howardgoy9568
    @howardgoy9568 Před 21 dnem +6

    What a little beauty!!

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-Lahaye Před 22 dny +7

    What a beauty!, Didn't know that Norway had one of the oldest operational locomotives, and it also runs on the mainline as well.

    • @Aaron-uf3sl
      @Aaron-uf3sl Před 21 dnem +2

      I believe India has one 6 years older called Fairy Queen. I’m presently unsure if it’s still in operation however

    • @Tom-Lahaye
      @Tom-Lahaye Před 20 dny +3

      @@Aaron-uf3sl I have seen videos of Fairy Queen in operation, as of 2022 she was still operational, she is the oldest being from 1855. Another locomotive a few years older and operational is locomotive no. 28 'Genf' of the Swiss Central Railway or SCB, she is from 1858 and also has outings on the network sometimes.

  • @hcrun
    @hcrun Před 20 dny +3

    Absolutely delightful!! Encore!! 👏👏😃

  • @dabedwards
    @dabedwards Před 19 dny +3

    RIDICULOUSLY CUTE! The Titfield Thunderbolt lives!

  • @PaulinesPastimes
    @PaulinesPastimes Před 21 dnem +11

    Thank you so much for this video. Doesn't she look so wonderful chuffing cleanly through the snowy landscape. The locomotive is so beautiful with all the gleaming brass and intricate lining. The coaches are as neat as a pin too. I have never seen such an early locomotive running so freely on the main line. It could have been 1861. 😊❤

  • @tassiedevil2200
    @tassiedevil2200 Před 20 dny +7

    Amazing locomotive - and glorious filming of the train steaming through the landscape too. Incredible to realise Caroline (from Robert Stephenson & Co) is only 32 years younger than Stephenson's Rocket!

  • @petestuart6584
    @petestuart6584 Před 21 dnem +5

    Lovely setup! Just wonderful, such a joy to see!

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave Před 21 dnem +3

    This is great very little is preserved from that era.

  • @Odinnyb13
    @Odinnyb13 Před 20 dny +4

    i took a ride on Caroline in 2019, and it was fantastic! she is a fantastic locomotive. Veldig fin video forresten!

  • @thomasstuart6861
    @thomasstuart6861 Před 13 dny

    This is a journing into the stories of great literature and fine clothing. The feeling that we are seeing visions of the past was undeniable. How lucky they are to have saved one.

  • @xavierfrancoismure9205
    @xavierfrancoismure9205 Před 20 dny +2

    Fabuleux ! Merci à toute l'equipe d'exister Longue vie à votre Projet Artistique 😵‍💫👏❤

  • @antoinepenciolelli2845
    @antoinepenciolelli2845 Před 22 dny +4

    Chouette petite locomotive!!!
    Toute mignonne et qui fait bien du gaz.😊😊😊😊

  • @AustNRail
    @AustNRail Před 21 dnem +4

    What a free steaming locomotive. Brilliant.

  • @mattgibbs73
    @mattgibbs73 Před 16 dny +2

    Fantastic! My mother's great great uncle (and his brothers) worked for NER and Robt Stephenson Works in the 1870s - 1890s. I follow in their footsteps in signalling. lWow! I'd love to see that running in Norway.

  • @HelgeANorbakken
    @HelgeANorbakken Před 22 dny +8

    Herlig film, Petter! Stemningsfullt! Og for en langbeint og elegant dame...!! (Lokomotivet altså...!)

  • @hafizhussainahmed8708

    ❤❤❤ پاکستان زندہ باد ❤❤❤

  • @andrewhotston983
    @andrewhotston983 Před 12 dny

    A perfect blend of functionality and elegance.

  • @inyobill
    @inyobill Před 22 dny +5

    Wow, fantastic! Riding that train for those people would be comparable our riding on a supersonic airliner.

  • @alexpiper9475
    @alexpiper9475 Před 20 dny +2

    thank you all .

  • @toyroadsrails-trainscarspl1709

    Such a wonderful machine!

  • @bavarianbanshee
    @bavarianbanshee Před 16 dny +3

    I'm genuinely impressed that such a small locomotive was able to pull such a long rake of coaches at that speed. Beautifully done!

  • @SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP

    Merci à la Norvège pour ces belles images! Génial! Stéph.
    Takk til Norge for disse vakre bildene! Helt fantastisk! Stéph.
    Thanks to Norway for these beautiful images! Just great! Stéph.

  • @fernandopetrache3083
    @fernandopetrache3083 Před 21 dnem +3

    IT’S ALIVE!!! 🤩🚂🚃

  • @hiworldstephensonultranate290
    @hiworldstephensonultranate290 Před 11 hodinami

    Gt on the Snow too. The film ,The Train , comes to mind A Classic like this

  • @goranschmidt3543
    @goranschmidt3543 Před 23 hodinami

    Thank you for showing !!! 😍

  • @keithtanner2806
    @keithtanner2806 Před 8 dny

    What a beauty and incredibly smooth running.

  • @bilalrana5238
    @bilalrana5238 Před 13 dny

    The Most Beautiful train i have ever seen

  • @AlexNYC961
    @AlexNYC961 Před 15 dny +1

    Gorgeous train and an excellent video overall. Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @garychaney5484
    @garychaney5484 Před 17 dny

    Love the architecture of the brick storage garage!

  • @gentlegiants1974
    @gentlegiants1974 Před 19 dny +2

    very neat! That scenery looks like my neighbourhood, except I'm in Canada! same trees and hills and snow.

  • @hiworldstephensonultranate290
    @hiworldstephensonultranate290 Před 11 hodinami

    Greetings from Ireland. this is Superb 🛤️🚂😊

  • @ExAnimoPortugal
    @ExAnimoPortugal Před 16 dny

    wow she can move!
    The scenery makes everything beautiful

  • @stuff___idontknow2610
    @stuff___idontknow2610 Před 15 dny

    Now that is cool as heck, i have such a soft spot for these 150+ year old trains and seeing them operate in 2024 is amazing and something i couldnt imagine the builders thinking about when they 1st built that thing

  • @jeanlouis866
    @jeanlouis866 Před 19 dny

    C’est magnifique sous la neige norvégienne !👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @MisatoBestWoman
    @MisatoBestWoman Před 12 dny

    As a train lover, and huge fan of Thomas the tank engine this train is both absolutely gorgeous and full fills the dream that such trains still exist. This CZcams video is truly amazing! I wish I could ride this masterpiece!

  • @bferguson9277
    @bferguson9277 Před 16 dny

    Beautiful old machine and carriages. Well done!

  • @patrickpeake3935
    @patrickpeake3935 Před 21 dnem +2

    Superb

  • @amazingdecks1
    @amazingdecks1 Před 17 dny

    Wonderful video and a great restoration job. Thanks to everyone involved.

  • @abahdaddy3889
    @abahdaddy3889 Před 16 dny

    VERY SIMPLE AND CUTE DESIGN

  • @hugogayozzo9568
    @hugogayozzo9568 Před 18 dny +1

    AMADA LOCOMOTORA 1861❤

  • @giuliopedrali4794
    @giuliopedrali4794 Před 18 dny +1

    Incredible

  • @BalticFilms144
    @BalticFilms144 Před 21 dnem +2

    It's so much better to see pre-20th century locomotives with the period correct equipment running as they were designed to do. To think that was just a daily occurrence.

  • @H-MHofer
    @H-MHofer Před 8 dny +1

    You guys did an exzellent Job on the engine and the carriages. Sorry for the driver and fireman. Must be pretty cold on the fireplate.😊

  • @MikeLoveBuns
    @MikeLoveBuns Před 4 dny

    Great locomotives video! Mike from Missouri

  • @johnmchardy1229
    @johnmchardy1229 Před 11 dny

    Yes in 1966 I travelled from Wellington New Zealand to Auckland and back on a steam train. I can still smell the cinders as we went through the Rimutaka tunnel. These are the only real trains to me.😎

  • @thomasarmstrong3804
    @thomasarmstrong3804 Před 11 dny

    What a Cracking bit of Kit !

  • @barryphillips7098
    @barryphillips7098 Před 18 dny

    Nice, beautiful old locomotive!! Great video, no doubt the old girl has had many overhauls!

  • @eddingtonrailroading
    @eddingtonrailroading Před 21 dnem +3

    When you upgrade your train lines in 1861 in Transport fever 2

  • @GregPotter-ln4pl
    @GregPotter-ln4pl Před 14 dny

    Wow how beautiful is that👍

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 Před 22 dny +2

    Amazing! How did this cute little 2-4-0 and this antique train survive in operating condition?!

  • @saltleywsc
    @saltleywsc Před 22 dny +3

    Great video thank you !

  • @tedf1471
    @tedf1471 Před 21 dnem +2

    Loco reminds me of 'Nellie' Roland Emetts fantasy Engine at the Festival of Britain 1951

  • @juanluisllopbayo1686
    @juanluisllopbayo1686 Před 16 dny

    Increíble y bella recuperación.
    Esto sí es raro de ver.
    ¡Mi más efusiva enhorabuena a los que lo hacen posible!

  • @TonyWilson-yy4vs
    @TonyWilson-yy4vs Před 22 dny +3

    Thanks Petter for another great video

  • @emausderratsuchende5447
    @emausderratsuchende5447 Před 20 dny +1

    Is it possible that Caroline is one of the oldest running locomotives in Europe...? I have never seen such beautiful pictures...

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Před 19 dny +1

    What a cute little thing! The boiler looks about 15" gauge size. Two bogies and four 4 wheelers must be a fair load for something that tiny.

  • @jamieblake2823
    @jamieblake2823 Před 13 dny

    12:13 That looks like so much fun! 👍

  • @TDIMAXDIESEL
    @TDIMAXDIESEL Před 17 dny

    Superb video! 👌😊🇨🇦

  • @ianwilliams9068
    @ianwilliams9068 Před 20 dny

    Excellent video...!

  • @hanzlobenicht6353
    @hanzlobenicht6353 Před 18 dny +1

    Отличная работа! Продолжайте в том же духе, наследие Стефенсона должно жить❤!

  • @sebastianthomsen2225
    @sebastianthomsen2225 Před 22 dny +1

    lovely video and a cute train!🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃☺👍

  • @BadlandNP
    @BadlandNP Před 22 dny +2

    Beautiful!! Mange tusen takk!!

  • @luislaplume8261
    @luislaplume8261 Před 9 dny

    Give me the good old fashioned American steam locomotive whistle anytime! 😊

  • @__-fm5qv
    @__-fm5qv Před 16 dny

    Man machines really were a work of art back then huh

  • @chrislaarman7532
    @chrislaarman7532 Před 20 dny

    0) Thank you for sharing this! :-)
    1) I could imagine some more opportunity for the public (at Hamar?) to compare the old and the new, both in engine performance (power, speed) and in work (maintenance, firing up, driving, cleaning the fire). I assume that people from Scandinavia can imagine the work (like checking the temperature of the bearings and lubricating them) in bad weather. (I'm in the Netherlands.)
    2) The clips of this train running gave me an image of a 19th century story (history? fiction?) in Karl-Ernst Maedel's 1960 book "Geliebte Dampflok": a night train in a snow storm in present-day Poland, with (as I remember it) even less of a cab on the engine and with packs of desparate wolves around. And with brake-men on some of the carriages, without any shelter. - Compare that image to even when RailCowGirl had to stop her freight train on the Bergen line to clean the sticky snow from the wind-screen of her modern electric locomotive.

  • @fabiogfeller9071
    @fabiogfeller9071 Před 2 dny

    Stockton Darlington Railway 2025 and Liverpool Manchester Railway in 2030 Twice 200 Birthdays!! Wish vor a Locomotive Parade! Come back to England Caroline!

  • @ianjeffery6744
    @ianjeffery6744 Před 21 dnem +1

    Super film! Good to see such a lovely little locomotive alive and well - and the coaches are interesting, too - the four-wheelers are very similar to English stock of the 1870s. The tiny shunting tractor is a gem as well.

    • @LasVegar
      @LasVegar Před 19 dny

      Well it's an Stephenson's & co

    • @ianjeffery6744
      @ianjeffery6744 Před 18 dny

      @@LasVegar Indeed, and not unlike some English locomotives of the 1860s, though I think ours usually had smaller cabs!

  • @josemauricioduarte543
    @josemauricioduarte543 Před 13 dny

    Admiro muito essa conservação de equipamentos tão antigos, isso é história viva para nós que nascemos depois daquela época.
    Parabéns pelo vídeo!🇧🇷

  • @DominickCascianoIII
    @DominickCascianoIII Před 18 dny

    awww yeah!! that's what I'm talking about

  • @digimaks
    @digimaks Před 17 dny

    This is amazing that they have this machine preserved and in running condition! Super rare!
    Wonder why did they connect heavier 4 axle coaches after 2 axle coaches that are lighter. Normally they do other way around.
    That small open cab for winter rides.... LOL! I guess the engineers could only dream about fully enclosed spacious cab later locomotives had offered.

  • @andreazx148
    @andreazx148 Před 16 dny

    Locomotiva stupenda

  • @BassFiddleify
    @BassFiddleify Před 21 dnem +1

    Fantastic🎉😍