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Scenes on the Furka Mountain Railway which runs on what was the Furka Oberalp line bewteen Gletsch and Realp.The final section to Oberalp should be in commission in 2008. Taken from the DVD "Steam in the Alps" For Details; email :Classicencores@aol.com
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great steam trains video :)
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Une vidéo magnifique... La montée sur les parties à crémaillère est impressionnante !!! Bravo pour ces magnifiques prises de vue...
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ah the wonders of foreign rails.
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Why would 354 people give this video a thumbs down? What's wrong with it? I'm not huge fan of European trains, but this is an interesting video. It's fun to see what they're doing over there. Thanks for posting. By the way, what's the third rail for I noticed in some of the scenes?
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***! Krásná krajina...miluji toto "cestování" pod jiným úhlem pohledu!
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The locos and coaches have an good resemblance with the ones used at Nilgiri Mountain Railways and Darjeeling Mountain and Railways :). Guess they were all made after a careful study of how Swiss made these mountain railways.
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my name it Jorgan
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Al
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Great video. What's teh maximum gradient on the rack section?
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nice to see that place again! last year i was in that hotel in gletsch across that station :)
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LIKE!
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beautiful sights and sounds !
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Hogwarts, here i come!
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Great!!!!
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The ''I Like Trains'' kid liked this.
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nice video
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I like trains
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MLB:-)jk. Mm
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I love the way the train blows its whistle, and mine.
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Actually it is ON it. The side tanks carry the water and coal (or oil) is carried in a bunker across the back. The larger locos are what we in the US call a 2-6-0 T or Europe is a 1-3-0 T(tank). The smaller locos are 0-4-2 T or 0-2-1 T. The outside cylinders power the drivers for adhesion and the inside cylinders power the cog wheel for the rack to get up those steep grades. Beautiful locos and country.
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