4K CABVIEW: Nordic Midsummer Night Train Ride on the South Line!
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Join me on this Nordic Midsummer Night Train Ride as we go travel through the NIght on the South Line (Sørlandsbanen) from Langemyr in Kristiansand to the Freight Terminal at Alnabru in Oslo.
Even with shifting weather from overcast to heavy rain the Nordic nights are always bright as it never really gets dark here.
The Southline was built in multiple stages, where the first part was Oslo - Drammen that opened in 1872, Drammen - Kongsberg i 1871, Kongsberg - Kristiansand was built 1920 - 1938, and Egersund - Stavanger was built in 1878. The completion of the line was done by the German occupying forces during World War 2, and the the completion and opening of the line was done on May 1st 1944.
//CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 Preview
0:00:56 Map and trip info
0:01:32 Langemyr - Vennesla (waiting for Southbound freight train)
0:12:21 Vennesla - Grovane
0:19:02 Grovane - Oggevatn
0:33:47 Oggevatn - Fidjetun (Waiting for Southbound freight train)
0:44:21 Fidjetun - Herefoss
0:52:14 Herefoss - Helldalsmo (Waiting for Southbound Night Train)
1:07:02 Helldalsmo - Nelaug (Connecting station for Arendal line)
1:14:38 Nelaug - Selåsvatn
1:22:59 Selåsvatn - Vegårshei
1:31:02 Vegårshei - Skorstøl
1:39:51 Skorstøl - Gjerstad
1:48:37 Gjerstad - Lyser
1:55:45 Lyser - Neslandsvatn
2:01:08 Neslandsvatn - Drangedal
2:13:03 Drangedal - Nakksjø
2:22:27 Nakksjø - Lunde
2:33:45 Lunde - Bø
2:43:51 Bø - Gvarv
2:48:44 Gvarv - Nordagutu (Connecting station for Bratsbergline)
2:58:05 Nordagutu - Hjuksebø (connecting station for Bratsbergline to Notodden)
3:05:41 Hjuksebø - Øysteinstul
3:14:53 Øysteinstul - Meheia
3:23:00 Meheia - Saggrenda (Beautiful and dramatic Sunrise)
3:27:37 Saggrenda - Kongsberg
3:33:41 Kongsberg - Skollenborg
3:38:42 Skollenborg - Krekling
3:43:26 Krekling - Darbu
3:46:12 Darbu - Vestfossen (Waiting for Soutbound Regional Train)
3:51:12 Vestfossen - Hokksund (Merging with the Bergen Line)
3:56:18 Hokksund - Steinberg
3:58:54 Steinberg - Mjøndalen (Waiting for Southbound Local Service to Kongsberg)
4:03:06 Mjøndalen - Daler (Meeting Maintenance train)
4:08:40 Daler - Gulskogen (Sundland Depot)
4:11:35 Gulskogen - Drammen (lots of construction work and altered track layout)
4:12:56 Drammen - Brakerøya
4:19:55 Brakerøya - Asker (Diverting to the old Drammen Line)
4:31:46 Asker - Hvalstad
4:34:57 Hvalstad - Billingstad
4:36:27 Billingstad - Sandvika (Continuing outside on the old Drammen Line)
4:43:04 Sandvika - Høvik
4:47:06 Høvik - Lysaker
4:52:27 Lysaker - Skøyen
4:55:41 Skøyen - Oslo S (Diverted via the Kværner Loop)
5:04:08 Oslo S - Bryn
5:09:11 Bryn - Alnabru
5:13:25 Arriving Alnabru
5:15:38 Parking and outro
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Hey there awesome people, what do you guys think about the route that goes outside the tunnels?
Grim story time (readers discretion is adviced) : I once met a moose and two of her calves just around the curve between Slepended and Billingstad going in the opposite direction. It did not go so well for one of them, as it turned and ran back across the tracks after they were blocked by the fence. I clipped the back half of it with a Class 69 C train, and it went spinning in the middle of the track as the Local Service in the opposite direction came... Thankfully it did not suffer for long. A major double hit.
Ouch! Yeah... it's a part of reality, unfortunately. As you well may know, those who work the Røros- and Nordland lines have (or at least had... there were some legality issues with that, I seem to remember from the news a while ago) a big game rifle in the cab for this very reason, due to them both running through areas that are inaccessible from the road for people from "viltnemda", should something occur. And occur it does indeed, unfortunately.
At least the local scavengers were happy... I drove up to the summer cabin and there was a flock of birds on the side of the road... their buffet still had red in it so it was fresh.
@@zapfanzapfanexactly. The circle of life.
It's wonderful to see the Southline! It's really cool to see the outside route, too. Thank you, as always.
Love it all. Thanks RCG and Team 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You have one of the best jobs in the world. Thank you for sharing it with us.
The scenery always makes for a peaceful video, but night rides are just icing on the cake. Love this!
Awsome video. Night rides is something else. I have never gained job experience on the Sørlandsbanen. Except the stretch from Oslo to Kongsberg. But i have been traveling with old train 705 and 706. Nighttrain between Oslo and Stavanger. Its no joke to drive a train on that line.
Nope, that is so true. Sørlandsbanen can get to you. LOL it's like it changes you at night, if you let it. hahaha
the stretch north of Gjerstad must take concentration nerves of steel, not a flat nor straight stretch anywhere-
Super job, incredible color and detail. You are a master. Thank You
Thank you very much! :D
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I really appreciate having the level of chapters in this video
Yes please thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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A beautiful rainy twilit summer night! I think if I ever make it to Norway I will spend all my time riding the trains at night to see all the sleepy towns. Thanks again for transporting us RCG!
There is a very very special calm all over when riding the train at night. No clue how to describe the feeling, but there is something different.
Yaaay! You made it :D 🎉🎉🎉
Always a treat to see a new video. Lots of new scenery (for me at least). Thanks RCG!
Glad you enjoyed it
2:57:46 That's a great view of the rotary converter station at Nordagutu! For those who don't know, the electrified portion of the Norwegian railway network (as well as Sweden, Germany, Switzerland etc.) uses a 16 2/3 Hz electrical grid rather than the 50 Hz of the "normal" grid. So much of the rail network in Norway uses giant motor generator sets hidden in the mountain to "mechanically" convert the power from 50 Hz to 16 2/3 Hz (by using a motor connected to a generator with 1/3 the number of poles). These old rotary converters are being replaced by modern ones using power electronics many places, but they will remain in use on more rural lines. Luckily, they can run for 100 years if well looked after, really fascinating technology.
Yep, the converterstations are out right ART. Built inside so it keeps an even temperature all year round.. it's just brilliant :)
I was wondering about some of the 'stations' along the line, like at Mjøfjell... wasn't sure if they were hydro stations fed by pipes from further up in the mountains (as a few in the USA are). Thanks for pointing that out!
Nice, the southern route reminds me me of places we went to in Ontario Canada back in the day. Spotted bugs and bats and a deer plus a couple of birds that I think were owls. Also looks like moose country with all the water along the way. I’m only about a quarter of the way through so who knows!
Oh man, one of the advisories for this line is the wild life, especially during winter when they use the tracks as paths since it's not much snow there. LOL
During winter this line is painted in red...
Your second South Line video, and (42:05 in, at the roe deer moment) with the night atmosphere, it's completely different from the first one. Thank you, I have my entertainment for the next few hours :-)
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its these Vids that make me want to make a trip to Norway just to Ride the Trains. keep it up
Always a gem of a video from RCG! We haven't been on the old Drammen line for a loong time.
Thanks
Thabk you so so much forbthe SuperThanks, Daneelro ❤️❤️❤️
There’s a quiet patience and waiting realizing how far in distance and time all vast number of goods travel to reach us. Thank you
Another beautiful night ride, this time on the South line. I had to watch it in a few parts, because of its length. I will travel on the line myself, when I am going from (first) Stavanger to Kristiansand, and later from Kristiansand to Oslo. Thank you for sharing, RCG, the best Norwegian train driver.
I envy you, your future journey. I can only hop-on, hop-off from my computer here on the California Central Coast.
Oh Nordic Midsummer Night's Dream! I'm in!
Lets go! :D
Wake up babe, new RailCowGirl video dropped
Love watching all the routes. Never been on this one. Love watching your channel. Have my youngest grandson watching more than me
That is awesome! ❤️ More from this line is to come :D
After the turmoil and stress of day to day living, these videos are a great way to relax and unwind. Thank you for them.
This is another awesome train cab ride around Norway and
i really like seeing the beautiful Norwegian countryside there
especially up front in the train cab thank you.👋🇸🇯👋
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you ❤️❤️
Ah, found something to watch while sitting inside due to the rain.
Hej från grannen! 🙂
Tjäna, grabben :D hehehehe
Never seen a video of yours I didn't love and haven't watched on multiple occasions.
I am very impressed and totally envious of the brain-power it takes, not only to drive such massive loads though the country, but also to 'sign' so many varying routes.
As always - Thank you.
ps. not far enough in the video to genuinely add the D4... tag, but I will get there, honest!
Thank you :) each line had their quirks, but the base rules are all the same :) same signals, same rules, same everything except for areas of safety, like avalanche probe points, where you can expect trespassers etc etc :) and of course the procedures that might deviate from the standards :)
This will always be my all-time dream job. Wanted to be a train driver since I was little, but a medical condition I developed right before my teens put an end to that dream. I can't even drive a car, let alone a train. But thanks to amazing UA-camrs like yourself, I get to still live out a small part of that dream through your videos - so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing what you do and sharing your amazing job with the world!! THANK YOU!! 🥰❤
"D4122 LYS" Hello RailCowGirl, and Thank You for posting these stunning videos of your journeys! What a job, I'm jealous must be a wonderful career to have to be able to see all that beautiful country and get paid for working. I love your videos and I find them very soothing kind of like a meditation. And I thank you for not embedding any audio files I find 90% of the audio files that UA-camrs post in their videos not only are they totally annoying but I never watch them for more than a minute or two before I'm turning them off. So thank you again I really enjoy relaxing to your videos. FYI, I'm from the USA when I was younger I had a huge HO railroad layout, I hand laid all the tracks and created the scenery and I attempted to make it look very similar to the scenery that you are showing us in your videos. Absolutely Beautiful thank you again!
great to be riding with you again! I see we're sitting on the left side of the cab, instead of on the right or in the middle. Really appreciate all the extra work you put in (chapterization etc). I'm now heading for Vennesla, with a nice long journey on the other side. Cheers!
Yes, on the RC like before, the controls are located on the left side. This because they're running on the left side in Sweden and this is a Swedish produced RC locomotive. The workhorse of ASEA (The Common Sweedish Electrical Corporation)
I am in love with the look of this camera.
I'm glad you enjoy it, betcause it is a pretty pricy camera. LOL!
I love this video too! It's so peaceful...ma'am, please keep posting these as you can! You make the most dynamic videos!
Thank you so much :D I try to do my best :) and I'm posting as often as I can given work / life balance. lol. Not always easy :) Thank you for being here and watching my videos :D ❤️
Awesome! Just in time for the weekend...🐮
Whoop whoop! Whilst you guys an enjoy this video, I've been on a marathon tour on the South Line again :D
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The weather here today is very much the same as this video so it has been a nice day to watch this. Very relaxing and enjoyable. Great video quality as always. Darbu looks good at dawn. The same van is by the station building as the other South Line video 😅
LOL! Serious? Hahaha! I haven't noticed, I need to check this out. LOL
Wooohoo! You made it! :)
🦜👍Love tagging along on your travels. Thank you for keeping the content awesome. :)
Thank you so much for tuning in :D
Oh you're an angel! 🫂💕
I had late shift for three weeks and this week we had a heatwave and it was not fun in my factory's workshop. I'm so exhausted, this video will keep me good company in bed this weekend ❤
Ny, som alltid, flott video. Rådyret (så det ut til å være) ved Fidjetun kom seg ut av sporet i grevens tid. Kommer til å bruke et par kvelder på denne.👍😃
Thank you sooo much RCGirl your videos bring wonderful feeling of inner peace sooo needed in these crazy times 😄
I'm so glad that my videos are an escape from the madness out there. ❤️
Thank you! These long nights are made for dreamin….
Another beautifully made and soo soothing video. Thank you so much.
Thank YOU for watching and being part of the journey :D
Great to have you back on the rails, RCG "D4122 LYS"
Back on the line in Norway. LOVE IT!😎😎😎😎😎
Thanks for the beautiful ride. Loved your intro music!
Glad you enjoyed it :D
Woo Hoo! A new adventure. Hope you're doing fantastic RCG!
I am! :)
It feels allways fun to go by train on midd sumer travelings and of curse meeting a new piople to
And selebtrigt with them 😊
❤️
Another great train video! I really enjoy seeing the different lines in the rail system as well and other parts of Norway. It;s truly a beautiful country! Thanks for the video, D4122LVS
Thank you for watching all the way to Main Entry Signal Delta 4 1 2 2 Lima Yankee Sierra :D
D4122 LYS - I watched an a couple different stints, and probably dozed off during some good parts, but I did catch your message for this Easter egg. 😊
I too enjoy the midsummer night rides. I hope someday to get to Norway to enjoy all its seasons. Thank you for the inspiration!
But you made it to Lysaker :D Woohoo! :D Thank you so much for watching :D
Stunning Ms. K! I can no longer find the words adequate for your artistry and its healing impact so I just continue to say that you remain an international treasure.
Thank you so so so much :D ❤️❤️❤️
That Sony is excellent. Top shelf quality again RCG.
@42:05 cute little deer! :D
Yep, that is a little deer. :D
Hello! I missed your videos… Thank you!
Yay! I guess you also caught the previous video released three weeks ago too?
Thanks for another great video. Took several days to watch but made it through. Glad you did not hit the dear. D4122 LYS.
Glad myself :) thank you for watching all the way, what did you think about the line outside the tunnels? :)
Thanks RCG, always a pleasure to ride with you 😊
I always learn new thinks about Norway with your amazing videos. Now, I know that Voss Water is not from Voss... I love this things! Thank you and congratulations for this job.🙂
It's another exciting train trip Thank you.❤
Hey, i love the music.....thank you...
Endelig Gvarv-Kongsberg. Etterlengtet. Takknemlig.
Ja, det var helt utrolig at det sist skulle ende med feil på minnekortet etter Gvarv, det var så utrolig nedtur. LOL, men nå er det endelig på plass, så får jeg også håpe på at det blir flere turer :D
Headlight beams angling down from overhead
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Again a wonderful video, that need a lot of time to watch it entirely😊
D1422LYS Wonderful video as ever Kristine and I loved the ethereal intro music!
Yaaay! ❤️ You made it to Lysaker! :D Thank you :D
@@RailCowGirl Thank you so much - I thoroughly enjoyed it! 😉
D4122 LYS . Thank you for sharing!
Thank YOU for watching and showing your endurance. And reading the bits and pieces of information :D ❤️
@@RailCowGirl My pleasure! Thank you again for your hospitality to your country. Norge is now my heart country because of your videos. Keep on this excellent work!
I'm just getting underway, here, but I'm already really impressed by the night lighting of the towns you are passing through. Fully shielded light is the only way to go. Too many places in the USA still don't get it, although it is slowly improving as new lighting goes up. Homeowners, though...pffft.
Animal (fox??) crossing the track at 42:05 :-)
Fox? Roe deer :)
@@RailCowGirl That's nice to know, thank you, I don't know every animals on this planet 🙂
@@winterwolf512 fox’s has stumpier legs and longer tails. Lol :) not to mention pointy ears and much sharper teeth :)
D4122 LYS
An enjoyable trip, brilliant sunrise over the hills (prefer mine out of the sea, but that's due to where I lived). Interesting seeing the changes at Drammen.
Thanks!
Wait what? WOW! Thank you so much for the generous SuperThanks! ❤️❤️❤️
@@RailCowGirl No idea what this amounts in kroner, but enjoy -- or free fall -- away!
Many, many cups of coffee. Thank you again :D ❤
Just started watching. The fog is different. I suppose a lot of the freight traffic moves at night. Cool how the overcast night sky shows up as blue.
Yep, it is because of the angle of the light reflected in the sky when the sun is below the horizon :) just 6° below it in fact :)
I love the South line, so pretty.
D4122 LYS
YAAAY! You've shown your endurance for reaching Lysaker! :D It sure is :D very green and lush :D
D4122LYS. Another very enjoyable journey. Thank you.
Thank you so much, and for showing your endurance reaching Lysaker on the route outside the tunnels :D
D4122 LYS and thx for sharing this awesome ride 👍
Yaaay! You made it! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you :D
Great adventure. D4122LYS. Love riding the train with you through the beautiful country of Norway😊❤
So glad you enjoy it :D Congratulation for reaching Lysaker :D What do you think of the ride outside the tunnels? :D
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Thank you for all your excellent videos, I like them very much!
Is this the first of your cab views with a camera-eye perspective from over the left rail? Interesting change. Thanks for allowing us to ride along. D4122 LYS
No, this is not the first. I have had several videos with this. It really depends on the locomotive. Since this is an Swedish built RC locomotive, the placement of the controls are on the left side. This is because Sweden used to have left hand traffic for both road and rail. They still use left hand on rail today, but they switched to right hand traffic for road until 1967 :)
Thank you for reaching the D4112 LYS :D Woohoo! :D
@@RailCowGirlThanks! I knew this was the SJ Rc, but thought all your other views from the toaster were captured 14:42 from the right hand window. Would be interesting to know how many hours some of your die-hard fans like me have logged riding along with you. Take care!
PS @RailCowGirl : Been meaning to ask… is the pile of dirt/gravel still at the Bergen end of the platform there in your hometown? Inquiring fans want to know 🙂
D4122LYS Nice to see the south in summer. I know what you mean about “out of focus”, when I drive all night my eyes shut when the sun comes up.
Thank you for watching all the way :D What do you think about the diversion around the tunnels? :D
Super Video “D4122 LYS”
D4122 LYS I think GingerRail has some footage of the old Drammen Line, from back when he still could record it.
Is this your new route???? or relieving for someone else???? Wow 5 hours, looking forward to contiune this! Keep it up!
We cover several lines. Freight trains are not really bound in the same way passenger trains are.
Good to see you are driving again 🙂 Different employer?
Yes, completely different, in so extremely many ways. :)
bonne vidéo ! dommage que se soit de nuit car on ne voit pas grand chose ! la journée c'est nettement mieux qui fasse beau ou qu'ils pleuve, merci
to bad we don't get to choose when the train runs.
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Yaaay! You made it! 🎉🎉🎉
@@RailCowGirlThank you for an exelent video!😁
This is a long time in the cab, did I miss a 45 min. out of cab interval along the way? Or do freight drivers have slightly different length of time limits?
5 1/2 hours consecutive. Same for any train operator
@@RailCowGirl Thank you, I got it in my head it was an 4 1/2 hour limit
@@longbow8425 nope 5 1/2. for road traffic it is 4 1/2.
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Thanks for this and the red-eye, your freight operators have derestricted driver hours or you have a companion in the cab? I guess that 4 hours is enough, especially covering the line between Nelaug and Kongsberg with those severe curves and gradient changes, and plenty of brake applications. Trust the controllers gave you an easy ride through Oslo to make up for that. Best wishes!
Interested to hear about what you operated at 5:13:18 just before entering the yard via the overbridge.
6:09 Ser det er lys utenfor huset hvor jeg vokste opp. Velkommen hjem, forresten.
Tusen takk :D
Nice video when is your next video
Thank you... like I've said the the last time, it comes when it comes.
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Love the relaxing videos
Beautiful ride. Do you drive mostly at night or is it mixed?
Mixed, but most freight is moved by night. Reason is simple, supply chain and reduction of storing freight at the terminals. The freight moves from one terminal in the evening and arrive at the destination in the morning. Trucks pock the freight up and delivers it directly to stores etc in their opening hours.
hI Hindicowgirl glad you're still out there even under another name
Just wondering...what camera do you use. The videos are GREAT.
Thank you :)
All equipment used is described in the description of every video :)
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D 4122 LYS, I made it after a couple of false starts!
YAAAY! You made it to Lysaker! :D Whoop whoop! Thank you :D
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D4122 LYS Videoene dine er oddly satisfying… Alltid bra kvalitet på reisene dine.😊
Yaaaay! You made it :)
“D4122 LYS”
Woohoo! You made it to Lysaker! Thank you! ❤️
👍
Yay cooo
*D4122 LYS*
First! Whoop whoop! :D
I’ve been watching your videos for a little while now and I really like them, but I have a question. I am a student engineer or a railroad and I was wondering if there was anyway that I could come and work for you guys and learn from you I drive trains for a living and I’m thinking about moving to Europe
Very nice. We work to someday see views like this. You see views like this at work.
Yep, I do. Again, I work to see sights other places :)
D4122 LYS 😀
Yaaay! Thank you for showing the endurance and reaching Lysaker going outside the tunnels :D
D4122 LYS - I did get that far! - - What did you knock over at 4.57.20?
Very good vidio and history lesson. Didnt know Germans built railroads in occupied countries. Thankyou for your hard work. D4122 LYS. Only 38 likes is sad!!!!
Thank you :)
I think it is Beacause this video is still only available for members, but the number could have been higher. Hehehe.
Hopefully more will like it when it becomes available for everyone on Friday :)
So do you skydive to offset the routine of operating a train, or do you drive trains to offset the PTSD from skydiving?
It seems you are getting major lens flare off bright lights -- or is that the window?
Do you have in-cab indications of upcoming signals and grades?
No, only rudimentary when you pass a signal. All signals are presented as visual signals outside.
Hvor har OnRail service og vedlikehold av sine lokomotiver?
OnRail bruker NTT i gamle fjellstallen i Lodalen som CargoNet gjør :)