Let's take a few "scenic" train rides....beautiful and breath-taking..and, a mountain climb in video 3... Let's take a few "scenic" train rides....beautiful and breath-taking.....

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Oct 13, 2012 13:25:49 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Let's take a few "scenic" train rides....beautiful and breath-taking.....

Glacier Express: St. Moritz to Zermatt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2BZISLCrs&feature=related

Train to Heaven - Swiss Alps - Mar-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARfMz92XkhA

This is just a bonus for shear beauty....and, a few thrills..don't miss the mountain at approx. 30 min....:mrgreen:

THE ALPS IMAX (Complete HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkA7vqTi3R8&feature=related

Eiger : wall of death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEYiSeDr1UE&feature=related

Oct 13, 2012 14:35:55 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

I personally experienced the thrill of decending Pike's Peak in Colorado in this Cog Railroad....up to 25% grade in some sections...:D

Pikes Peak Cog Railway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i-iVsxOr4M&feature=related

Pikes Peak Cog Railway Snowplow HD snow plow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i1sD6766BY&feature=related

Climb to Pikes Peak on a Cogwheel Train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNvRyjQzEc&feature=related

Steam on the Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway, 1991-1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AYGhmaC-YQ&feature=related

Pikes Peak Cog Railway in 1936

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a073vczTVIw&feature=related

Pikes Peak Cog Railway in 1920

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Nw8-xQYXI&feature=relmfu

Oct 13, 2012 14:59:22 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

THE WORLD'S STEEPEST COG RAILWAY

Mount Pilatus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QGFKrU86aI&feature=related

Pilatus Bahn | Travel Guide | The «Zentralbahn» Line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cmUCpauRE0&feature=related

Pilatus Bahn 26 7 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlN2O495M0&feature=related

Mount Pilatus Railway Cockpit View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaD-7TkaDdk&feature=related

Oct 13, 2012 15:30:09 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Jungfrau: Top of Europe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVTvmfSH02c&feature=relmfu

Train trip from Jungfraujoch to Grindelwald
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCel0cWgThg&feature=fvwrel

Swiss Rail: Zurich to St. Moritz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwIEAV3e8mI&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PL8D96C1F5542C0FFC

Glacier Express: St. Moritz to Zermatt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2BZISLCrs&feature=relmfu

Another trip to the top of the mountain....
a train cab ride up to Gornergrat from Zermatt, Switzerland in August 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfEPZFKfFRM&feature=related

Oct 13, 2012 16:55:20 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

And, back in the good ole USA.......:mrgreen:

The WV Presents "ANOTHER AUTUMN AT CASS" Cass Scenic Railroad Bald Knob Train October 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLCTtmGIDc&feature=related
s Scenic Railway Scenery Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_YethfbAM&feature=relmfu

Trains Across Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37E23D22350A6E9F

AUTO-TRAIN Ride from Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbOpa4YroAc&feature=relmfu

Amtrak AUTO-TRAIN Scenery Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v30P0wa9hxE&playnext=1&list=PL37E23D22350A6E9F&feature=results_video

Amtrak AUTO-TRAIN Scenery Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v30P0wa9hxE&feature=relmfu

Amtrak Train The Silver Star Train Ride Tampa To Lakeland Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykrttVDCFXc

California Zephyr, a Vista Dome Adventure in the 1950's - Passenger Trains in the USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBRMuz77kc&feature=related

Milwaukee Road "Superdome Olympian Hiawatha" luxury passenger train in 1952.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oQupCrYLLbk&feature=related

Santa Fe Railroad 1959 - "Better way for the Santa Fe" - Trains in the USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsllGIKfPn0&feature=relmfu

Oct 13, 2012 17:08:54 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Fun Train Ride over Donner Pass behind Amtrak 116 on the Plaza Santa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-GuP0tIkDE

The Amazing Feather River Railroads-see the Seven Railroad Wonders of the World!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNp5REEx9Dk

Oct 14, 2012 13:35:26 #

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Kiruna[Sweden] to Narvik[Norway] - no stops - about 4 hours, I think,can't quite remember. Beats the Alps for me!

Oct 14, 2012 16:03:23 #

farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England

Actually The Alps are more scenic but the Kiruna-Narvik journey should be listed under "Great Railway Journeys".

View from train Austria/Italy

Kiruna -14C !

Oct 14, 2012 17:36:12 #

Brian in Whitby Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Try the White Pass RR in Alaska

Oct 16, 2012 09:49:48 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Brian in Whitby wrote:

Try the White Pass RR in Alaska

You're correct...it's spectacular......looked it up and watched......here it is...don't forget to watch in "full screen".....I believe it would
be a great life's ambition to ride all of these trains....:mrgreen:

White Pass Railway in Skagway Alaska

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNjgjBYjEQ&feature=related

White Pass & Yukon Railway, Skagway, Alaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hUH-jOOi_M

White Pass Railroad, Skagway, Alaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmwe5D25aM

Here's some interesting Alaska info.

Things to do in Alaska's Inside Passage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OsuKIc7fU

Oct 16, 2012 09:52:30 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad "Winter photo special train"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9zNeaIs_2M&feature=related

Oct 16, 2012 09:54:10 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Trains - Steam To The Grand Canyon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xszdK0OMgnM&feature=related

Oct 16, 2012 10:01:59 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

This was how my grandpa did it in West Virginia hauling coal trains up the Greenbrier River on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad...

The view from the cab of 3830 climbing from Unanderra to Robertson with 3801

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xATwWFOnDQY&feature=related

Oct 16, 2012 10:06:27 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Steam Across The Pacific Northwest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosnzWv2IN8&feature=relmfu

Doubleheading in the Pacific Northwest
Track change operating switches are padlocked to assure they are not operated by unauthorized personnel to prevent accidents....first part of this video is example...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJKiXaAjuGM&feature=related

Oct 16, 2012 10:10:56 #

silverhawk Loc: Born a West Virginian, Living in Virginia

Frankfurt - Saarbrücken - Paris : Führerstandsmitfahrt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9kDupsd5A&feature=related

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