4K CABVIEW: Nordic Dark Time Afternoon Express Train

[@sparrows_domain]

What can I say that hasn’t already been said? You have really opened my eyes to a country I’ve never seen. I never travel, I don’t have a passport and at 73 I don’t intend to get one. So thank you so much much for your wonderful videos which allow me to travel in my armchair.

[@permafrostinsanity1799]

Half of me is expecting a Bigfoot or some mythical creature to run into camera view, out in the open and not in tunnels, but only for a brief moment. Nights like this and your bound to find something… love the night ride

[@danceswithwolves2235]

This is the best place to unwind.. so quiet and calm!.. thanks keep it up.

[@RailCowGirl]

❤️❤️❤️ 😃

[@barryholden5774]

I genuinely look forward to these 'guided tours of Norway', its my escape from the 'real' world. Awesome video's, keep them coming (pretty please) :)

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks, will do! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@barryholden5774]

@@RailCowGirl ASMR ?

[@jobrowne561]

@@barryholden5774 autonomous sensory meridian response Coined in 2010, ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) is a relaxing, often sedative sensation that begins on the scalp and moves down the body. Also known as "brain massage," it's triggered by placid sights and sounds such as whispers, accents, and crackles.

[@sealonforehead6968]

@@RailCowGirl I just subbed, very nice and you got some great mods.

[@violetsprings470]

Everything looks so clean there!

[@RailCowGirl]

It really does :D

[@pekiz17]

Best youtube Channel

[@RailCowGirl]

Awww thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@davidcole258]

i just love the intros and 'outros'. A new word for our lexicon.

[@WoodGuy1971]

Best way to relax after a long day. Thank you.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you too! ❤️

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Loving the rewatch..😊.

[@深夜-l9f]

I love these videos, your quality design is so nice. At these quarantine times this helped me relax before sleep

[@michelle76678]

It's so nice

[@JoanKentBible]

I totally agree, so refreshing.

[@sjnirton2373]

B-);-):-D:-(:-P:O:-D

[@sjnirton2373]

@@JoanKentBible wexz_9

[@joeldimeglio9002]

A trip to the dark is another journey, thanks you for showing us another facet of your job. What a long night you have!

[@RailCowGirl]

Yeah, it’s basically dark from 3:30pm to 8:30am not much daylight :p

[@unlockingsmartphones760]

daytime is lot better because you can see all those beautiful places covered with snow but still is a great video, thank you for sharing

[@RailCowGirl]

Yep I totally agree, this is how it so to work shift during winter. 50% of the trips are done in pure darkness ... as we are located where we are on this globe. With just 6 1/2 hours daylight... half of each shift is done in darkness.

[@fredashay]

New subscriber here! I started watching the video and thought, "You're gonna get in serious big trouble opening the door of the loco to peek in." Then you drove the train, lol.

[@RailCowGirl]

Hahahaha! 😂❤️ Welcome ❤️😃

[@JoanKentBible]

Yes, what a wonderful job!

[@donkeyboy585]

Oooooo the first passenger 😀

[@RailCowGirl]

LEGEND! ❤️

[@joptionaljohnson6302]

56:50 WOW those walls safe? Love to visit this. Lincoln Nebraska USA. Maybe when I can travel some day. But the cost of single travel makes this just a dream.

[@migi4277]

Nice video again! 👍 45:21 Those RCG masks at Myrdal Station are fun. 😀

[@alansmith2197]

Today here in Northern England we have our first snow of the season! ☃️🇬🇧

[@RailCowGirl]

Woohooo! :D

[@brianwalton8360]

What a treat another video RCG! Love all your journeys. I'm getting really sad because I check Togkart for the schedules, then watch the train go through Finse on the webcam. Love that station & area and the run from there to Tunga. Like a dream flight on Snowpiercer. Well actually love all the mountain & fjord journeys. Reminds me of my home dales in North Yorkshire here in the UK. Thanks as always for your gifts of Norway.

[@fatimafernandes2541]

And se for on another beautiful journey. Folow happy!💯🌼🤗🎄🎁

[@RailCowGirl]

yaaay ❤️❤️❤️

[@Heavywall70]

I’d love to spend a year working and living there to experience what really appears to be an incredibly tranquil environment. Everything in my proximity just seems so contentious and unpleasant by comparison.

[@swordsandwolves]

Same. I’ve been enamored with the landscape and culture of Norway for a bit. Part of me feels like it’s the whole “grass is greener” perspective, but I can’t shake the desire to go there.

[@Heavywall70]

@@swordsandwolves I’ve made numerous geographical relocations in my adult life. Sometimes that grass really is greener and conversely, sometimes it’s not. But I’ve never really regretted a move because I always appreciate a change.

[@michelle76678]

👊👊👊

[@pataudi8025]

This was so unique to see, I again say that you deserve more than a 10 million subs.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thaaaank you 😃❤️❤️❤️❤️ Remember to share this with everyone you know ❤️

[@pataudi8025]

@@RailCowGirl I did😄

[@sauce530]

Hmm ,aapko aur hamko karna padega kyuki hum 'hindu' hai.....

[@Izazza]

Good morning from Vancouver Island BC Canada

[@RailCowGirl]

Morning! 😃

[@MrSmokehouse6]

these videos are just wonderful

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot, and thanks for your support!

[@Kingninewillnotreturn56]

I really enjoy the cab ride vids. Especially night ones in snow and train busting the drifts and snow coming down . Also cargo train drivers view at night in snow and rain. Keep vids coming, they’re great 👍

[@MahmudRahman-sk7fi]

Great journey between voss municipality and hol municipality 🖒

[@BasedGreekOrthodox]

So nice video beautiful norway😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@WanderinginMotion]

the train is so pretty!! 💖

[@JoanKentBible]

Your videos are wonderful. I am literally transported out of my chair and having some adventure when I watch your journeys. I love the way to take into account our desire to feel that we are actually participating in these journeys. Please, please keep them coming.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much! Will definitely keep them coming, yes :D

[@kuoma6418]

🌻You are the Best of all♥️so unknown and mysterious🥰sorry my bad english!very nice train👍

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! 😃 ❤️

[@PaleHROse]

Love your videos! So peaceful

[@markvogel5872]

I like that you let us see all the lead up to the trip too!

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you like it :)

[@stevesebaoun6555]

Awesome as usual! 👍👍

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@КакПриготовитьМарино4ка]

Super fantastic 🥰As always beautiful videos 🚊and trains🚂

[@michelle76678]

Whooo this video is nice I am enjoying this

[@휘동이-c8r]

omg.. This is another good video for listening to some dark music while I see it. I chose BLACK metal today. :)

[@RailCowGirl]

❤️

[@from_space]

good good night movie!

[@jobrowne561]

What a lovely video @RailCowGirl. The lights of communities passed are like stars in the night sky. Very magical indeed!!!! I’m also amazed at the size of some of the towns....cities?

[@RailCowGirl]

Towns ;) Thank you so much, Jo, and thanks for your support! I hope you are safe and healthy

[@Tigerhawk1981]

YAY!!!! another epic train ride, love these.

[@Kalvinbal]

I like how the dashboard controls light up like a Star Wars X-Wing star fighter.

[@enemanozzle]

This is very interesting: The Afternoon Express Bergen - Oslo is running during Nordic Dark Time.

[@domnicpereira1747]

Nice video Thanks for sharing Nice

[@laraoneal7284]

These trains are so quiet. No click clack noise. Love it. You should do soundscape vids.

[@Daytona2]

Why was the line closed to Bergan ? Why did the snowblower at Vos have red rather than white lights for direction of travel ? Love the way you dip the lights for vehicles Have you stopped switching the cab light on to greet other drivers when you're filming (I can't see any reflection) ? Dunno whether the operating rules will allow it, but to preserve some night vision when faced with an oncoming train on main beam lights, close one of your eye's. Trucks drivers do it in the UK.

[@RailCowGirl]

Because they are connecting the new tunnel between Arna and Bergen. Because it was backing down to track 2. We always dim the lights so we don't ruin the night vision for other drivers and we do turn on the lights in the cab to greet them. Reflection depends on the angle and distance to the windshield ;) We just simply look away.

[@manmeetsinghmahajan6183]

Nice and enjoyed a lot.

[@joehedley6964]

another great tour through space tis time lol

[@RailCowGirl]

Lol, glad you like it! Thanks!

[@rmk7641]

Thanks for the video. I personally think that you should consider relocating to more southern latitudes when you retire. God has given you so much energy and enthusiasm and you can express yourself more in a place with clear blue skies and lots of sunlight. Just a thought! This business of 5 hours of daylight a day in Winter is for the birds! Actually, the birds migrate south for winter. I always enjoy the videos you post. Best!

[@kieranemery5278]

In the summer they have nearly 24 hours of light! They have beautiful scenery if not the best in Europe, have you been to Norway? It’s also hot in the summer in parts of Norway like the capital Oslo.

[@lighthousea4655]

I like the disappearing jogger at around 1:47:26

[@RailCowGirl]

I do magic 🤣

[@Pudgnew]

Люблю Ваш канал! Очень красивые места(природа). 👍🤩🤩🤩 Привет из России

[@charleslloyd4253]

October and November when the days are getting colder and daylight shorter. Are the most productive breeding months in Norway; with most births in June and July. It is the same in all Nordic countries.

[@VlakynaSlovensku]

Great cabview!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jacql1682]

1:10:21 my favorite place i would love to go to in full blown winter Finse And i thought i had an interesting job as an ex over the road truck driver all 48 States. Railcowgirl you have an awsome job thankyou for videos be safe

[@jennynilsson5176]

I do not know where you really come from. But If you want to know Norway, Finse is one of the places you should visit. But you’ll find no road trucking at Finse. If you have driven a heavy diesel truck from 1200 meters to zero, in a 45 km distance, without seeing more than two hundred meters in front of you in a heavy snowfall: welcome to the western summer of Norway! Of cause I am not exaggerating! Finse is a wonderful place!

[@jf5504]

Takk for stasjon,

[@Renville80]

I had to laugh at RCG's annoyance with that maintenance train "forgetting" to dim their lights. It's not for us to know, but I do hope something was said!

[@edropper2732]

Just imagine,,fresh to work starting up the train after dark then firing up a big joint watching this trip through the tunnel..Stoned as hell,,zoned out at all in front of you moving by..Wow

[@lpt2606]

the windshield wipers just don't look strong enough for the snow when the train is plowing snow again nice video

[@RailCowGirl]

Not sure what you mean :)

[@lpt2606]

@@RailCowGirl i mean that if the snow hits the wipers i feel like they are gone break for example;kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJLGdaVoobl0i68 (your vid)

[@nebuladus7850]

Hi Railcow girl🌺🎇🌺Your train is like the Polar Express The Christmas movie it's Magical🎇thxsomuch👍

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! Happy holidays!

[@joptionaljohnson6302]

371 m lower than Denver Colorado in USA Denver is said to be the MILE HIGH City, in the State of Colorado 1:06:30

[@315forest]

heading into the driving snow takes me back to hitting warp 7 on the Enterprise

[@benthejrporter]

Snow luverley snow!

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊

[@RubyWolfAC]

I love how relaxing these videos are!! Are they copyrighted?

[@RailCowGirl]

Yes they are!

[@twofoottaylor1]

I don't mean at all to be critical but I noticed in the write-up it said you were taking the afternoon express to Oslo starting off in Voss, (which makes sense) but when you scroll down just a bit from the video, it says you are working the afternoon express from Al to Voss ... I assume that is just a typo or am I reading it wrong ... please don't feel I'm being at all critical, I was just wondering about that. Amazing video as always with our many many thanks from us who are unable to be in your beautiful country. Stay safe!

[@vladimirfortakov9042]

One never tires of watching your videos, thank you for this "dark time one"! One humble question though: with my knowledge of English I fail to understand the meaning of the noun "consist" in the last line of the text at 3:25, is it there a special railway expression?

[@RailCowGirl]

consist = Composition of the train :) what kind of carriages/cars it CONSIST of :)

[@vladimirfortakov9042]

@@RailCowGirl Alles klar! Thank you!

[@salilsahani2721]

Takk :))

[@AlexandruLipan]

RailCowGirl: *slaps roof of train* this train can carry only one of me. I am to awesome to have another myself in this whole convoy

[@TheGILES68]

Could you also ask for a short Voss Gondol presentation at the beginning of one of the films from Voss to somewhere?

[@alansmith2197]

Looks like snowmobile tracks between Ustaoset and Geilo along the rails. Track inspection?

[@stefanosantini9009]

Hi What you have to do if something broken in the middle of nothing? mobile phone are always cover for emergency call ? or other? anyway 4K video are so good !!!

[@believeinyourself7511]

Hi....lovely

[@willy2776]

Geez, it seems like 75% of this line is all tunnel..LOL :)

[@laurent64]

1:16:00 now I know where the Norvegians demomakers got inspired to create the starfield effect ;)

[@ignaciomatiasmuslera3290]

I am fascinated by these kinds of videos, especially those that are at night. What if, during the video I hear some sounds inside the cabin. Are they tasks that the driver does with respect to the dashboard? Greetings from Miramar, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@RailCowGirl]

Hello :) Thanks for watching :D These trains are not automatic, so it's hands on sticks all the time. The closest thing you come to automation is cruise control. So when you hear sounds, it's most defiantly me pushing a button, flipping a switch and so forth :) Even sipping some coffee :)

[@mrs2832]

Looks like you are driving thro' pitch dark places. How do you ensure the tracks are free from any obstacle? Do you wear night vision glasses?

[@RailCowGirl]

I use The Force (no night vision goggles)

[@NorthernMetro]

Great video ! Right at the end, what is the orange flashing light for on the locomotive as it departs ?

[@tobyw.1688]

Your country doesn't seem to suffer from a lack of precipitation due to climate change, doesn't it? -In my region in Bavaria, the deeper soil levels of -1m and less are dried out completely. The highest drought level on the scale (extrem heavy drought) is still valid by this time. Usually by this time, we have lots of precipitation, but there is hardly no. It snowed 3cm of snow the Tuesday ago. The air is so dry, that today's precipitation (and probably the one from the days before) already evaporated before even arraving on the ground. Before the snowfall, there has been no downfall at all for at least three weeks. This year was the first time with longterm contaminated or no more tap water in some regions in Germany... I don't wanna imagine the next years, if winter precipitation is heavily reduced by climate change, as well

[@RailCowGirl]

Well, we are suffering, but we have the opposite of you. More rain.... more extreme amounts of rain coming down... eroding, overrunning water infrastructure, land slides, rock slides and avalanches. So saying that we’re not suffering would be wrong. We are just impacted in a different way. Out winter are shorter, less snow in the lowlands and more extreme amounts of snow in the mountains.

[@tobyw.1688]

@@RailCowGirl , ah this is another phenomen I mean to have discovered: Usual weather situations like rainfall and sunshine alternating each other all the time by April is replaced by dry desert-like weather in Germany with the normal weather being "handed over" to usual drier countries like France, Italy or Spain. If this is really true, you may have the rain that would normaly fall in Germany

[@K1W1fly]

I suppose with the line closures we aren't going to see the big Christmas tree (was it at Bolstadøyri?) this year...

[@jacql1682]

At 36:20 start seeing animal or human tracks on train tracks going into tunnel awsome

[@dominikweger4684]

hello Rail cow Girl best Girl ever Happy Christmas 🎅🎅🎅☃️⛄❄️ and good Weekend and Video is nice and cool from Germany 🇩🇪

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! You too! And happy holidays ❤️❤️❤️

[@michalwunsch3741]

Can your EL 18 make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? Thank you for another beautiful video.

[@aferdix]

*How many kilometers are there by train between Oslo and Bergen? What is your average speed under optimal weather conditions? Thank You for an answer.*

[@RailCowGirl]

482km, average speed 45 - 85km/h depending on the schedule.

[@aferdix]

@@RailCowGirl Thank You. To travel in Norway is not the simplest thing you can do. But it is BEAUTIFUL! I don't know how Your job is in detail, but given the passion you put into it, it must be very good.

[@robpittstop1797]

I wonder how powerful would the lights be from Amtrak locomotives P2-40 series and ALC 44 or 62 siemen's charger locomotives be. LOL Probably yours are more powerful than ours.

[@rickt4552]

Can you please explain when and why the Train Whistle is sounded . ...

[@RailCowGirl]

= General warning = Level Crossing = Halt (train with a scheduled stop must sound the horn) = Level Crossing and Halt at the same place = No need to sound the horn between 10pm and 6am if added to one of the above

[@randomnickify]

@@RailCowGirl wow, that's cool, thanks!

[@glattrup]

In some tunnels, it´s not just raw rock, but some places are covered with bricks or cement, what is the reason for that??

[@ravingcyclist624]

The Dutch have a Train Manager inside the train. Do you have a similar person onboard your trains? Excellent video! Thanks!

[@RailCowGirl]

Yes we have a conductor looking after the passengers

[@ravingcyclist624]

@@RailCowGirl Thanks for the reply. We call them conductors in the US also.

[@ziqiwang6143]

Is the train between Bergen and Voss still available during the winter time?

[@RailCowGirl]

Yes, the train runs all year.

[@paulroberts8946]

Have you ever driven the snow clearing train,it looks like something from a sci fi movie?

[@Haka260]

Hver gang du kjører over en bro så ser jeg tp skinner som ligger på insiden av kjøreskinnene. Hvilken oppgave har de ?? Harald K

[@RailCowGirl]

Hei Harald, Disse skinnene er på plass for å hindre at tog går utfor ved en evt avsporing

[@Haka260]

@@RailCowGirl Tuller du med meg ???

[@joptionaljohnson6302]

2:08:30 Sounds like CapN Crunch

[@lighthousea4655]

What does someone have to do to become a train operator?

[@MrMKH2010]

How are you doing? Is everything ok with you?

[@mdebough]

@RailCowGirl kan du se Nordlys fra Voss?

[@timbarnes2259]

They all go to bed early in dark time..

[@RailCowGirl]

LOL, that would have us sleeping 19 hours each day. But that is not how it works. :)

[@timbarnes2259]

@@RailCowGirl Never seem to be many passengers waiting at stations.. X

[@paulrolen6571]

Hey railcowgirl are you the conductor as well ?

[@RailCowGirl]

I’m the train driver/operator/engineer, we do not work as conductors.

[@paulrolen6571]

@@RailCowGirl oh okay thanks

[@headmasteratiq4252]

aslamualikum

[@RailCowGirl]

Waalaikum assalaam

[@zeeshanmajeed354]

Hello

[@RailCowGirl]

Hello!

[@jeffhein7275]

Your loud screech intro sound is awful - please stop