TRAIN DRIVER'S VIEW: Flåm - Myrdal (Trains meet at Berekvam)

It’s Friday!
Two trains in service this day, and they meet at Berekvam station.
Flåm line between Myrdal and Flåm is the steepest normal gauge (1435mm) railway in Northern Europe. The gradient is massive 55‰ (1:18).
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[@gardnersmith3580]

Green grass. Red flowers. Yellow flowers. Waterfalls. Tunnels. More tunnels. Grade indicators (very useful). No snow. Switchmen throwing switches. Ah, Norway!

[@MQC8665]

Beautiful scenery right off the bat, no waiting to get out into the countryside. thank you so much.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot for watching :)

[@lowbar77]

I love this video as it doesn't have snow or winter. The winter ones are beautiful, but in the summer it is nice to see some green grass and liquid water. Thanks.

[@nd7883]

Being from India it just blows my mind to see how people in the west keep their surroundings clean. Hats off to all the citizens. That landscape is unbelievable...

[@FalconXE302]

I agree... if only people realised how simple it was to put trash in a bin... the whole world would be so much of a nicer place.

[@drjaydeepdesai1]

I have travelled this route in - ‘ Norway in nutshell ‘ tour .. its breathtaking!

[@vatansalvery]

Yes, it is that simple.

[@ashensilva8826]

Devein inima

[@cestmoi1262]

Ignore these people that are insulting you for your comment. You realize a difference in the mentality of the people. That's where you need to start to change things in India. Already, at a different you tube I noticed that other Indians (no, not American Indians -- (just trying to keep it light and still get a message across)) are trying to make an effort to get India into a second world country mentality. I wish you success!

[@hcrun]

WOW! That opening scenery is fabulous!! :) The waterfalls, the mountains.....superb.

[@josephcarlbreil5380]

Travelled aboard this line in the mid-1980s. Recall the trip with fondness.

[@russellfelton6610]

We travelled from Fleishers at Voss all the way to Flam just last month. You are so fortunate to have such a beautiful office. Would love to live there full time. Keep making the videos, they are truly wonderful. Thank You.

[@northcoastnoise]

I can't get enough of this sort of video, especially Norway, and this one immediately became one of my favorites. Thank-you for posting, I very much appreciate these!

[@marmar1524]

If you take the ship from Hurtigruten from Bergen to Kirkenes (Russian border) than you will see something beautifull!!!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@dmedlin8118]

I love these videos as a railfan from the States with ancestors from Scandinavia. The locomotive horns though, sound like an electronic donkey!

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

Feels like I’m riding on the front grill 😁😁

[@r0g3r5m1th]

What can I say that hasn't already been said.The scenery is gorgeous,Norway is Beautiful. Nature or the wind has though given the Tree (7:12 right hand side) a bum wrap in where its decided to grow. The pointsman is indeed a rare sight. It seems too that Trains the World over have terrible Headlights. Thank you so much for sharing.Very enjoyable.

[@TheRahsoft]

looks really different with out the snow 18:25 I love how the signalman mysteriously popped out of thing air :)

[@sixtoes2313]

Ochus Bochus

[@ravikgarg9054]

simply enchanting scenery. what a job you have! just brilliant.

[@RailCowGirl]

Yep :) I love mu job :)

[@veracosta8547]

I love it! Thanks! 😍😍😍

[@SergeiLobov]

AN INTERESTING VIDEO of Norge Kingdom... Many thanks

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks, glad you like them!

[@SergeiLobov]

@@RailCowGirl Sure

[@gerri309]

Beautiful scenery!

[@antoniopolanski9148]

No other words can described my feeling when i watched this video except WOW!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@breakingbaz7709]

A perfect picture for such beautiful landscape 👍

[@stephendark7888]

Another great video from Cowgirl.

[@mwell17]

The view from this direction truly showcases the scenery. Another outstanding video.....

[@leonsalcedo2826]

Thank you! Enjoying every minute of the travel. :)

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@amtrakharry]

Wow ! Thank you for showing the trip in both directions !!! Excellent ! Thank you so much for sharing this !!! :):):)

[@KhadimHussain-im5ro]

happy journey.

[@williamcawley1113]

So relaxing after a stressful day at work to "ride" the train

[@RailCowGirl]

Enjoy!

[@williamcawley1113]

Someday I hope to visit Norway it's one of my top 5 European country s to visit the others being France and the Nederland s

[@benjamingarrido5494]

Bellísimo, bestifull train and mountain, river fresh, sky clean....love Norway,

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@V0LCHA]

Thank you so much! It is first video from loco in that direction!

[@markpearson8210]

what a wonderful job to have looking at wonderful scenery while you work..

[@Anthraxicus]

Thank you, that was incredible! You receive so much water in your mountains it's just gorgeous! So much green even in fall. :)

[@DanaMackstormdog94]

Another surprise and wonderful video! Regards

[@andreasendro7920]

Beautiful scenery. I love it very much

[@slycat1939]

Wow and I am scared of heights lol. Awesome I do love your train rides. Safe travels ahead.

[@semperdiscendum7439]

बहुत बढ़िया ।। धन्यवाद इतने अच्छे दृश्य दिखाने के लिए।। 🙏🙏

[@gailcheyenne]

Beautiful scenery and so clean and un-cluttered. Your video makes it just like being there! Thank you 😊

[@mohammadsaraei4758]

Where are you from lady ? 🤗

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@anthonysherry2628]

Another wonderful train trip from Flam, 😍

[@RailCowGirl]

Many thanks!

[@miguelangel-xf7eg]

Magnificent documentary on Spanish television about the construction of the Oslo to Bergen line

[@wattbentleigh1949]

Just a brilliant Video What beautiful scenery

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@AFarr-fv4ke]

Well done!

[@mariaaparecidadeandradelag810]

Wonderful very Gold adoro seus vídeos parabéns um melhor do que o outro continue sempre assim thankyou

[@francoisdastardly4405]

Absolutely beautiful

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@davidpoor8638]

Thought you'd be interested in this.....on Monday I was 4.8 miles into my first run when I got a stop indication on a signal next to a level crossing. Railroad Police was there and when I stopped they boarded my locomotive and arrested me. Reason they said was I was following to close to the train in front of me. The only train in front of me was almost 3 hours ahead and was 7 stations ahead of me. I had high green blocks right from the start. I managed to get my hands on the signal towers logs and proved to the dispatcher there were no other trains ahead. Those records saved me along with the fact that he was somewhat drunk. So he is at fault and won't be working for us any longer and I'm back in the seat again!!! Think they call that karma!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Wooooooh! That’s completely insane! You have railroad police? Like people being to make sure driver abide the rules?

[@davidpoor8638]

That's how they work around here. Put the screws to someone so they can make themselves look good!!!

[@swarfrat311]

@@RailCowGirl We have railroad police for the commuter line between San Francisco and San Jose (CalTrain). They patrol the track right-of-way to make sure no one in trespassing. Some people like to take their lives by jumping in front of a speeding train and spatter themselves over the front of the locomotive. The police try to prevent this and have the offenders arrested.

[@johnbrown6243]

You are the Best!

[@RailCowGirl]

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[@salimkhan-vb2sv]

Amazing

[@satyamsundar5]

Wow superb !!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@saltleywsc]

Great video was there a couple of weeks ago !

[@skts2362]

Its beauty, beauty only beauty everywhere!!!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

tyvm I enjoyed this ride

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@mcsujit]

Great video thanks for sharing👍

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@steveamurray59]

Scenery is Beautiful. What a Job.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@rogercrick9813]

What a fabulous video! My wife and I made this journey in August 2017 as part of the Sognefjord tour. I wish that my still photos were as tenth as good as your photography.

[@fabriziocamera4990]

Dear Hindu, actually I think your cab ride are the best on utube. Complete, in a wonderful place well done. I just miss the loco cockpit...in this diesel loco would be amazing (as well as in the electri one!). My best compliment for your perfect job. Cheers from Italy

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much

[@keithbellamy4692]

always wanted to travel on this line, now ive seen the remarkable scenery from the best place, in the cab.

[@RetigrT]

Thank you! Long awaiting video! There's couple of videos Myrdal-Flåm, and no one Flåm - Myrdal

[@ddnshn]

Wonderful video, wonderful contry

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot!

[@mitch7ar243]

I like this video I can see beautiful view of your country. . ..thanks

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you, glad you liked it :)

[@AAMiniatures]

Love it

[@TheWeazelNews]

Keep up the amazing videos

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you, I have posted lots of videos since your comment :) Hope you like the new ones too.

[@mariaaparecidadeandradelag810]

Very.good thankyou Love thankyou

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@familyvlog7791]

beautiful

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@muhammadbabul7953]

wow nice video thanx bro

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks!

[@jairocannondalecannondale9715]

Muito bom esse vídeo

[@nasirramli8658]

It's the most intresting in my life.. Thank You.. Go on to the Train.. Alright..

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@HollywoodRoseJack]

Nice !! Thank You for Sharing :))

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@sadiqmohamed681]

Very nice video. I've watched the one with snow, so it was interesting to see what it looked like in the clear. Some serious gradients! I with two EL18 you have as much power as a Eurostar or TGV!

[@skylab14]

sometimes I go to sleep to these videos.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks for watching!

[@miguelangel-xf7eg]

Magnifico documental en televisin española sobre la construccion de la linea Oslo a Bergen

[@xxvavyguy4457]

The scenery there in Norway is breathtaking. The closest comparison to here in the USA would be the mountains in east central area (Kentucky & West Virginia) Your winters there are quite a bit more harsh than we get here though.

[@laszlovigh2513]

Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@hansquennet8357]

This must be the 4th time I have watched this video. I appears to me that the colors (especially the greens) are enhanced. Could that be so or is it my video display? HCG -- could have commented before but here's to you! UFFDA!!!

[@Trains4you]

Nice! I like it

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@torminotton3181]

Rode my bike from Finse to Flåm over a period of 2 days this past summer. Took the train to Myrdal and transferred to a Bergen bound train

[@RailCowGirl]

Sounds great, hope the weather was good :)

[@PraveenVas]

It was such a beautiful video. Please upload more videos like this. "SUBSCRIBED"

[@roneiserrano460]

Very good

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@glennsgirl7183]

very nice

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot!

[@John-kr7iz]

such amazing country

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@John-kr7iz]

Didn't realize i said that 6 years ago, wow!@@RailCowGirl

[@dave55uk]

Well I never! I have often thought, watching your videos, that there never seems to be any enthusiasts photographing the trains. And lo! and behold, here we have a chap at Flam taking a video. :-)

[@dave55uk]

Interesting method of 'signalling' at Berekvam. Nice to see they clamp facing points.

[@jrcigarful]

Lots of long tunnels!

[@antoniomarciosilvasouza6120]

Wow ... beautiful trip! I am a Brazilian citizen and passionate about European landscapes. I want to leave some suggestions: - make an outlet during the departure of the train from the locomotive with the scene showing the vision of the driver and at least part of the composition; - put name and altitude of the stop stations and also the name and length of the tunnels through which to pass. I think it will look great. Thank you for the opportunity to know more about Europe.

[@evanofelipe]

Thanks again for sharing. There’s something strangely uplifting to see the process of these trains passing each other at Berekvam and the quiet co-operation so necessary between the linesman and drivers as one enormous machine gently comes to halt to allow the other train to pass. I’m interested to know why the ‘uphill’ train stops, from an energy saving perspective, I would have thought it better for the ‘downhill’ train to stop? Why so few people and traffic about? Thanks regards from EF.

[@claudi.o]

How beautiful is Norway.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

[@phoungvanny8917]

Cool

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks!

[@pirogok337]

Как красиво!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!

[@ravikgarg9054]

interesting to see manual points setting and hand signals. :-) wonder what do you do when there is a blizzard out there!?

[@pestocat]

I can feel the locomotive struggling on those steep grades.

[@mohammadsaraei4758]

Where are U from bro ? 💜🙏

[@cgtower8860]

I hope you run this line in winter,. I can't imagine this in snow storm conditions...wow...

[@daniildzen552]

Как же успокаивает это видео

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@boahneelassmal]

I love how most tunnels have those very clean entrance portals but after 3 metres there's just bare rock.

[@RailCowGirl]

That's the way to build them. Mountains and rocks are most fragile at the surface, but gets more and more robust towards the center, unless you're amethyst :p So the nice portals functions as reenforcement of the entrance to the tunnel.

[@boahneelassmal]

@@RailCowGirl did not know that. thanks. But why do some of the have the entrance reinforced and others don't? Is the rock harder with those not reinforced?

[@RailCowGirl]

@@boahneelassmal bingo! :D

[@boahneelassmal]

@@RailCowGirl now I know for sure and don't need to wonder anymore! yay! thanks!

[@RailCowGirl]

Brilliant! ❤️

[@simongarrood3676]

Another great video. Is this four coach two loco configuration the standard setup for this route or does it change for the winter? And what do the horizontal/vertical bars on the 'Sound Horn' boards mean/? Looking forward to the next video.

[@RailCowGirl]

+simon garrood usually with six coach configuration during summer. Vertical line = platform for embarking/disembarking. Horizontal = level crossing With both = platform with level crossing

[@user-cp6jb7im5x]

Круто! Стрелка переключается в ручную! Зато есть постоянное рабочее место на свежем воздухе!

[@ravikgarg9054]

all norwegian locomotives appear to have a "snow plough" attachment.

[@davideboschi6194]

woooooooooooow nice good editingh

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@terryleddra1973]

My favourite moment was at 18:22 when the chap beamed in from Star Trek.

[@RailCowGirl]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Cliperty]

This route must be interesting in winter

[@MegaZsolti]

That's a lot of horn; can I ask why is it necessary at some protected crossings? What's the difference between the two horn signs? Thanks in advance.

[@ElvGra]

Hello. Why is it that the train you met at Berekvam station has two locos? Is the line so steep?

[@anderswegge6828]

Tak for den modsatte vej. Også selv om jeg kommer til at se op resten af natten Kører du forresten i hele Norge?

[@NDVC.]

*Train Driver. I like this video. I m Vietnam. Like, Sub you. Thank you!*

[@charlenecartia9230]

Beautiful so soothing to the soul is this Norway?

[@RailCowGirl]

Norway, yes.

[@user-ko6uh6vf9g]

സൂപ്പർ അടിപൊളി 😃

[@JeffH-lo9wb]

Correction. In Norway, power can be produced by Hydro.

[@tonylazzaro1196]

Where do they post speed limit signs on Norwegian railways. Enjoy your videos very much. Ciao

[@RailCowGirl]

They are the triangular signs you see. With number on them. 4 = 40km/h 13 = 130km/h