TRAIN DRIVER'S VIEW: Bad weather Christmas Day Run on the Bergen Line

[@PaulfromChicago]

These videos should be sponsored by Norwegian Tourism boards. Makes me want to see Norway.

[@kenrudge8002]

Trump wants to buy Norway too. Just over the water from Greenland

[@gazof-the-north1980]

I've been to Stavanger in the spring but would LOVE to go further North in the winter and see some REAL snow!

[@Transition333]

ken rudge I’d vote for that!

[@thegeneral19]

@@kenrudge8002 Cool, I wish I could buy it too

[@Exlynn.]

❤️

[@wanderingangelstudio1359]

My absolute favorite thing to do every Christmas is watch this video. It has become my night time tradition. ❤️

[@RailCowGirl]

I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for including my video in your traditions! All the best for 2021!

[@MrEaglecoyote]

I watch them to go to sleep or just to relax. I love trains!

[@wanderingangelstudio1359]

I do the same. They help me unwind and fall asleep.

[@Claytone-Records]

Me 3.

[@wolframtichy1777]

Me too..

[@armybrat3062]

Me too👍

[@duboisad]

I LOVE these videos. The scenery is always so peaceful. And it makes me wish we had good train service like this in America. Thank you!

[@neillsmart213]

Was thinking the same earlier in video - New Zealand Rail could learn a lot from this. :)

[@ibgeorgeb]

Adam Dubois We do have great rail service in America.

[@giacomorapuzzi9866]

BLiF, there is a whole video explaining why trains in america suck if you didn’t know.

[@Claytone-Records]

Cross country train service in the US is prohibitively expensive.

[@AustinRoss]

We really need to push for this in the US...

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Ive never seen a train with a playroom and coffee machines in the carriages. And a decent buffet car. Your trains are far better than ours in the UK.

[@cgtower8860]

Is it wrong that I've watched this route so many times in various videos I can almost begin to anticipate locations, tunnels and speed changes?!?! Thank you for another wonderful trip.

[@RailCowGirl]

Becoming a pro! ;)

[@cgtower8860]

After a day like today in the office, I think I'd trade my tie for a driver uniform right now.

[@tonylazzaro1196]

CG Tower I would appreciate if you could identify the towns along the right of way. That is how I learned my geography. Ciao

[@kiwimjr]

The train journeys are hypnotising...Like you I have watched them several times. I find the journeys very relaxing.

[@froggleggers1805]

So do I MIchael.

[@johnmcb7756]

What is it about trains? They just seem to have this natural calming effect 😌 😴 ☺

[@123mintjelly]

Thank you for the train tour at the beginning. I just love your videos.

[@jasonk9779]

Yes! I have seen the other video, the official one done by the railway, and I was always wondering what the trains look like inside and out. Very cool and we hope to get out there one day and travel the line.

[@netrhyda8761]

Wowsers, words fail me! What a gorgeous winter wonderland! And to see the train glide over the snow with no tracks visible! Just awesome, thank you!

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!

[@janetsmith2600]

I’ll never see Norway, but, you have made it possible to visit from the comfort of my chair. And, you have made it possible for me to appreciate the expertise in dealing with snow country (I mean REAL snow country!) Thank you HCG. For some reason, I feel I’ve known you all of my life. Your yankee sister.

[@danielcoetzee5793]

What lovely weather for a train ride together with you.....! Giddy up, Giddy up, Let's go...!

[@FoolAndHisMoney23]

RailCowGirl: Thank you for the walk-through. More photos of equipment, and explain again the signals please. The trains and the railroad are so clean and beautiful It must be a real pleasure to work there. Come to the US to see what bad trains, equipment and tracks look like. Oh and could you show the inside of your cab, too. I would love to see what that looks like.

[@hydroknight01]

I love how, in these videos, the train just ploughs through snow drifts covering the track like it's nothing. In my neck of the woods (South Wales, UK) our trains grind to a halt and can be delayed for hours, and even cancelled, for something so simple as wet leaves on the track. It's actually kinda sad, really... Two or three inches of snow can bring the whole of Britain to a standstill.

[@RailCowGirl]

Welcome to Norway! Where the Vikings have dealt with snow for centuries ;) Thanks for watching!

[@jejmiller9254]

Great vidio best cab ride I've ever watched these railways by far the best engineering I've ever seen on a railway must have took years tunneling and laying that rail bed absolutely brilliant thanks for sharing jeff uk

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot!

[@punkbloater]

Watching this have made me realize that there is light at the end of the tunnel, thanks.

[@fair2middlin]

Things are always darkest before they go completely black

[@oscarbear1043]

Everything has an end, except for a tunnel which has two.

[@elmarhasler1429]

@@oscarbear1043 Ferrocarrill andino Peru has a switchback tunnel that ends in rock!

[@manilkumar73]

Beautiful places covered with snow and more snow...had goosebumps when train was running on white tracks 😁

[@drnol461]

Watching this on Christmas Day. Enjoying the rain; it feels like it's falling on my face. Thanks for this gorgeous and calming video.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks a lot for watching, glad you liked it 😄

[@kiwimjr]

I have enjoyed watching all your videos from when I started watching them on December 18th 2017. I really do think you have done a wonderful job with the video making and given pleasure to boundless people all over the world. I live in Bangkok so it is a wonderful pastime to watch a snow bound country while sitting-in my living room with the air con full on. I have also shown your videos to people who have never seen snow and they have also enjoyed your videos. I have a personal interest in Norway because I had several friends from Norway while I was at university and consequently visited your country a few times in the late sixties and early seventies. The visits were thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks you so much for your videos and for taking us through the Norwegian Countryside on your train.

[@tomaskramar8876]

Oh, this video is very intense. I have mixed feelings. In the second half of the video when is snowing,the homes and christmas trees are light up everywhere, that is imagine BUT you're in the cab and ride a hundreds kilometers from home... Thanks you HinduCow and all who serve for Christmas and other free days, to get people home to families. THANKS! By in safe

[@czperiod2576]

Videos like these are what made me go to Norway this year to take the train from Oslo to Bergen. It's beautiful.

[@RailCowGirl]

Great to hear!

[@Claytone-Records]

Nice train tour at the beginning. This is one of my favorite HCG videos.

[@iNeo1]

I'm watching at 2x speed and when the tracks are covered in snow it's like flying through the mountains in a hovercraft.

[@pamelamontague8400]

Very addictive... We have really been enjoying this video since we found it.💕

[@geoffhurrell8478]

Magnificent scenery - thank you for sharing.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks for watching, glad you like it!

[@ordinaryguy6869]

Looks like they didn't have to dream of a white Christmas. 😃 Those trains look so clean and tidy. Norway must be a nice place to live.

[@RailCowGirl]

It is a very nice place to live :D

[@xarups]

These Fjords are something truly unique. This and the Spring videos with rushing waters are probably your best productions. Congratulations.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you like them! ❤️

[@browntrout1156]

Wow so much snow and freezing cold. Nothing like that here in Australia on Christmas Day.......rarely under 30deg C, and usually up to 44deg C. Thanks for taking us along.

[@carolsutton7828]

wow. from grass to snow on opposite sides of a tunnel. amazing. love it

[@ericbrett3095]

My grandfather used to work for the railroad during WWII, he used to run supplies and men up and down the Oregon coast at night with no lights on incase there were Japanese subs looking for them. This and the beautiful scenery is why I am fascinated by these videos. I know the line from Bergin to Oslo pretty good now.

[@julieburton192]

Is that a children's play area - what a wonderful idea. I love your trains they are so clean, ordered and practical. Ours are just smelling, cramped and late!

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

Thank You for the little tour of the coaches, and your breakdown of the voyage - it helps me feel more part of it! :-)

[@phillgabriel9539]

Voila un joli voyage bien au chaud dans son salon et une p'tite bière à la main. Merci pour le voyage.

[@georgegundersen7780]

Greetings from North Central Ohio.My mother's parents came to the U.S.A. 102 years ago from Bergen. I have never been to Norway but watching your videos makes me feel like I have been there.

[@easycretor]

I know you'll probably never see this but I'm going to say it anyhow thank you for walking through the cars.

[@RailCowGirl]

Surprise, I do see it ;) ❤️

[@TropicPoss]

Thank you @railCowGirl for this terrific Xmas video which I watched for the first time this Xmas. I am totally entranced by your journeys. This is the closest my 1/4 Norwegian blood will ever get to journeying through this beautiful country. Tusen taak!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it :D

[@cecilcooper6210]

Thought I saw Santa's sleigh stuck down there. I hope someone called for help. Beautiful ride, loved every bit.

[@makintracksusa8831]

I've asked for images of the train you were driving, etc. in the past and am so happy that you have provided the excellent coverage. The train is superb! Thank you!

[@CompendiumSafari]

Bad weather? This is great weather!

[@RailCowGirl]

“Normal” people call it bad, people like you and Call it great 👍🏼 😂

[@chykensa]

Great video HCG, just love the smoothness and efficiency of the Norwegian railways. I loved 1:21:31, the Youth Hostel at Voss, stayed there for one night in the summer on the way to kayak in Naeroyfjord. Epic scenery, and a bit warmer that your video :)

[@williamquestmagic]

Love your views on the train system, thank you so big, will in Florida

[@EmilTheRailwayman]

Great! Thanks, fellow! Recently I climbed a snowy mountain like this. And as the loco's sanding equipment didn't work, every moving off was great challenge, several times I had to move the train back. For 100 km I made nearly 1 hour delay.

[@Thomas-cp6qe]

This sure uplifts my spirits. Breath taking scenery...Great stuff!!

[@HungryGuyStories]

Hey! You got off the track at 1:44:06! Get back on the track!!! Oh, you had to let that other train pass. I see...

[@larrypond2631]

Thank you to the train conductor for such an awesome video that will go down as one of my favorites

[@michelledauvergne6830]

Thank you very much for this beautiful journey. Wonderful winter landscapes !

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much!

[@choochoo3985]

With the name Helvig you can guess my heritage. The closest I have ever been to Norway however is flying from London to Seattle we flew over the west coast of Norway. I love trains since I was a boy in the 40/50's and took Amtrak from Phoenix to Springfield MA, just last week. Thanks for a rail side tour.

[@philstraintravels9281]

I love these videos and would love to be able to travel on one of these trips one day. I also use these videos as a way to help me to sleep when I can't (which is often) they are so beautiful and I just set the TV to turn off after 90 minutes which usually works, it's also nice to turn on the TV when I wake and find another video playing which I watch while getting ready for work.

[@ronhutchcraft2290]

But Those Carriages HinduCowGirl!!! They Are Nice TV and Snack Bar and Everything!!! Plus the Loco was Hoofing It!! I'm Sorry You had to Work on Christmas But Thank You For This Video Okay!!! It's Snowing Here Today in the Mountains of N Georgia! So anyway be Blessed HinduCowGirl! 😇🚄🚋🚋🚋

[@michaelmarks1391]

Hooray! I love the ones with wipers!! Thank you so much for taking the time to put these up. Sometimes work is so dreary, and your videos help lighten my load.

[@lookfromlok]

Nice!! Amazing scenery, colleague. I would love to ride there. :-) Thank´s!

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

Wow! Now that's travelling with class. .television compartments? So clean and tidy. .

[@slycat1939]

Every time I watch one of your videos I learn or see something new. Like I never really noticed how these trains looked inside omg if we had trains like these everyone would use them. Actually as crowded as highways are here they should get these but doubt I will ever see that happen in my time lol. Wow so comfortable and got's everything for your customers. Traveling in style fantastic Again another awesome video. Hope you had a nice Christmas anyway. :) P. S. My birthday day after Christmas 26th :) Looking forward to more videos..

[@steves5172]

Fantastic! I like to watch your videos on a widescreen tv if possible - they are really interesting. Thanks for the details of tunnels, stations etc. Keep posting!

[@LEON-dj8fv]

The images of these trips are incredible I love congratulations.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you very much!

[@anotheropinion8638]

These are fun to stream in the background whilst drinking wine and chatting. Well done. My only complaint with this particular one is the many lengthy tunnels, but otherwise, lovely scenery!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks for watching!

[@julieburton192]

How eerie to walk through a deserted train

[@dathanpoole871]

This I think was one of, if not my favorite. Loved the tunnels! I work for the MoW and I couldn't imagine servicing inside there. Thank you for the videos.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@TheLostBear78]

Thank you for the walk through! What beautiful trains you have!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@Lightnin991]

I find the cab view very relaxing and I go into a sort of trance - probably induced by the monotony anodyne. I love the start when he's making his way through the train to get to his cab at the front. At some point he realises that he's going to be late so he gets off the train and starts running. Someone should have taken him aside and said "No point in running, old boy - you can't miss the train because you're driving it"

[@carmen72consuelogg]

Thank you so so much

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! 😃

[@VenkateshksDr]

Your camera glitch at 2:18:30 makes it look like a sci fi movie and now your train is going to go through a space time warp and end in another part of the galaxy!!😄

[@hansquennet8357]

That is absolutely hilarious! I haven't laughed reading and writing notes like this. A Norwegian train driver who speaks (writes) perfect English as well as Russian? If I have ever felt humble, I do now! You go Girl!

[@geoffreymoore1510]

An interesting trip through the snow. I only ever saw snow once and it was between Lithgow and Bathurst from a train and seeing cows with hills of snow on their backs. We are about an hour East od snow in Winter, here or 300 miles north West of it in the Southern alps on the NSW and Victorian border in Australia. Well done.

[@robertsimon6500]

The newer camera gear you are now using sure makes a big difference, just in your image stabilization. I got Hoodie l ordered last week, pretty sweet.

[@RailCowGirl]

WICKED! :D ❤️ The Blackmagic is pretty awesome, and really looking forward to record snowy videos with it :D

[@davidcole258]

i went skiing to Geilo in 1958 as a college student from UK. The train then seemed to take all day to get there from Bergen but a fun ride and a memorable holiday,

[@hansquennet8357]

UFF DA! One marvelous and spectacular video, HCG! Thank you! I'm freezing and think I will go watch a video taken in the tropics! Caribbean! Somewhere warm! BRR!

[@RailCowGirl]

Haha! Hmm.. UFF DA! The phrase I laughed about when I was dining at the Crazy Norwegian in Port Orford, OR :) Of course I had the "Uff da"-burger :p

[@gregorykemi8898]

Du har fina videos som visar detaljer som är mycket intressanta, det är sällsynt. Tack för din effort!

[@RailCowGirl]

Tusen takk!

[@mwell17]

Another great video...the inclement weather brings its own unique beauty to this scenic trip. Always look forward to your posts. Takk!

[@dave55uk]

Another great and enjoyable video - many thanks. Good looking locomotives too!

[@joshhuffines5978]

Great video. I've watched about half it and plan on finishing it tomorrow. However already I've seen some beautiful sites. I love how the tracks, villages are right along the river. Just beautiful. I'd love to be able to ride on this line one day. Thanks for the train tour as well. Again, great video.

[@Ralph2]

Love these videos, they help me sleep. The noise of the wiper is reminiscent of the old joined track. I miss that rhythm of the rails.

[@pef1960]

One of my favourite of you videos, I've watched it dozens of times. I love when you finally pull into Ål Station, it looks so magical, a slight shame it cuts off so abruptly at the end.

[@RailCowGirl]

I know :) This was before I started doing the exteriors when the trains leaves the station etc :)

[@metaz69u]

So amazing. Esp after 1.33.01 Excellent vid. Also love it when I see people out x-country skiing, and Christmas light on the homes.

[@ferky123]

1:33:01 is the way to write KZbin time.

[@xozyje]

chapeau ! j'ai visité la rame , puis j'ai voyagé a bord d'un "char d'assaud" vidéo magnifique et paysage extraordinaire merci pour ce très beau voyage

[@iVenge]

I love this channel. I have been away for a while, but I’m so glad it exists.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad to have you back :D

[@Restavit64]

you gave an idea how beautiful Norway is especially winter time,i should visit your country soon!

[@jpgsterbenz]

Seeing the derail clear at 5:30 has already made the video worth watching. Looking forward to the rest... I'm in Oslo fairly often and last rode Oslo to Bergen last year and spent almost the whole time looking out the back carriage. I'm really enjoying these cab views. Thanks for posting these awesome videos! I'm particularly interested in signals (worldwide) and appreciate that the colour saturation so good.

[@RailCowGirl]

Hi James, Thanks for the love! If you look at "evening information run" in the Long Haul-playlist, I've added some information on Signaling there. As well as signals for temporary speed reductions in my latest upload.

[@jpgsterbenz]

Yes, those are very nice. I'm already pretty familiar with the system since I got a copy of the Sir. Trykk 401 in the 1980s, and subsequently have done a lot of observation and photographing, especially in Oslo (and the funky DB-style signals in Lysaker (the stop for Simula Labs with whom I collaborate). But it is really nice to see the cab view to see so many signals (and level-crossing signals) cleared that you don't so often see cleared from the back of the train).

[@greghilton7797]

Thank you HCG I'll check them out. Cheers

[@amtrakharry]

Another excellent video!!! Same here, thank you for the train tour at the beginning ! Thank you for sharing!!! :):):)

[@drummingriffin]

Hello, I think your stress levels on a journey like this one must be very high. Thank you for sharing what you do, it is very much appreciated. Happy new year, take care. Greetings from Yorkshire UK.

[@RailCowGirl]

Not really :)

[@dreamlife4000]

I love snowy days,and when train is passing between the snowy land,it seems beautiful 💗💖💗💖💖💓

[@rogersexton7857]

Thank you for an absolutely superb video! In Britain there are no trains on 25th December and very few on 26th. But in the rest of Europe the railways run a norrnal service. We in Britain have got things badly wrong. Every British politician and Railway(wo)man should view the one minute of this video between 3h 14m and 3h 15m. They will see the huge crowd of passengers waiting for the train at Geilo.

[@RailCowGirl]

It will probably shock you that the Right Wing government here has opted for the british model in their bid to “get more railroad at a lower cost”. Yep. They are privatizing the sector, and already now do we see the horrible results. Especially on MAINTENANCE and regularity.... Why on earth they would even try it is beyond me, but it’s hard to reason with someone who won’t see beyond their ideology...

[@rogersexton7857]

I DID know what the Norwegian government is doing! Your government has the same mistaken ideology towards public transport as in Britain, and it too 'won't see beyond their ideology'. This is seen not just with trains but also with buses and ferries. Ferry fares are extremely expensive. With buses, the number of passengers outside London is falling dramatically, and there will soon be no buses outside the major cities.

[@carlthompson1247]

I don't think transport should run on Christmas Day as it should be a day where everything closes and everyone gets time to be at home with their families or friends!

[@mike.47]

Another great video. I sympathise having to work on Christmas Day, I worked in the hotel industry and worked Christmas Day for 20yrs.😢

[@SteveMikre44]

Thanks for the info on the Loco, different types of carriages and tunnels!

[@vladabuba]

Another great video! :) I understand that you need to be extra cautious in this kind of weather, but cinematic quality of this ride is fantastic!

[@hansquennet8357]

I am completely impressed, HCG! Blown away! And I thank you for the enlightenment! If I didn't live so far away, NW US, I'd love to meet. Well, in my dreams and your wonderful videos!

[@RailCowGirl]

North West, and the “uffda”, must be Oregon ;)

[@hansquennet8357]

Outside of Seattle, Washington.

[@dportass]

12:22 that's far more snow than UK can handle :) Stunning views and journey you have there

[@anehakansson7771]

Excellent this one. Funny, I have had an idea for many years to illustrate a train journey by putting music to a cab view video, taken in rainy weather and with the wipers going back and forth, with Pat Metheny's "Are you going with me". Probably one should opt for a very long straight track for best effect, which might be somewhat difficult in Norway. But what the heck ;-)

[@Transition333]

Ane Håkansson That’s my favorite Metheny piece, though it’s kind of melancholy. I have many albums and CDs. Glad you like him, too!

[@scottmcmaster4927]

Thank you for working on Christmas day. I hope you still had a Merry Christmas.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! I did. Hope you did too!

[@scottmcmaster4927]

@@RailCowGirl I did, but things have gone downhill since. My life exploded. I'm dealing with coming to grips with PTSD and my resultant anxiety and depression. I also have a vicious cyclic sleep disorder that makes these problems worse. Focusing on treating myself and being there for my family. I have to overcome this to be there for them.

[@twinwave2004]

Nice tour, thank you very very much..

[@TheDjAngelvsSatan]

BIG LIKE! Love the presentations of carts, maneouvres and stations. Keep up this good work!

[@randomsforsanity4765]

thx for the info and for showing what the train looked like :-)

[@mattgrant2646]

Wonderful and beautiful! Can really tell Norwegian train drivers like playing thread the needle -- so many tunnels! :-)

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@susanneschreiber3083]

Ich liebe die Tunneln. Da kann sich das Auge von der monotonen Landschaft erholen.

[@fair2middlin]

Thanks for working Christmas Day! It would have been so good if the wipers wiped! I bet that other engineer drives on the tracks too!

[@73egg]

Makes me wish I had been a train driver now !! These video's are fantastic, thank you !!

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you like them! Thank you!

[@mmichaelheath6194]

I used to visit Norway on business it's a lovely country with wonderful people. You certainly know how to excavate tunnels! But it sounds like your Locomotive has a wheel flat which I suppose is not surprising given the difficult adhesion conditions that you face in the winter. Thank you for some excellent videos I think I've worked out how your signalling system works! It's different to what we use in the U.K.

[@goforit7595]

Thank you internet, I am now addicted to these.

[@stuartwilliams7371]

This is good to see and a train actually moving in bad weather. Here in the UK they always have pathetic excuses, services will be disrupted due to leaves or snow on the lines?? Great video 😀👍

[@nickbellchev]

Fantastic views! Very beautiful.

[@robinackerman6699]

Love the Tour through the cars, that is one long train

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks, glad you like it 😃