Štúrovo to Šahy (Slovakia) - Driver's Eye View

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6 жыл бұрын

Our train had arrived at Štúrovo behind a magnificent steam locomotive 498.104 “Albatros” where it was replaced by diesel locomotive No.T478.1201 for our onward journey to Šahy. The volunteers of the “Akbatros Klub” operate both locomotives along with the carriages that made up our train.
The driver kindly allowed me to place a small camera in the cab so that I can share this ride through the picturesque Slovakian countryside along this little used secondary line, seldom traversed by a locomotive hauled passenger train.
I also found this interesting description for locomotives of this class -
"The earlier versions were nicknamed ‘Bardotka’, Brigitte Bardot, because of the curved front (This reference dates the engines as well as anybody who understands it.) Production series locos have a slightly more square appearance and are referred to as 'Grumpies' based on them having a somewhat grumpy facial expression".
I’m not sure whether to call our locomotive ‘Bardotka’ or 'Grumpy' or settle for “Grumpy Bardotka”, but clearly her crew looked upon her with a great deal of affection. I’ve rambled on long enough, please get comfortable and enjoy the ride.
Map at 00:26 by Peter Pogány - licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) - Original video taken on 29th June 2018. Tour organised by RTC.
Music - Track - Composer - Source
ES_Afterhours - Martin Klem - epidemicsound.com

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@milankanka5329 6 жыл бұрын

Opäť veľmi prekrásne natočené video . Pochvala a palec hore . Je to senzačné , perfektné , super , nádherné . Len tak ďalej . Ešte raz chválim ďalšie krásne video . Veľká pochvala a palec šesť krát hore . Prekrásne , super , fantastické . Len tak ďalej . Klobúk dolu .

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Dobrý deň, Milan, som rád, že sa vám to páčilo video. Slovensko je krásna krajina a ja som miloval železnice.

@PraveenVas 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video Tim...Thanks for uploading.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

@michaelcandle1632 6 жыл бұрын

Great video and so nice places, thanks for sharing.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

@milankanka5329 5 жыл бұрын

Veľmi prekrasne natočené video 😉😉😉😉😉😉. Pochvala a palec hore 😉😉😉😉😉. Perfektné super 😉😉😉😉😉😉.

@Timsvideochannel1 5 жыл бұрын

Ďakujem vám, som rád, že sa vám to páčilo video :-)

@GarethJonesPilipala 6 жыл бұрын

This video must be a unique record of the track viewed from the cab. Excellent quality.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. The rail tops indicated the line didn't see many trains although we did pass a single carriage rail-bus along the way.

@gideongoosen 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely another beautiful scenery journey.

@Timsvideochannel1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride. I look forward to returning to Slovakia as soon as travel restrictions are eased 😊.

@gideongoosen 2 жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 where are you from?

@Timsvideochannel1 2 жыл бұрын

@@gideongoosen Hi, I am from the South coast of England.

@kovacsmiklos1684 4 жыл бұрын

Nagyon tetszenek a modelvasutak!Még több állomási forgalmat és pályaudvari tolatást s vágányrendszer bemutatását javaslom forgalom szervezéssel!Üdv!👌👦

@Timsvideochannel1 4 жыл бұрын

Szia, modell vasutak nagy móka. Már több mint harminc éve építem az enyémet, és még mindig nincs kész - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrqPrbqa05fTZ3k.html 😊👍 Hi, model railroads are great fun. I have been building mine for over thirty years now and it still isn't finished - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrqPrbqa05fTZ3k.html 😊👍

@adtege2713 2 жыл бұрын

Tolle Videos, tolle Landschaft, einspurige Strecken, ich bin begeistert. Vielen Dank für das Hochladen.

@Timsvideochannel1 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Ihnen die Fahrt gefallen hat.

@adtege2713 2 жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Ich schaue mir die Videos alle an. Kann es sein, das sie zwei Spurweiten haben? In der Regel verläuft ein Gleis neben der eigentlichen Strecke. Ist dieses Gleis nur für Güterverkehr oder hat es eine andere Spurweite?

@Timsvideochannel1 2 жыл бұрын

@@adtege2713 Hallo, hast du alle Videos in meiner Slowakei-Playlist gesehen? - kzfaq.info/sun/PLPdTWbkwx85o3tGwep3gCpaq0bhLaNoHn In einigen Videos, wie diesem - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJmjotKS16jWY58.html beiden Spurweiten sind russisch, 5 ft (1.524 mm) und Normal Gauge (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1.435 mm vorhanden. Die Kamera ist in der russischen Spurweite Lokomotive montiert - für weitere Informationen klicken Sie bitte auf diesen Link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice%E2%80%93Vienna_broad-gauge_line Hello, did you watch all the videos in my Slovakia playlist? - kzfaq.info/sun/PLPdTWbkwx85o3tGwep3gCpaq0bhLaNoHn In some videos, such as this one - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJmjotKS16jWY58.html two gauges are present, Russian 5 ft ( 1,524 mm) and Standard gauge (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 1,435 mm. The camera is mounted in the Russian gauge locomotive - for more information, please click on this link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice%E2%80%93Vienna_broad-gauge_line

@adtege2713 2 жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Dankeschön, sehr nett.

@MartinMiller1 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@Timsvideochannel1 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

@chucksandos8939 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim! Old, but at good condition, railway. Very good! And this beautiful landscape, through which goes the train, -- with green fields and blue sky with small cumulus clouds, -- is very idyllic. It creates great mood. You were lucky with the weather at those days. (As to me today.) Thanks for excellent filming again, and good luck!

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Chuck, riding this train was just like stepping back in time on a sunny day. Slovakia is a beautiful country, at times it looked just like England. Its been a lovely day here, warm and sunny.

@chucksandos8939 6 жыл бұрын

Very well, stepping back to time, I like it too. :-) Let's see what tomorrow awaits us

@janpf0624 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, guys, Your comments just divided my personality. 😎 I don't know now to be proud or to be sorry ? As a railway enthusiast who I am I feel some pride while You are satisfied and fully enjoyed by our railways jumping back in the time. But as an user and taxpayer in the 21st century who can compare the conditions of any other foreign railways... I am glad You enjoyed Your trip.

@chucksandos8939 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Jan! I think, cannot be compare conditions just with a regional railways (alike 'intersity' trains) and an 'international' railways, is not it? Just IMHO, don't for 'flames'. Additional: and I, and Tim is... we are 'conservatives' and lovers of good old technology, and not 'modernists' mans! (I think, Tim will personally confirm this...) Good luck!

@janpf0624 6 жыл бұрын

Chuck Sandos Hi, Chuck. I knew since the first moment from Your comments, and about Tim too. I remember the condition of this line from Štúrovo to Levice via Čata, allows heavy freights powered by Sowiet class of 781 (in the schedule estimated speed 50km/h) and passenger trains consisted of 2 locos class of 735 at the each end of the train and 8 coaches + 2 baggage and service cars (in the peak hours, standart was half of it, in the schedule estimated speed of 90km/h), line maximum allowed speed was 90km/h. I talked about mid '80s. I had good luck, my Grandpa was a locodriver and he gave me a birthday's gift as cab riding on the class of 735 leading freight, and back in the motor railcal class of 810 as passenger train (late '80s) Passenger trains in the noon peak were consisting of 3 motor driving rail cars and 6 trailers (they look same), morning and evening peak 2 motors and 4 trailers, else 1 motor and 2 trailers, line max.speed was 80km/h. (slowly dropping...) Hot summer days we spent by the river Hron, else always have to do something around the backyard or garden.

@ondrejkauzal8969 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, very nice video, again. Just one note. The correct “name” of the vehicle should be T478.1201 as it is a locomotive of (former) class T478.1, since 1988 called class 751. But since it is now rather a “historic looking” vehicle, it bears this old denomination on its plates.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm glad you liked it and thank you for pointing out my error, I have changed the locomotive number to include "T" in the video description. The link to the blogspot has this to say in the last paragraph "Previously also classified as 751.201, it was built by ČKD Praha in 1970 as works number 7693".

@plymptonpleb 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video. There is a real feeling that you are in the centre of Central Europe and that the Atlantic Ocean is a long way away. Also the thought comes that Moldova, Ukraine and the Crimea are not too far ahead and that the invading Mongol army must have passed this way in the thirteenth century. And you can see clearly that there were no physical barriers between the Mongol homeland in Central Asia and Europe to act as a deterrent.

@Timsvideochannel1 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Phil, much of the history in this part of Europe features wars and Empires - Austro-Hungarian Empire, Mongol Empire, Russian Empire, WW1 and WW2. Catching a train to the border with Ukraine is a stark reminder of Europe's past and future.

@imir8atu321 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful ride.PEACE...

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

@danielchovanec6055 5 жыл бұрын

1:05:45 The track towards Drégelypalánk (Hungary), which was dismantled in the 1960s.

@Timsvideochannel1 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the information, Slovakia has done well to keep such a high percentage of its secondary railway lines, unlike my home country Britain where so much of the network was closed in the sixties.

@janpf0624 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Tim. (edited): I travelled this line at last time in 1997, until this time once a two weeks because my Grandparents lived near there. It is rare to me to see there engine class of T478, I remembered only T466.0 (735) and T679.1 (781). The first one used on all passenger trains until they were replaced by railcars class of M152 (810), and light freight trains between Štúrovo and Levice. The second one, imported from the UdSSR, as heavy freight between Štúrovo and Zvolen via Levice. Heartbreaking moments to see the condition of the line, stations, other equipment in this undermaintained state, but there is less reason to keep it up because 4-5 pairs of passenger trains pro workday... Thank You to remind my childhood and I apologize for my not fully positive comment.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, because I don't speak Slovak, I don't understand all that is spoken in the cab, although I have removed around half the speech. I rely on Google Earth, hoping the information listed is correct, in this case there may be some misunderstanding. I have looked again at the route on Google Earth where I can see the river crossed by the railway shortly after the train leaves Čata, when I turn on Google Maps I see the river is the Hron. The branch lines I traveled along during this 2 week tour of Slovakia were very interesting, some were in good order, others looked as though they were rarely used, I live in Britain where most branch lines were closed in the 1960's and 70's. Railways across the world suffered badly at the end of the last century with many lightly used and duplicated lines being closed. Slovakia appears to have fared well with most lines still in place, although some were in need of maintenance. I knew very little about Slovakian railways before my visit, now I know what a "Grumpy" and "Goggles" look like, I am also getting to recognize other classes of locomotives. I'm pleased this video took you back to your childhood days and visiting your Grandparents. I'm going to use Google now to learn more about the locomotives listed in your comment T466.0 (735) and T679.1 (781) along with the railcar.

@janpf0624 6 жыл бұрын

Tim, "Grumpy" made my day, I had to use a dictionary after a long time and finally I realized the loco class of 749, 751, 752. I don't know why, I better use nickname "Busty" or "Bardotka" (yeah, after Brigitte Bardot) thanks to busted front part of the loco. (Germans have alike loco cl.216 nicknamed Lollo after Gina Lollobrigida, same reason). Edited: My fault, because as first I wrote my comment, as second read the description under the video. My foolish behaviour...😞 23:30 Railcar class 810 (M152.0) or later reconstruction, I can't see clearly on my android. Available in English wiki. "Lokomotiva 735" and "lokomotiva 781" are not in English on wiki (I badly surprised...), but I know You will understand technical parametres. I am glad You enjoyed visit of Slovakia. And You have a positive opinion. Finally, the railway enthusiast doesn't see the worst side of things always looks for the better one. My criticism about Slovak railways rose from a frequently use this kind of transport which would to be more usefull as nowadays is required. But I can blame only our goverment which does (did) not care about, and management of all the 3 state owned railway companies...

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Jan, By the end of our tour we were all looking out for "Grumpy's" and "Goggles", both names made us smile - "Goggles" really looked like a locomotive wearing swimming goggles. I'm old enough to remember Brigitte Bardot and young enough at the time to appreciate her. I found some information on the Class 810 Diesel Railcars - www.vagonka.cz/20001.asp?ids=22512 We passed plenty of track gangs maintaining the lines on our tour, suggesting the infrastructure wasn't being neglected too much, better to have a slightly neglected railway than no railway. To me as a visitor, Slovakia looked a really nice place to live, pretty countryside, dramatic mountains, attractive villages and the people we met were very friendly. Governments all over the world get blamed for neglecting their railways.

@janpf0624 6 жыл бұрын

Tim, DMC class of 810 is the most numberous class of vehicles of former ČSD ever. Little correction about traction: I don't know what exactly the producer meant about traction, but my opinion is: hydrodynamic torque converter with automatic gear box sounds better. The most used nickname, mainly in Czech republic, is "Šukafón", free translation with explicit content "Fuckyphone", due to rough run on 2 axles. Just for fun: The class of 371, 372 (ČD) or 180 (DB) has nickname "Bastard", in English "Cross-breed", due to a old fashioned reostathic power controll (required from DR, former Empire railways of East Germany, they did not believe in Skoda works produced pulse modulated pwr controll, while the classes of 162, 163, 263, 362, 363 were developed with). The top is the class of 361 ZSSK, which is reconstructed from the class of 163 (only DC locomotive to AC&DC locomotive, and the max speed from 120 to 160) "Zmrd" as in free translation "Asshole" due to low reliability in the early days of operation, or "Fucked up", because the class of 163 as source class was the most popular between train crews and depot workers as loco with the best reliability, which became as the class of 361 the worst loco.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Jan, it's funny how locomotives are given nicknames, although some of those in your comment are described using rather colourful language. We have trains in the UK similar to the "Šukafón", they too are noted for their rough ride - please click on this link to learn more - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacer_(train) they are usually referred to as Pacers. I Googled "361 ZSSK" to learn more - cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiva_361 - we saw a number of these locomotives during our 2 week tour. "371, 372 (ČD) or 180 (DB)" - vlacky.webgarden.cz/rubriky/lokomotivy-vicesystemove/cd-371-372-bastard-db-180 Thank you for the extra information, I found it interesting to learn a little more about the locomotives we saw. Here in the UK with have locomotive nick names such as Gronk - Class 08, Whistler - Class 40, Growler - Class 37, the Class 66 is generally referred to as a "Shed" because that is what it looks like (cheaply constructed corrugated iron building) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_66 Hopefully I will post the next video this evening or tomorrow, I'd better get on with some work now, for my day job I design and make plastic injection mould tools.

@metropolen2587 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Tim! This video is really awesome. Great thanks for taking it! It also brought me back to teeneger years when I was growing up in the building of Kamenín station. Are you have also video of route Šahy - Krupina - Zvolen? I'd love to look at it. :)

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed it and yes I am working on the video that covers Šahy to Zvolen. The first part will be uploaded later this week.

@metropolen2587 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, that's great :) I'm looking forward to it very much!

@metropolen2587 6 жыл бұрын

I have two videos from Kamenín kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nN9iiKqo17veiJs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJ5lprGIucWnmas.html

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the two videos, it's nice to see the trains from the track side at Kamenín after seeing it from the locomotive.

@gideongoosen 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you live now? Greetings from South Africa.

@robertcoleman4861 4 жыл бұрын

Hello tim,a great scenic journey in a beautiful part of the world,i don't how i missed this one, do they still run passenger trains on this line take care kind regards bob.ps come on down to oz where it's a lot warmer than the old country.

@Timsvideochannel1 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Robert, not all the lines we visited on this tour are still served by passenger trains, although most are, ranging from 4 wheeled rail-buses to quite substantial loco hauled trains. I'd like to be in Oz at the moment, but wife has chosen the next break - Marrakesh (Morocco). I've checked it out on Google, I can take a 3 1/2 hour trip into the desert by train, at least it should be warm 😉

@gardnersmith3580 5 жыл бұрын

That is some mighty fine farmland. This fellow is really wary of road crossings, isn't he? 44:04

@Timsvideochannel1 5 жыл бұрын

The countryside looked very fertile. We had a few near misses at some of the crossings, especially on the little used lines.

@krisiicc14 6 жыл бұрын

Hello,Tim.Nice video.Are you riding now east Europe...Greetings.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

I love the country's that make up Eastern Europe, I can do things, such as ride in the cab and the people are really friendly. Health and safety rules stop me from placing a camera in the cab in many Western European country's, except Switzerland. This was part of a 2 week rail tour around Slovakia, I look forward to sharing more videos from this tour over the coming months.

@ejo5336 6 жыл бұрын

lol that is not a river Ipeľ but Hron river after Čata. Ther river Ipeľ is closer to Šahy

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Oops sorry, I don't speak the language which makes life a little difficult, I rely on Google Earth for my information.

@widyyuwono2268 6 жыл бұрын

nc trip sir

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@neilforbes416 6 жыл бұрын

After a ride with a train pulled by a steam loco on an electrified dual-track line, we have a more common arrangement, non-electric and single track. Nice ride, though.

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Neil, although the train was conventional the sight of a loco hauled passenger train on this line is a very rare sight.

@neilforbes416 6 жыл бұрын

Gee, I wish some volunteer groups could run some trains on a number of our government-abandoned lines. There's one up on the NSW North Coast that uses a rail motor converted to run partially on solar power, with the diesel motor assisting where needed. Such efforts would really shame our state governments into returning full-time services to those affected regions. Three cheers for Albatross Klub!

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

I'll second the three cheers for the Albatros Klub. There is so much freedom in the country's of the form Eastern Europe, when it comes to rail tours, almost anything is possible as you will see as I upload more videos from this excellent tour,

@neilforbes416 6 жыл бұрын

I certainly look forward to your new videos. Cheers, Tim. All the best! :-)

@krisiicc14 6 жыл бұрын

Tim,have you sometimes take...Transsiberian...

@Timsvideochannel1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Maris, I would love to do the Transsiberian one day, but it is very expensive, I'm going to have save hard for that one.