I was on the train to Eindhoven last Friday evening when the train hit a car just before Boxtel station. I can only imagine how frightening this must have been for the driver, knowing there was little he could do to stop. He was incredibly calm and the train was evacuated within a short time. Luckily, no one was injured…Love watching the videos!
the color of the trees is amazing. another great & interesting journey. your youtube channel is up there with the best on rail travel journeys. cheers from australia 👍👍
Have to say that the HDR video is amazing and renders the fall colours vividly. Again, it takes about a day for RU-vid to fully process this video, but once done it runs great. This, I would think, is a new camera, love it.
Het RU-vid-algoritme heeft mij dit kanaal op een dag aanbevolen. Het was in maart 2020; De pandemie begon en ik bracht een lange tijd thuis door, niet in staat om te werken. Ik raakte erg gesteld op deze vriend die ons af en toe deze prachtige video's gaf, zoals die van vandaag, met zulke prachtige herfstgezichten, en ik zeg dat ik op hem gesteld raakte omdat hij me op zeer moeilijke dagen aangenaam vermaakte, waarin we -letterlijk- gevreesd voor ons leven. Ik herinner me duidelijk de video's die je ons midden in de pandemie liet zien, met halflege en trieste stations en hoe langzaam alles gebeurde. Die video’s nog eens bekijken, ernaar terugkeren, geeft een zekere nostalgie. Een vriendelijke groet, vriend Mr. Driver, uit het zuiden van Chili en aan alle volgers van dit vermakelijke kanaal.
What a treat to see a clean and tidy trackside. Here in the Uk, there are so many old rails left trackside, or in the middle of the running rails. Some have been left there for several years or more!
Some drivers really don't understand how close they are to serious accidents. All it takes is a bit of sand on the road and... no, don't want to think about that. Props to the traindrivers who deal with this sh*t every day and don't just freak out.
And we should extend that to everyone (car, bike, idc, but usually bike) in traffic that compensates for the mistakes (or, more commonly, lack of giving a f about people that are not them) of others in all situations. Cooperation 👌🏻🤠🤌🏻
At 24:18 the motorway is raised up significantly, but there doesn't seem to be anything it actually goes over. Could there have originally been a railway tunnel underneath, leading to that sand excavation you mentioned?
This was my (almost daily) ride for 4 years, now almost 20 year ago as student. Never saw it through the eye of the "Meester" in such quality. And I don't even have HDR on my PC. Phone does have it and it looks awesome.
Wow what is apparently a very smooth ride, even the transitions are smooth. How do they quiet the noise of the wheels when they go over switch points? Coodos to the railway maintenance crews on not having annoying swaying and bouncing,like we have here in the United States. You watch rail videos of trains running in the U.S. and you can in-vision someone getting sea sickness from the movement.
beautiful ride! A usual I used Google maps to chart the route checking out the sights at each station stop. ++ I was curious that you did not use the horn when that vehicle came speeding up to the crossing,
15:55 Ik als spotter die daar best vaak sta is het altijd zo daar. Ze rijden daar altijd met dik 80 en denken altijd nog voor de overgang te kunnen gaan voordat hij sluit. Zelfde met fietsen en brommers. Ik snap niet hoe het amper daar mis is gegaan.
Hi, Nice video, but I have a question. What do the sign mean at station Muiderpoort at 92,4. There are 2 white high lights. Sometimes I see them more often and sometimes they are blinking. On both tracks this signs are there> Hope you can tell me what the meaning of them. Looking forward for more videos. Many thanks and a fine day. Regards, Paul
Leuke video Meester Vincent. Bij10:47 wat is die perronoverkapping mooi geworden van station Ede-Wageningen. En die blauwe pickup kwam wel snel op de overweg af rijden daar kan je als machinist behoorlijk van schrikken. Gelukkig stopte hij op tijd, anders was het een forse klapper geweest met een doden de bestuurder van die auto.
I model in 1/450 T-Gauge, and I'm building an NS layout. I have got a VIRM, and two KopLopers. Nice to see a 1700, I have just bought 4 of them. And there will be more. Count on it. I am a strong advocate of removing all level crossings, and building underpasses for the road traffic. And the biggest like for my scale and layouts? No Graffiti! AT ALL.
My Dad always wanted to return to a place he helped liberate, I was very young and very few stories besides the fantastic people that called it home. Traveling on this line I've seen many stops that the GGFGs also made. Thank You was a surprise ride for me :)
He was a Major in the supply chain for their regiment, The Governor Generals Foot Guards who were actually converted to an Armoured Unit in England before making that trek. He never discussed much except the joy when it all ended, and his scariest moments of the entire campaign being the return trip of the entire Regiment crossing the North Atlantic. He donated a personal photo album of mates to the Regimental Museum many yrs ago. Thanx for asking, yes a proud son :) @@CabviewHolland
Isn't the ODO since it has been reset with maintenance or when the screen is installed? 68000 km in 15 years is only an average of 377 km/month. Intercity trains in the Netherlands will do that in a day easily.
Wat een prachtig uitzicht op de baan en de omgeving naast het spoor! En wat een mooie rijkunst, meester. Ik kijk vaak naar jouw werk omdat het rustgevend én interessant is.
None ;) Depending on the train you get a wider seat and more room for your legs, some have a private reading light, but when you get a Sprinter train the seats are the same shite-seats as in standard class, just offering slightly more room for your legs and a 'seperator' between the standard class and 1st class compartment that is so bad that I don't understand why it's even there in the first place (large gap (30 centimeters/about 12 inch) between end of seperation and 'ceiling')
The pick-up truck driver looked as if they were either going to 'Dodge' or 'Ram'. Fortunately, they chose to 'Dodge' by stopping!!! As you say, the autumnal colours are a sight to behold. What will be replacing the class 1700 locos? Will NS be gettng more Vectrons or 186's (as used on the Amsterdam/Brussel 'top n tails')?
Your desk inspires a question, Is the speed indicated theoretical based on the motors or is it based on a separate wheel pickup on a non-driven wheel? This can be diagnosed by watching the speed indicator when obvious wheel slipping on acceleration happens. If it swings high then speed is either taken off the driven axel or the motor's electrical supply. (The latter might be a motor with a variable speed drive, which seems normal for trains and trams these days,) Colors - oh my gosh the colors. That's the best show I've had in the 55 years since I escaped Mitten (er Michigan) That blue pickup truck sure made a splendid show of wealth not caring about gas mileage (kilometerage?) with his unnecessarily abrupt stop. Gates going down ahead of you means coasting or slightly braking might save you a reacceleration from zero. Probably the driver was too young to have learned how to think yet. 58:50 - that is not what is meant by going green.... {^_-} {^_^}
Ede-Wageningen is mooi, vind ik. Zo'n hoog dak houd de regen natuurlijk niet tegen, maar de kleuren zijn mooi. Ik woonde vroeger in Weert, dat een klassiek en daar door beetje triest en donker Nederlands station heeft. Dank je wel voor weer een mooie rit! ~ Maarten
Very interesting and informative journey. I immediately recognized the approach to Abcoude when i spotted the 2 church spires on the west side horizon. Abcoude is the birthplace of my sons' maternal grandmother, and so they have visited it with me and with their mother over the years and we have been on this train route several times. Thank You for generating a lot of happy memories!
In de playlist Dutch Railway Signals vind je een uitleg van de meeste seinen. Misschien dat ik in de toekomst in een film bij elk sein een uitleg geef.
😅zo dat was weer even een mooie rit,ja ik heb de 1707 met de DDAR rijtuigen van Marklin digitaal. bedankt voor deze mooie rit,fijn weekend Mr:Vincent. greetz:🍐:Peer. 🍻cheers.
😊vroeger was spoor 4 de aansluiting op de Maliebaan,heb de goderentreinen nog live meegemaakt die door het spoorweg museum reden,wel een tijdje terug,was wel leuk.😊
That Roof is quite Snazzy Looking modern and station coming along well at Ede shame they cant do something about platform 1 to the right of your cab and makeit part of the station on the single line
Mooie rit net een hersftkleuren aankleding. Nog 2 vraagjes 1: heeft de spoorlijn van Amstel tot Muiderpoort nog een andere naam. ( aangezien dit deel later als de rest van de lijn is gebouwd ) - 2: 4m14s is de spoorlijn in 1839 of 1843 geopend ?
Dankjewel! Voor zover ik weet heeft de spoorlijn Muiderpoort - Amstel geen bijnaam. De spoorlijn is vanaf 1843 aangelegd, dus 1839 klopt niet. Goed gezien! In toekomstige videos zal ik dat aanpassen.
Are sales of spray paint high in the Netherlands? Was on a virm recently some idiot had painted the toilet do they have any idea of the cost to put it right?
@@limaalfacharlie5801 For a vehicle that is ultra rare here, unless the crossing stays closed to long as a result of a failure or a train not departing.
Is the odometer value at the start of the video missing some digits? If a 15 year old train has driven 68,000 km, that averages to 17,11 km per day. Seems a little low...
Kan ik me ook te veel aan ergeren. Ook fietsers die met volle snelheid lijken alsof ze voor je neus gaan oversteken wat ze niet zouden halen, en dan vol in die remijzers, en nog een bandje onder de boom door… mensen beseffen zich niet wat ze doen soms
Some really nice fall colors starting to set in! Very pleasant ride, as always! Oh, and if it were me, every crossing would make me really nervous! BTW, do you ever have to honk your horn? [Greetings from Tucson]
In the Netherlands, drivers (or engineers, as you'll put it) aren't required to sound the whistle when approaching a guarded crossing [anyone correct me if there are exceptions]. With a lot of crossings being within or adjacent to urban areas, sounding the whistle means noise pollution. You might want to consider the Netherlands a country having many US Quiet Zones, parts along the lines where engineers are allowed to only sound the bell when approaching a crossing, in order to prevent said pollution. :)
@@markdees5347 Hi Mark ... thanks so much for the reply. It is quite noticeable as I "ride-along" European trains on RU-vid that hearing a horn is really rare! Very nice that the noise pollution is minimized. Also, the "civilians" in cars and on the ground there all seem to understand the train ain't gonna stop for them!! Not so here in the US! Lots and lots of honking, and train/vehicle/pedestrian collisions aren't uncommon. I'd guesstimate one/month just here around Tucson. The electrification of the trains in Europe is really nice, too ... cuts down on both noise and air pollution. [Greetings from Jim in Tucson]
@@AZqyc I think it's different when trains (usually) are (relatively) short passenger trains that travel at full speed (100 to 140 km/h depending on the line) in The Netherlands compared to very long, and usually slow freight trains in the USA. If a passengertrain flies by while you are driving 100 km/h on the motorway, you know there's some serious speed involved. Using the horn is only done when danger arises or when required by track-signage (or when the horn has not been tested yet (has to be done every shift or 24 hours, can't remember which one of the two) I think it's better this way. Now, when a traindriver uses the horn, it stands out. And you also can tell what the horn is used for: a long single (and usually: low) tone is usually used when a train driver suddenly spots danger. A short single toned 'toot-toot' or low to high or high to low is usually used to greet someone down the line. The fact we don't honk also has to do with frequencies: many places see trains every 30 minutes in both directions now. When that happens some 12 hours a day (or more), and you throw a couple of intercity trains in the mix (and, depending on the line, some freight as well), you're talking about a near constant concert of train horns through densily populated areas. We wouldn't put up with this ;) If you want to get an idea what it sounds like, search for 'What if Dutch rail road crossings sounded different' on my channel.
I did Fire & EMS for 20 years and got to see the results of people who were impatient or lacked situational awareness. Hope that was as close a call of being involved in an accident.
Looks like that blue pick-up truck that waited until the last second to stop was an American Dodge/Ram pick-up. BTW: the fall foliage was awesome, very beautiful.
Yeah, quite a lot of those are in the netherlands because of certain tax loop holes. Some of them adhere to the stereotype that comes with a big car. But even the biggest cars on the roads are still 500 to 1000 times lighter than your average intercity train...
De kap bij Ede-Wageningen ziet er mooi uit, al mis ik de wachtruimtes. Bij guur en winderig weer zijn die onmisbaar(!). Niemand wilt in de (koude) tocht zitten lijkt me... Edit: En ik zou spoor twee terug leggen. Met de wissels naar de Kippenlijn, en de Rijnspoorweg zodat goederen treinen kunnen worden ingehaald en andersom, en zodat reizigers- en excursietreinen makkelijker kunnen keren/kopmaken (denk dan bijv. aan locomotieven met een rijtuigenstam).
Toen ik in Breukelen woonde, op +-200 'm oostelijk van het Amsterdam Rijnkanaal, heb ik ooit gehoord dat een auto 2 keer door een trein gegrepen werd. Waarschijnlijk zelfmoord.
Mooie treinreis Meester. Dankjewel. Mooie herfstkleuren. Inderdaad schrok ik van de blauwe auto. Deze gingwel erg hard naar de overweg en remde erg laat. Schrok jij ook? Gebeurt dit vaak. Ik wens niet. Het maakt jouw belangrijk werk niet rustiger door...
Komt best vaak voor, maar ik zie gelukkig ook vaak mensen met een verstandige snelheid op de overweg af rijden, en waar het kan ook nog eens meer afstand nemen.
There were several reconstructions in the past. I always mention the last big change. I plan on doing more detailed, one time videos for each line in the future.
There is much to like about this video, but what impressed me most is, how clean and tidy the permanent way it is, no junk, no discarded rails. Privatisation in the UK as a led to nobody caring.
Railtracks in the Netherlands are built and maintained bij a private but mainly state owned company named Prorail. Trains themselves are owned by other private companies, like NS (Dutch Railroad), Arriva, Breng or other companies. Those companies also run buslines and other public transport in the Netherlands. So it is quite clear where responsibilities are. Because any dirt on the tracks can be dangerous as they tend to make the rails slippery, and because of safety on the tracks they usually are fenced off.
Dat de trams niet reden in Utrecht zal wel komen door een storing denk ik. Ik studeer in Utrecht en het komt wel eens voor dat de trams niet rijden vanwege een bepaald soort storing. Apart, want die specifieke lijn is vrij nieuw: nog geen vier jaar open.
There are barriers and flashing lights, so this was obvioisly aggressive behaviour. If this would have been a crossing without barriers I would have made an emergency stop and used the horn.
@CabviewHolland Zijn die loc's al zo oud dan? De 1700 serie is toch een gepimpte 1600 Loc? En de grote vraag is dan welke Loc's gaan dan rijtuigen richting Berlijn slepen? Gaan de Traxx dat doen omdat ze nu langzaam vrij komen omdat de wespen de intercity-direct langzaam vervangen??
@@CabviewHolland Aha, dus zijn zo'n slordige 30 jaar meegegaan, geen idee of dat een korte of lange levensduur is voor een loc, maar het zij zo. Dank voor je informatie. 👍👍
Honestly, I see all kinds of people driving up to situations like that in which they know they have to wait, but for some reason decide that having to wait longer for driving up as fast as possible to a red light is apparently better than to just coast... My driving instructor always mentioned cars showing that type of behavior and asked his students to keep the car in mind if they could, because more often than not, we'd meet them at the next intersection: they didn't advance quicker than us, but only drove overly aggressive towards situations in which they had to stop.
That, plus the fact that the soil is quite solid there (I believe?), often makes me think that the Arnhem - Utrecht part could be a nice candidate for upgrading to 200km/h. Although that would also require a serious upgrade to the electrification and train protection systems, and some trackwork to increase capacity and pull platforms away from the through lines. The through lines on the Utrecht - Amsterdam part were actually designed with 200km/h in mind, but the soil there is rather soggy, so I'm not sure I see that work well without a lot more maintenance to pull the newly formed bumps out of the tracks all the time.
Die viel mij ook op. Mijn eerste ingeving was de nachttrein Schiphol - Maastricht, maar die had dan wel vele uren vertraging. misschien was het een extra trein voor gezelschapsvervoer.
I know what you mean about car/truck drivers. In my part of England they have an irritating habit of accelerating when the road lights turn on and only braking after the barriers lower. Our half-barrier crossings are train-activated, so there's only 30 seconds between the lights turning on and the train passing, so they're just being impatient. :( It's not that unusual to pass over a crossing after seeing a car driven like that and it's half-way across the traffic lanes at the crossing, meaning that the driver seriously considered passing the barrier and driving across in front of the train. Even the smallest, 1 carriage, railcars (which we no longer use) weigh 41 tons; it will always win against a car! My least favourite crossings are something I don't think you have in NL: the AOCL ("Automatic Open Crossing, Locally monitored"), which is a road crossing without barriers, only the red flashing lights, activated by the train and with a white flashing light at train braking distance which tells the train driver that the road lights are working correctly. The maximum permitted train speed for those crossings is (in my area) 55 mph (~90 km/h), and there's *nothing* to stop an idiot car or truck driver ignoring the lights and driving out in front of the train. Thankfully they're being retro-fitted with half-barriers now, but there's still open crossings in use. And then there's the User Worked Crossings, which are mostly on private tracks to farms or between fields. I've had fatalities on UWCs... I'm intrigued that you don't sound the horn at people trackside. It's mandatory in the UK. Oh, and I hope you enjoyed your food. I heard the wrapper noise and instantly knew what it was because I do the same too. 😀 Stay safe!
UWCs are closed rapidly now over here finally after a serious accident at Hooghalen in 2020, those still in use have a speed restrion of 90 km/h. There are still some public crossings with just lights (AKI). Heritage railway lines still have crossings with just a road sign, accidents still happen there from time to time..
@@CabviewHolland We still have road crossings here with just a road sign; there's one on a route I work. It has a 10 mph (~15 km/h) speed restriction, and a history of near misses. The UWCs on the same section of line have been retrofitted with red & green lights but for some reason this road crossing allegedly can't be - and the next level allowed today is an OD crossing (Obstacle Detection - full barriers with radar rather than cameras) which are ridiculously expensive, so there's no funds. Until someone dies, of course 😔
@@CabviewHolland As for UWCs, there are so many it's unreal although Network Rail are slowly buying out the rights and closing them where they can. One of the routes I work has an average (including footpath crossings, many of which haven't been used by anyone for decades) of one crossing every kilometre. I couldn't even tell you where most of them are!
Ik heb dit ook vaak met fietsers dat ze aan de verkeerde kant van de weg op het laaste moment remmen. En dan is er geen spoorboom om je evt tegen te houden.
Weer een mooie opname, zeker met al dat gekleurde blad aan de bomen. Wat betreft die situatie bij Ede, mensen beseffen niet hoe snel de trein bij hub is vanaf het moment dat de bellen en, lampen aangaan. Ik weet het we, 25 seconden. Kan me voorstellen dat direct machinisten dan direct op scherp staan. Zo snel kan je niet stilstaan Over de verbouwing van station Ede-Wageningen ( mensen beseffen niet dat dit station midden in Ede ligt en, Wageningen 8 kilometer verderop maar, vindt het ontwerp persoonlijk niet mooi.
Beetje dramatische titel en texten in de video. Nee snap dat het niet fijn is maar als automobilist op de weg maak je dat continu mee. Ik vond het 'hoge snelheid' nog wel meevallen, hij hoefde geen noodstop te maken :) Erg felle overgesatureerde kleurtjes, maar dat maakt deze herfst video toch mooi om naar te kijken!
Het valt op de film inderdaad wel mee, en de kijker weet natuurlijk dat het niet slecht afloopt. Ik kan je verzekeren dat in werkelijkheid waarschijnlijk ook jij hartkloppingen had gehad. De bruingele tinten heb ik iets aangedikt. Op alle schermen die ik ter beschikking heb ziet het er geweldig uit, maar ik heb ervaring dat er veel devices en monitors zijn die van zichzelf al behoorlijk overgesatureerd zijn, vooral Samsungs. Misschien daar rekening mee houden en iets subtieler graden.
I despair over the crass stupidity of almost all UK car drivers, especially where the ownership unnecessarily large vehicles and excessive speed is concerned. People don't seem to get that often it is their own selfish desires that cause legislators to enact the sanctions they hate so much. It is sad to think that you have factions in the Netherlands who are little better. I find I spend all my time whilst driving trying to predict what idiotic moves other drivers are going to make. It must be horrific when to see a large vehicle being driven towards the path of the train your are driving; it's not just your own life that flashes in front of your eyes but all your passengers and train crew too! There is a simple mantra many behind the steering wheel need to invoke: "LESS SPEED, MORE INTELLIGENCE!"
Ik hoor graag op welk display je kijkt. Wellicht een samsung device of tv? Die geven vaak een overdreven kleurrijk beeld en zeker een tv dient behoorlijk bijgesteld te worden voor een natuurlijke weergave.
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