European tracks are so smooth, like the rails actually looks smooth even when you look at a long stretch of it. Unlike tracks in my country where if you look far enough you could see they're actually wavy.
Fantastic movie, especially Railjet is cool. I lived in Wien for a while 20 years ago, and I miss Intercity train pulled by series 1044 locomotive with red and black coaches which winding through conventional track in Wienerwald at the speed of 80 km/h or so.
Really nice video. Thanks so much for posting. When I was in Austria last year, I had no opportunity to get any train videos so I'm really glad you posted this. The infrastructure that I did see in Austria was absolutely amazing in the sense of what great condition it all seemed to be in. This segment of track seems to be no exception to that. Thanks again for posting such a nice video.
Yes Austria has probably one of the most modern railway systems in the world. So has many other European countries. Now OBB has many Vectrons on order. I assume to replace the old 1144 class? I love watching the videos of the trains going through the Brenner Pass. Greetings from Australia.
@@inevitablecraftslab lol i came from Austria and my expensive ticket cost €59 from Graz to Hamburg… more than 1000km… from Graz to Vienna I buy 9-15 €
Austrian Railways truly giving passengers the treat of the operating speeds that was promised. Quite unlike there being some who advertise of their beautiful high-speed trains' (HST) availability for the experience, but the gimmick pans-out once on the go & all came apparent that they claim to actually operate at safe speeds for that reason or to save, not safe guard anything, but likely their rolling-stock assets or their hide, from having to pay reparations post mishap, shud any happen. Kudos to people who truly live by their promise.
@ themazeRP - At this portion the maximum speed is 250 km/h, trains operates at speeds of up to 230 km/h. Trains are protected by ETCS (European Train Control System Level 2). wien.orf.at/news/stories/2549739/ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bJhWS14dLkU.html infrastruktur.oebb.at/de/geschaeftspartner/schienennetz/dokumente-und-daten/etcs-zugbeeinflussung/etcs-ausbau-karte.pdf infrastruktur.oebb.at/de/geschaeftspartner/schienennetz/dokumente-und-daten/etcs-zugbeeinflussung/etcs-ausbau.pdf
I'm surprised you're allowed to get that close to the track. In the UK a driver would have reported you and you would have soon been moved away or even arrested for trespass on railway property.
Getting arrested in Austria is really difficult, plus rail infrastructure is state-owned anyway and they usually don't care unless you're literally walking on the rails.
@@samanli-tw3id technically it *is* a train: it is operating on the main line between stations. The regulations dont say anything about the minimum length of a train :-)
Do you actually need a permission of the ÖBB to film at spots like that or do you just go to those places with high visiblity jackets and start filming?
Geile Aufnahmen, besonders die Perspektive finde ich klasse. Besonders wenn die Doppeltraktionen der Railjets durchs Bild "knallen" (00:20, 03:28). Heftig auch der Sog der Solo-Taurus bei 1:07 und des Solorailjets bei 01:22 ..
Es sind keine Doppeltraktionen, wie sie noch vor 30-40 Jahren gehandhabt wurden (mit einem zweiten Lokführer hinten, der übers Mikrofon auf die Anweisungen des ersten vorne reagierte), sondern Doppelzüge mit einem einzigen Lokführer.
Das ist sicher jedem klar. Ist ja bei nahezu allen Fernzügen gängige Praxis. Doppeltraktion bedeutet aber ja auch nicht, dass es mehrere Lokführer gibt. Doppeltraktion sagt aus, dass es sich ein eine Mehrfachtraktion mit zwei Einheiten handelt. Und bei einer Mehrfachtraktion "laufen alle diese Fahrzeuge regulär im Zug mit und werden zentral vom ersten Fahrzeug mithilfe einer Mehrfachsteuerung ferngesteuert; das ist eine durch Verbindungskabel geschaffene Fernsteuerung vom vorderen Führerstand zum hinteren Triebfahrzeug. Die einfachste Mehrfachtraktion ist die Doppeltraktion, also das Fahren mit zwei Lokomotiven an einem Zugende bzw. das Kuppeln zweier Triebzüge (siehe auch Flügelung)." (Zitat: Wikpedia) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrfachtraktion Und genau das ist doch hier der Fall?
Dieses Video sehr gut. Nicht geweiste, daß sie, österreichischer diese Züge über etwa 220 km/h laßen. Glaubte, daß nur die ICE und Railjet Superzüge oder in der Amtsprache sagen, die Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge mit 230 oder mehr, schnellergehen. Wenn Normalzüge auch so schnelle, das kan man tun mit unseren v43 Lokomotiven und BZ Triebwagen.
This is absolutely nice in China you cannot see this. HSR EMU and cargo running on same track, and at least get 120-160kph. This is low cost solution that to be studied.
Yes, Austria decided to focus on high capacity and efficiency instead of high speed. The tracks are built to "only" support 250kph, but designed to accomodate all types of traffic. Travel speed for passengers is minimized by providing integrated synchronized timetables, so transfers are quick and efficient - so overall journeys are not really that much slower, but the lines are much cheaper to build and maintain. But, on the other hand, the situation is very much different from China. We just don't have the same passenger numbers in a country of only 8 million inhabitants; so dedicated lines for high speed passenger traffic just aren't worth it.
@@savagedoritos6587 Diesel locomotives are less powerful each than e-locomotives. A Taurus has upwards of 6.000kW whereas Diesel locomotives typically have between 3.000 and 4.000.
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