20:14 Sagliains station. The station is equipped with two platforms served by a central platform (accessible only by train) used for passenger service (interchange between the Engadine and Vereina lines) and two platforms equipped with a platform for loading and unloading vehicles from shuttle trains passing through the Vereina tunnel. The platform has no connections with the outside and it is not possible to buy tickets to/from this station, as it is only used for connections between the trains of the two lines (three possible directions) that serve it.
Sagliains station's main business is the operation of the Vereina car shuttle train to Klosters Selfranga. The car loading station is equipped with two loading tracks next to a loading ramp, which stretches along the valley slope. It has a direct connection to the main road through a car tunnel and a covered gallery, which serves, among other things, the waiting road vehicles and has offices for cashiers. There is also a service building with a self-service kiosk. In addition to the transport of cars, Sagliains station also serves as an interchange station between the Scuol-Tarasp-Pontresina regional services and the Scuol-Tarasp-Landquart-Chur-Disentis regional express services. As an interchange station, it only has an island platform without access from the outside. Thus, it is not normally possible to use this station for embarking and disembarking, except for changing trains.
WELL DONE DAVID! Honestly apart from the section of the Vereina tunnel in the tunnel, the line passes through a newly developed tunnel through the mountains connecting the Inn valley to the Rhine basin. Above all it was nice to see the tortuosity of the line from Klosters to Davos and Filisur and connects to the Albulabahn. Thank you for mapping the Engadine Railway Eye. Nice video!
Another great video, and quite timely as I was travelling through that very tunnel just a week ago today! although I was on a St Moritz - Lanquart service, so entered the tunnel on the line from the left that you describe, so this has been very interesting to see. You produce quality content
Thank you for another breathtaking cab ride. This route through the winter landscape was spectacular. Did you change the trains in Klosters Platz when turning around to direction Davos?
A 1:27:30 si intravede a destra, tra gli alberi, il celeberrimo Viadotto Landwasser, probabilmente l'opera più famosa della Ferrovia dell'Albula (patrimonio Unesco!).
Ola!!! Meu amigo .você está bem ? Assisti o video que você gravou com dedicação. Apertei o botão de " LIke ". Quero desejar ao Senhor uma excelente semana. Fica com Deus.
Muito legal esse vídeo, gosto muito desse canal. Uma dica, da próxima vez que vier ao Brasil visite a cidade de São Paulo, pois aqui tem cerca de 300 KM de extensão de linhas de trens urbanos e metrô, tem bastante conteúdo pra você. Abraços
The last main signals worked on the Rhaetian Railway until May 20, 1987, where from 1904 onwards almost the entire main network was gradually equipped with such entry signals, which were improved in some respects. There were neither exit signals nor distant signals; the turning disks served exclusively to protect the station complex, as their original name “final signal” suggests. With the establishment of the route block, light signals were set up, now in the usual arrangement of entry warning signal, entry signal combined with exit warning signal, exit signal. A disused signal remained on the RhB route Davos-Filisur at the western end of the Wiesen Viaduct. Maybe also because Ernst Ludwig Kirchner immortalized this signal in his picture The Bridge near Wiesen. As a monument, signals can be found in the area of the main workshop in Landquart (open to the public) and on Segantinistrasse in Chur.
The Hipp reversible disc signal is mounted on a hollow cast column. This carries a sheet metal disc about 1m in diameter. Until 1877 the disc was painted red on both sides with a white border, but later on one face red with a white diagonal bar and on the reverse white and black, partly chequered, partly with a diagonal bar, or simply painted grey. The change in paint required a mechanical modification: to switch from one signal layer to the other, a quarter turn was initially required. After the conversion, the disc rotated once by 90°, the next time by 270°. Thereafter, the signal has had a unique front and back. Two small white disks are mounted below the large disk and perpendicular to it. They are white on both sides with a black diagonal line or with black quarter segments. The disc can be rotated and shows the approaching train one of two aspects: the red board, which signals “stop”, or the two white discs, which signal "proceed". The small wing discs are primarily used to balance wind forces, thus reducing the actuating force required. The small wings also have the advantage of showing a positive travel signal. Up to 1877, a hole in the middle of the large disc served to mitigate wind forces further. Because the reversible discs were often reused, such perforated discs often found a "second life" as distant signals. The signals were generally arranged to the right of the track in the direction of travel. Apparatus installed after 1930 (all in second or third use) are on the left. The drive works via a weight in the signal mast, which has to be rewound after approx. 200 disc revolutions. The signal is triggered electromagnetically with electricity from a battery (electrical low-voltage pulse) and works more reliably in storms and in winter than reversible windows that are operated with wire pulls. The current pulse always triggers the rotation of the disc in a clockwise direction. It is also noteworthy that the Hipp reversible windows were equipped with an electrical feedback signal. The design as a distant signal was basically the same, the disk was green until 1935, then orange instead of red and mostly only had a lantern on it, which showed a double light via a mirror system. The last distant signal of this kind was in Bischofszell Stadt until February 13, 1975.