This cab ride is a collaboration with Andreas Perren and Daniel Felix from https://fuehrerstandsmitfahrten.ch. They were the first to film every single railway line in Switzerland and their collection is available for purchase. We're grateful to have them on board to showcase a selection of their videos here on YouTube. They’ve also shared other videos on the channel youtube.com/lorirocks777. Be sure to stop by and say hello!
Welcome aboard the Zentralbahn (formerly Luzern-Stans-Engelberg LSE) on this beautiful autumn day in 2010. We begin in Engelberg, a picturesque village nestled in the heart of the Swiss Alps, renowned for winter sports and particularly ski jumping. Today, our journey takes us along the old rack and pinion route, which was replaced by a new tunnel in December 2010, just a few weeks after this cab ride was filmed. This film is a historic document that can never be recreated again, since the line you're about to see no longer exists.
With gradients of up to 246‰, the rack and pinion section required low speeds and did not allow for trains to pass each other. The new tunnel reduces the gradient to a comparatively moderate 105‰, enables longer trains and shortens the travel time between Lucerne and Engelberg from 61 to 47 minutes. Additionally, the transport capacity more than doubled, increasing from 400 passengers per hour to 1000.
But of course, we’re not here for the tunnel. Sit back, relax and enjoy this historic cab ride through the stunning Swiss countryside. Many thanks to Andreas and Daniel for their fantastic cab ride!
Locomotive/EMU: Zentralbahn BDeh 140
Train stops at:
Engelberg
Obermatt
Grafenort
Wolfenschiessen
Dallenwil
Stans
Stansstad
Hergiswil
Horw
Kriens Mattenhof
Lucerne
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