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Thread ID: 150491 2022-02-20 08:00:00 Snowing train trip in Norway kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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1484414 2022-02-20 08:00:00 For the train fans. 4K, so on your TV rather than computer.


youtu.be

Ken
kenj (9738)
1484415 2022-02-20 18:53:00 Thank you for that, Ken. Very interesting. I have passed it onto a couple of train enthusiast friends.

I wondered what the three or four flashing lights were for alongside the line.

Great viewing.:)
Roscoe (6288)
1484416 2022-02-20 19:29:00 I wondered the same, is there a universal train signals language or is it the same worldwide? Could have been warning of road crossing ahead, sound horn?

Ken
kenj (9738)
1484417 2022-02-20 19:50:00 For the train fans. 4K, so on your TV rather than computer.
Ken
Nice.

But it wouldn't make any difference viewing on my TV...
piroska (17583)
1484418 2022-02-21 04:23:00 thanks Ken, stunning scenery. Strange not to see smoke from the house chimneys along the way. Super efficient wood burners or different types of heating there I guess. bellbird (6169)
1484419 2022-02-21 05:07:00 thanks Ken, stunning scenery. Strange not to see smoke from the house chimneys along the way. Super efficient wood burners or different types of heating there I guess.

I think Hydro is their forte?

Ken :)
kenj (9738)
1484420 2022-02-22 01:30:00 I wondered the same, is there a universal train signals language or is it the same worldwide? Could have been warning of road crossing ahead, sound horn?

Ken

The sign for the horn is a yellow diamond shaped sign with a horizontal line and sometimes with a vertical line as well. I only remember seeing one level crossing and I don't think that had any sign.

Interesting to note the few false tunnels over the line to stop the avalanches blocking the line. There are similar false tunnels on the Kaikoura coast line which are there to stop rocks falling down the hill hitting the trains or blocking the line. Those tunnels have a name for the type of tunnel but I can't remember what the name is. Anybody know?
Roscoe (6288)
1484421 2022-02-22 05:29:00 I often wondered if the roading engineers ever looked at them to the Manawatu Gorge? Could have precast sections which could have been craned into place then backfilled. There is only a couple of places that was constantly slipping down onto the road.

Ken
kenj (9738)
1484422 2022-02-23 21:57:00 I often wondered if the roading engineers ever looked at them to the Manawatu Gorge? Could have precast sections which could have been craned into place then backfilled. There is only a couple of places that was constantly slipping down onto the road.

Ken

Perhaps the difference is that there is an alternative to the Manawatu Gorge whereas there is no alternative to the Kaikoura Coast.
Roscoe (6288)
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