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🚆 Long distance cargo cab ride on a fuel train (Cab Ride Switzerland | Olten - St. Margrethen)
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🚆 Long distance cargo cab ride on a fuel train (Cab Ride Switzerland | Olten – St. Margrethen)



We‘re sitting in one of total two locomotives in front of a fuel train filled with Diesel and we‘re ready to depart. The train started out in Cossonay in the french part of Switzerland, was handed over to us in Olten Hammer and we‘re taking it to St. Margrethen, all the way in the northeast of Switzerland, very close to the Austrian and German Border at Lake Constance.

A steep grade of 2% awaits us between St. Gallen and St. Margrethen and due to the weight of the train, it can‘t simply be held on speed with the dynamic brakes. Therefore, the trains speed is controlled with the „sawtooth“ braking method: Applying the brakes more than necessary, slowing the train down significantly and then releasing the brakes entirely, so the train slowly gains speed again, the brakes may cool down and recover, then the process is repeated. This is a very common method for heavy trains on steeper grades. The train consists of 20 fuel tank wagons, 10 of them are delivered to St. Margrethen, the other 10 are pulled up the hill again and reach their destination in St. Gallen Winkeln.

Since there was a lot of communication during the shunting sequence at the end of the video, I have muted it and replaced it with music instead. Music credits at the end of this description.

Locomotive: 2x Re 425
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Music in shunting scene:

“My Train’s A Comin'” by Unicorn Heads

“Beauty Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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34 Comments

  1. Herbert Basta

    Dies ist ein hochinteressantes Video von Ihnen!!! Ich habe viele Signaleinstellungen gesehen, die ich so noch nicht kannte! Aber ich bin nach
    wie vor der Meinung, dass die Schweiz ein sehr schönes Land ist :-))) Mit den allerbesten Grüßen aus Bad Vöslau in Niederösterreich!

  3. Amitesh Raikwar

    In person I don't know whether in this life but your video make to have a feel of being their and experience real beauty

  5. Richard Long

    Since the pandemic hit I decided to watch train trip video so if and when travel resumes I can take some of these trip in person so these video offer me a way to scope out these routes
    ahead of time, much thanks for posting your train journey online.

  6. dronf

    2:24:27 – 2:25:16 Auf der rechten Seite sieht man noch die alte eingleisige Streckenführung. Aufgrund von Hangabsenkungen führt die Strecke nun über das im Jahre 1982 eröffnete Galgentobel Viadukt.

  13. Jezbo 78

    Fantastic video and lovely journey. Thank you for uploading. Where did these locos go at the end of the video?

  14. John Gottuso

    The nervous politician consequently step because patch suddenly unpack in a selfish opera. closed, careless novel

  22. Swiss_TrainFan

    Sehr schönes Video zum geniessen.😎👍
    Darf ich fragen, welche Lok du lieber fährst? Die Re 4/4 II oder die Re 425?
    Oder welche fährt sich besser…😃

  23. Dusty River

    Very cool, thanks for posting! First cab view of a freight I've seen. Satisfying trip without all of the passenger station stops. I'm surprised Swiss trains run on the left; I'd have thought it would have been on the right as in the neighboring countries. EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention, It was a highlight of the trip to pass by the Tobler plant. Used to love their butterscotch candies as a kid!

  25. Monika Pernet

    Super schön, grossartig!! Aber, Energie bzw. Strom sparen ?? -> wieso werden 900 Tonnen von St. Gallen Winkeln bergaufwärts auf St. Gallen, dann hinunter nach St. Margrethen, wiederum auf nach St. Gallen und abwärts nach St. Gallen Winkeln geführt ?? Hier hätte die 165 Meter auf die Abstellgeleise "parkieren" können das sowieso auch noch einen Traktor vorhanden ist (Zeit = 2:09)

  31. Volodymyr Karpyak

    Congratulations!

    00:23 Olten Hammer

    03:38 Olten

    07:51 Dulliken

    10:11 Däniken

    12:22 Schönenwerd

    15:34 Aarau

    22:19 Rupperswil

    24:45 Wildegg

    25:53 Holderbank

    27:41 Schinznach Bad

    31:23 Brugg

    34:19 Turgi

    38:10 Baden

    40:52 Wettingen

    44:52 Würenlos

    47:09 Otelfingen

    47:50 Otelfingen Golfpark

    49:34 Buchs-Dällikon

    51:37 Regensdorf-Watt

    53:53 Zürich Affoltern

    55:44 Zürich Seebach

    1:07:13 Opfikon

    1:08:38 Kloten Balsberg

    1:09:51 Kloten

    1:15:42 Bassersdorf

    1:19:34 Effretikon

    1:22:29 Kemptthal

    1:27:00 Winterthur

    1:30:32 Winterthur Grüze

    1:31:42 Winterthur Hegi

    1:33:06 Räterschen

    1:33:55 Schottikon

    1:37:27 Elgg

    1:39:50 Aadorf

    1:41:33 Guntershausen

    1:44:19 Eschlikon

    1:47:23 Sirnach

    1:50:01 Wil

    1:52:53 Schwarzenbach

    1:55:44 Algetshausen-Henau

    1:57:57 Uzwil

    2:02:11 Flawil

    2:05:58 Gossau

    2:09:11 St. Gallen Winkeln

    2:11:52 St. Gallen Bruggen

    2:16:07 St. Gallen

    2:19:27 St. Gallen St. Fiden

    2:26:36 Mörschwil

    2:32:23 Goldach

    2:34:23 Rorschach Stadt

    2:36:02 Rorschach

    2:37:54 Staad

    2:41:35 Rheineck

    2:45:52 St. Margrethen

    2:53:03 St. Margrethen

    2:58:30 Rheineck

    3:02:34 Staad

    3:06:37 Rorschach

    3:08:20 Rorschach Stadt

    3:09:40 Goldach

    3:14:30 Mörschwil

    3:20:41 St. Gallen St. Fiden

    3:23:06 St. Gallen

    3:26:16 St. Gallen Bruggen

    3:28:45 St. Gallen Winkeln

  32. leo ventura

    Boa noite. Muito bom o vídeo. Só não entendi o porque ir até aquela estação para depois voltar, sendo que já tinha passado por essa?.

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