Norwegian steam-up

[rebelego]

Not my video, nor my railway, but I was there. You can see my green loco with LEGO wagons passing now and then. A very nice day and enjoyable event at an awesome garden railway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimYTgV18w0

[pauly]

Got a headache trying to watch that, why it so jerky?

[Big Al]

Low frame rate or more likely poor compression to fit on U-tube, other wise it looked like a good steam up.

[Chris Cairns]

Got a headache trying to watch that, why it so jerky?

I suspect when it was uploaded it got the standard 'we noticed your video is a bit jerky would you like YouTube to correct it' and that option was selected. Never seen it improve a video yet, always seems to make the results worse.

A very nice set-up - I particularly liked the working signals & points. Some very out of scale high speeds with more than one train in section - wonder how many trains contacting another one have been edited out of the video, or all they all just very good drivers?

Chris Cairns.

[rebelego]

Got a headache trying to watch that, why it so jerky?

I suspect when it was uploaded it got the standard 'we noticed your video is a bit jerky would you like YouTube to correct it' and that option was selected. Never seen it improve a video yet, always seems to make the results worse.

I don't know, I didn't make the video, but I guess you are right about the youtube "correction". As you see the video has been "improved" after the text was applied. Though, the first panning parts of the video also show that panning is usually not a good thing, or you have to pan very slowly.

A very nice set-up - I particularly liked the working signals & points. Some very out of scale high speeds with more than one train in section - wonder how many trains contacting another one have been edited out of the video, or all they all just very good drivers?

This was my first event, and I must admit that I was a bit surprised and shocked regarding the very speedy and chaotic traffic.

[andymctractor]

Lovely railway.  I agree with Chris about the You Tube option to get rid of jerky video.  I've tried this a few times and it does make the video worse rather than better.
As for speeds of some trains and 'chaotic' traffic, this is often the case here in the UK also.  I think this allows more visitors to run their trains but of course the odd accident does happen at times.
More prototypical running speeds and traffic control are sometimes insisted upon but this is more likely on the standard gauge garden railways.

[Peter Butler]

Should be posted in the 'How NOT to garden railway' file !

[invicta280]

Lovely railway, and a fine variety of trains. Looks like everyone had a great time. Was that a guy selling sweets for charity I saw?

[rebelego]

Was that a guy selling sweets for charity I saw?

Just giving away for free.

[Andrew]

Just watched this, what fun! Yes, some of the trains were a little fast at times, but it must be a tough line for visitors to drive, lots of steep gradients and sharp curves. Did laugh every time the little green diesel with the loud horn appeared though, reminded me of the bit at the end of the Great St Trinians Train Robbery where there are trains chasing each other all over the place.

And the bloke in the usher outfit dishing out sweets!!! Crazy! Should be compulsory at every steam-up I reckon...

Thanks for posting this - I feel like us Brits ought to run lots of Norwegian stuff at open days after seeing all those Welsh locos charging round a Norwegian garden...

Cheers,

Andrew.