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Posted: **Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:10 pm**

I found this video on YouTube yesterday. It's train related, but not a garden railway. The quality of the recording is stunning, as are the colours and traction. I would certainly recommend watching on as big a screen as possible to enjoy the splendour. An excellent way to while away 37 minutes.
https://youtu.be/2PcaUncoln8

Posted: **Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:32 am**

Very nicely-filmed. I wonder why the tender wheelset has a cog on it's axle..

Posted: **Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:07 am**

That's ridiculously steep in places.

Rik

Posted: **Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:51 pm**

Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:32 am Very nicely-filmed. I wonder why the tender wheelset has a cog on it's axle..

I think it's a third connection to the rack. Obviously the tender and loco are a set and presumably the weight of the tender (especially when loaded) helps with adhesion on those ridiculously steep parts!

EDITED to add: Does anyone know what the conductor was doing with those wheels on the carriage front? Presumably it's to do with braking, but I couldn't understand the backwards and forwards spins

Posted: **Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:18 pm**

Again, it's the other way around, it's garden train related, but has a real model.

https://www.mylargescale.com/threads/mt ... ild.90900/

in Action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeb2xgGG-o

Also very worth seeing

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

Posted: **Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:55 am**

SKGLB wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:18 pm Again, it's the other way around, it's garden train related, but has a real model.

https://www.mylargescale.com/threads/mt ... ild.90900/

in Action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeb2xgGG-o

Also very worth seeing

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

That's simply incredible.

Posted: **Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:13 am**

SKGLB wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:18 pm Again, it's the other way around, it's garden train related, but has a real model.

https://www.mylargescale.com/threads/mt ... ild.90900/

in Action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeb2xgGG-o

Also very worth seeing

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

Thanks Gerald,
That is a lovely model, and your link to that forum answers my question re. braking, whilst revealing another surprise - the loco and carriage are not coupled! So the brakeman has a very real job on the descent journey.

Posted: **Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:24 am**

I recently learned that it's common practice on steep railways to use gravity instead of couplings, so that in the case of an engine falling off the tracks (as one infamously did on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in 1896), the carriage isn't pulled off as well.

Posted: **Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:21 pm**

Well, we don't have such ridiculous climbs as Mt. Washington, but our Schafbergbahn doesn't have to hide either.
A difference in altitude of 1200 meters (3937 ft) is overcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A849T3Gc1VI

It is run with the original steam-powered (very rare) locomotives or with newer oil-fired or diesel railcars.

Sorry for bringing this older thread back from obscurity.

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

who lives very close to this cog railway, but has never conquered the mountain with it

Posted: **Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:16 pm**

That's quite an impressive peak! Fascinating video, thanks for sharing!

Posted: **Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:20 pm**

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:16 pm That's quite an impressive peak! Fascinating video, thanks for sharing!

You're welcome.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:59 am**

SKGLB wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:21 pm Well, we don't have such ridiculous climbs as Mt. Washington, but our Schafbergbahn doesn't have to hide either.
A difference in altitude of 1200 meters (3937 ft) is overcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A849T3Gc1VI

It is run with the original steam-powered (very rare) locomotives or with newer oil-fired or diesel railcars.

Sorry for bringing this older thread back from obscurity.

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

who lives very close to this cog railway, but has never conquered the mountain with it

Beautiful line, certainly better looking locos than the Yanks.

Posted: **Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:23 am**

Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:59 am Schöne Linie, sicherlich besser aussehende Loks als die Yanks.

But technically very interesting. The 4 cylinder drive and the simplicity of the design of the locomotives are unique. I like them very much.

I don't want to brag

, but in the state of Tyrol-Austria there is also a beautiful cog railway, the Achenseebahn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKGZ0OM6r5o

Oldest steam rack railway in Europe, climbs 440 meters in altitude over a distance of 7 kilometers.

Greetings, Gerald

Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:20 pm**

SKGLB wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:21 pm Well, we don't have such ridiculous climbs as Mt. Washington, but our Schafbergbahn doesn't have to hide either.
A difference in altitude of 1200 meters (3937 ft) is overcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A849T3Gc1VI

It is run with the original steam-powered (very rare) locomotives or with newer oil-fired or diesel railcars.

Sorry for bringing this older thread back from obscurity.

Greetings from Austria, Gerald

who lives very close to this cog railway, but has never conquered the mountain with it

I have ridden on this railway, and have 'conquered' the Schafberg mountain!
With my wife, I walked up the mountain from St. Wolfgang, enjoyed "zwei kleine biere und apfelkuchen", and then rode down the mountain pulled by one of the original steam engines.
The view from the top is stunning, as were the views as we walked up, although at times my wife found the views a little too precipitous. Such language!

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