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I am indulging in one of my favorite pastimes - watching train videos. A few moments ago I found one showing the steam operated line between Oberwald and Realp in Switzerland. The line was closed when the base tunnel was completed in 1981, allowing year- around train services, while the mountain line had to close for operation in each September. After a few years of laying dormant, the line was resurrected by the members of a preservation society formed immediately after the line had been closed. It took thousands and thousands of hours of volunteer labor to bring the line back to life. Even more thrilling is the fact, that a crew of people went to Vietnam, to where the original steam locos had been sold to in the early 1950´s, after the line was electrified in 1942. Bringing back the locos from that Vietnamese mountain village must have been some adventure. The locos were restored from rusty hulks to working order in Germany. I was able to ride the line as a 10 year old in 1966, not behind a steam engine, but one of the old electrics from the days of electrification - the one in my avatar! Enjoy the following video: <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fmrM5dfBHfc" width="425" height="350"></iframe>
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