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Hi guys! Let us introduce ourselves! We are three college-days roommates, current friends and colleagues, and we are working as railway engineering professionals in different fields.
Here on Railways Explained we strive to cover a variety of topics related to railway transport with the aim to deepen public interest in railways, ultimately creating a global online community where regardless of whether you are a railway enthusiast, student, worker, or expert, you can definitely find something insightful and interesting.
Through the creation of high-quality educational rail-related videos, we aim to promote railways as an efficient and sustainable mode of transport, and also to assist anyone interested in railways to comprehend the various aspects and mechanisms necessary for operating a single train on the railway network.
Those aspects and mechanism are many, sometimes they are not so simple, but we believe, with your help and support, we'll be able to keep this train rolling!
Here on Railways Explained we strive to cover a variety of topics related to railway transport with the aim to deepen public interest in railways, ultimately creating a global online community where regardless of whether you are a railway enthusiast, student, worker, or expert, you can definitely find something insightful and interesting.
Through the creation of high-quality educational rail-related videos, we aim to promote railways as an efficient and sustainable mode of transport, and also to assist anyone interested in railways to comprehend the various aspects and mechanisms necessary for operating a single train on the railway network.
Those aspects and mechanism are many, sometimes they are not so simple, but we believe, with your help and support, we'll be able to keep this train rolling!
How Do Trains Operate in Harsh Arctic Conditions?
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In this video, we delve into the fascinating world of heavy haul rail transport in the Arctic Circle, focusing on the Malmbanan line in Sweden and its extension, the Ofotbanen in Norway. Join us as we uncover the history, engineering marvels, and operational challenges of the only European railway line that meets the International Heavy Haul Association criteria.
What You'll Learn:
Historical Significance: Discover the late 19th-century origins of the Malmbanan line, built to transport iron ore from Kiruna and Pajala to the ports of Luleå and Narvik.
Engineering Feats: Learn about the electrification of the line in 1915, the increase in axle loads from 25 to 30 tons, and the infrastructure enhancements that made this possible.
Operational Insights: Understand the role of LKAB, the state-owned Swedish mining company, in transforming from a mere miner to a major player in railway transport.
Modern Challenges: Explore the impact of harsh Arctic conditions on railway operations, including maintenance struggles and recent derailments.
Future Prospects: Hear about ongoing efforts to modernize the line with ERTMS signaling and the potential for track doubling to improve capacity and safety.
Why Watch?
If you're fascinated by rail transport, engineering, or Arctic adventures, this video is a must-watch. We provide in-depth analysis, historical context, and stunning visuals of one of the world's most unique heavy haul railways.
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In this video, we delve into the fascinating world of heavy haul rail transport in the Arctic Circle, focusing on the Malmbanan line in Sweden and its extension, the Ofotbanen in Norway. Join us as we uncover the history, engineering marvels, and operational challenges of the only European railway line that meets the International Heavy Haul Association criteria.
What You'll Learn:
Historical Significance: Discover the late 19th-century origins of the Malmbanan line, built to transport iron ore from Kiruna and Pajala to the ports of Luleå and Narvik.
Engineering Feats: Learn about the electrification of the line in 1915, the increase in axle loads from 25 to 30 tons, and the infrastructure enhancements that made this possible.
Operational Insights: Understand the role of LKAB, the state-owned Swedish mining company, in transforming from a mere miner to a major player in railway transport.
Modern Challenges: Explore the impact of harsh Arctic conditions on railway operations, including maintenance struggles and recent derailments.
Future Prospects: Hear about ongoing efforts to modernize the line with ERTMS signaling and the potential for track doubling to improve capacity and safety.
Why Watch?
If you're fascinated by rail transport, engineering, or Arctic adventures, this video is a must-watch. We provide in-depth analysis, historical context, and stunning visuals of one of the world's most unique heavy haul railways.
Support Our Channel:
Subscribe: Don't miss out on more amazing railway stories. Subscribe to Railways Explained for regular updates.
Join: Consider supporting us on Patreon or UA-cam Membership to help us continue bringing you high-quality content.
Watch Now and Share Your Thoughts:
Engage with our community by leaving a comment, liking the video, and sharing it with fellow railway enthusiasts. Your feedback is invaluable to us!
#railway #engineering #extreme
Special thanks to all our Patrons: Brendan McKeon, Linda Vainomae-Hoffmann, Andrew Saffrey, Myron York, Tim McKeoun, Bill, Nathan Walls, Ben Meakings, Alex Zaslavsky, Marcelli, Korawich Kavee, Paul L, Dale Winke, Lucas Richter, Misha, Xosé F. Estrada, panic, Mårten Hammarstrand, Ben Meakings, Hendrik Hinrichs, Robert P. Walsh, Julian Baumann, Tmcc2022, Ian Brooks, An Oni Moose, Jeremy Samuel Ross, Andrew McFarland, and Mind K.
► Stay connected with us on social media:
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800 billion of US debt in the UK and can't sort out Brimington to Manchester.
I disliked the video just because of A HARSH ACCENT
We know it, so we are reluctant to know more about Maglev train, we need now huge numbers of Bullet trains and semi Bullet train in our India, as our country is a development country, here most of the people are poor, so our common people can't afford it, It is suitable for developed countries, JaiHind jaiBharat,
Now, Russia manufactures 95% of the High speed train components of their speed trains, thanks to sanctions. You got totally wrong. 😂😂
Can you please do Philippines it's my country and has a lot of future rail expansions projects and corporations with Japanese Departments for new trains
This project just will never completed, because the people is cow minded tho, the people doesn't want progression of the nation, and just stuck to rotting and becoming increasingly stupid instead of thinking long and advancing the country, even the human resources are also bad, still very stupid and stinks, it won't work until the armagedon if the people also won't change, they are too stupid to think in a long term utility.. But it was funny af tho😂😂😂..
It's super quiet too, I cycled along the Lulea bit and was pleasantly surprised
It would be interesting that you make one talking about the environmental disaster caused by vulcan materials in the same area of mexico to produce the shote chip to produce roads un the USA, or is not that one an irreparable ecological disaster, because is mada with USA money and operation? Or only the mexc8ans can causa damaged to themselves?
How can you build a new supposedly high speed rail system and end up with a *worse* system than the Swedish HSR system, which consists of running faster trains on old lines shared with freight and local services with minimal upgrades. At least X2000 runs at 200 km/h and many of the local services use trains technically capable of 200 or close to as well.
Now do episode on driver accomodations. On long intercity trips do they have lot of downtime?bed, kettle like truck drivers? microwave oven?
Being from the US, I am so impressed by how much emphasis The Netherlands places on transportation, and they are very organized about it as well. I wish we had a system like that here, but we only have it in big cities, and for long distances that from my own experience are slow, grueling rides. Most of Europe is light years ahead of US when it comes to public transportation.
👎👎👎👎Video auf Englisch, trotz Deutschem Titel. 👎👎👎
This is a lesson for the world. You cannot trust NATOstan.
Theres one in korea Its called the KTX / Korean Train eXpress
Propaganda.
Funny that you used photos of the Roco models of the LKAB IORE locomotives and hopper cars. These models are difficult to find these days. And modelling an entire train is probably never going to happen. 🙂
I live in Australia
FLIP THAT, THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT 1:58
I think the reason why there hasn't been many updates about the bombardier project is because of the fact that the different governments over the years have sabotaged trafikverkets budget or should I say more or less has prioritized car infrastructure or given more money to the military and not the money needed for repairing the railway. Which is why swedish railways are in bad condition.
Is this narrated by AI? Sounds weird
This looks like it could be revolutionary, but it should absolutely not be called High Speed if it's stuck at 230 Km/h
snowpeircer be like
STILL NOT AS HEAVY AS YOUR MOM
How do trains operate in harsh arctic conditions? I still don't know since you didn't say anything about it. Should have been titled 'History and factoids about Sweden's rail infrastructure'.
They operate as normal train, they have snowplows installed and heated switches to avoid freezing. Nothing really special
Not covering the news from the world where it's actually being built but the place where it's not.
$170 USD one way from Vancouver to Portland seems okay, though not super competitive with flying. Governments should subsidize it to make it more competitive. I would also consider just placing the HSR station in surrey rather than Vancouver, since Surrey has good connectivity to the rest of Vancouver metro via the skytrain network.
Banan= banana 🍌 Banan= the line - Banan in Swedish are both written the same way, but pronounced diffrently. You're talking about the ore banana, the iron fruit.
It was so funny! Swedish is not easy... 🙂
I don’t see the benefit of this project. There are super fast that travel within a half hour to Spain and Morocco. Every hour there are a couple of ferries that go both ways. It’s already easy and convenient. This is nothing more than a prestige project.
They could provide some under- and overpasses for the reindeers. This way they might be "out of sight" for the deers and for the people.
15kV 16.7Hz AC exists on one stretch of rail between the German Border at Retz and the Czech town of Znojmo
Eventually an army of 50,000 AI robots working 24/7 will build this thing in 2 years and come waaaay under budget.
Steal from who ?
There are few companies involve in this projects Including (China Railway Construction Corp) CRCC, SIEMENS, ABENGOA, adif, renfe, Consultrans, OHL, Alshoula, Talgo, Copasa, IMATHIA Construccion, Indra, ineco, Cobra GRUPO, AIRosan Company.
You can ask questions as to how two trains derailed so close in time, and who gains most from it happening 🤔
Tin foil supply working well for you?
@@simonnaughton2272 skälet är ju att trafikverket inte får pengarna dem behöver för att renovera malmbanan. Sen har det också varit sabotage.
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Canadian railways still use a lot of wooden ties. After a derailment with concrete ties they usually have to be replaced. Depending on the severity, wooden ties can be delayed in replacement. Wooden ties don't last as long otherwise, but maintenance is not as big a task these days. Interesting to see how other countries do it. I liked the economics on twinning.
Hey really enjoy your videos , would be cool see you do a video covering New Zealand narrow gauge railway
Can you make a video about the railway project that Kurdistan Region want to made or the Development Road of Iraq??
Glasgow and Edinburgh have such good connectivity numbers due to both wmcl and ecml and the four electrified lines between each other, also Glasgow has the largest city wide rail network after London
You can’t forget the absaloute beast of the class 373
Great... 😉👍
The SA3 coupler was not designed by the Soviets; rather, the original design was created by one John Willison, a locksmith from Derby, England in 1912. The design was sold to Knorr Bremse, who patented it in 1914 in Europe and in 1916 in the USA. The Soviets decided to adopt it in the early 1930's when they lost patience waiting for the UIC to decide on a replacement automatic coupler for European railways. They unilaterally chose the Willison coupler, then reworked and adapted it to URSS conditions, creating the SA3.
We still use hook and chain today...
The area along which the iron ore railway stretches belongs to the subarctic zone - not the arctic zone.
Question: what are the requirements to be considered a heavy line? Also, as a novice, I have a hard time deciding if that 25T axis weight is kind of a lot or not. Could you elaborate on that?
0:25 the text, it answers exactly your question, doesn't it
@@u1zha I can't see that on my mobile... I'll try to find a suitably large screen then.
Those wagons look simular to one of the styles used here in the US for Iron ore transport. These cars are 24ft long, and operated under numerous railroads, most notably the DM&IR, BN, CNW, and CN, and are commonly called "Minnesota Ore Cars" (don't know why). Many cars are preserved, or in operation today, with new batches being made each year. The other style is a short, gondola (20-30ft), and said style has been gone for a while. Modern examples are the Rapid Discharge Hoppers, which are 43ft long and used for a variety of other ore/rock transports(except for the CN example, CN still utilizes the 24ft Minnasota Ore Car)
"Minnesota" to distinguish them from the "Michigan" cars which were narrower and slightly lower. Or also from the "Bessemer" cars used by B&LE which were like the Minnesota cars but were fitted with ordinary draft gear (and thus were a couple of feet longer because they did not need to be squeezed onto an ore dock), contrary to the MI and MN cars which special draft gear.
@@NickBurman I'm gonna keep this noted...my N scale train collection is going to have 2 iron ore trains, and I don't want the same car over & over.
@@BattleshipOrion the Atlas N scale ore car is a "Bessemer" car, as it has the frame extension needed to house ordinary draft gear. You could fake a Minnesota car out of it by cutting the extensions and then finding a way of shortening the couplers. Unfortunately, nobody else makes either a MI or MN car. You could try your hand at designing one for 3D printing.
Can you make a similar video about Romania? Although it is not a country with anything special, I'd like to know what has been done, especially in the last ten years. I'm also curious what's about to come in the nearby future. Thanks!
Soviet technology better than nowadays one! 😅🤩😇
5:00 Russian train :)
Its worth saying that when the track was built sweden and norway was in a union where infrastructure between the two countries as well as defense was fully integrated.
Ehh, Pajala doesn't have a railway. But Gällivare does. An error in the first minute....
Yeah, I had to pause the video to check Openrailwaymap, indeed no raiway to Pajala.
@@petrhajduk9955 Yes, the Kaunis Iron ore is shipped by 90 ton trucks from Pajala to Svappavaara where the railway ends.