Cass Scenic Railroad - West Virginia USA
- Length: 4:30
- Rating Average: 5.00 from 3 people
- View Count: 1324' favoriteCount='5
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: bobsymes Cass railroad railways scenic shays sprucestudios steam westvirginia
The Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia is a working museum of logging railroads. This state used to have over 3000 miles of logging lines, sadly they are all gone now, except for this 11 mile line between Cass and the summit at Bald Knob. This is the second highest mountain in West Virginia...
Spruce Canyon Railway - Phase Four
- Length: 3:45
- Rating Average: 4.50 from 2 people
- View Count: 204' favoriteCount='2
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: bobsymes. diesel fiveinchrideonrailway gardenrailway narrowgauge Sprucestudios steam
This was the "big build" of the project. The construction of the 2 road engine shed. We knew what we wanted, but no one could design & build the structure, so we built it ourselves. It has the main drive through road, plus a smaller line, used for storage. Meanwhile at the other end of the line...
Spruce Canyon Railway - Phase Three
- Length: 4:6
- Rating Average: 4.50 from 2 people
- View Count: 272' favoriteCount='1
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: bobsymes diesel gauge narrow railways rideonrailways sprucestudios steam
The winter arrived, as did the snow!! The first major project was to connect the bridge to link the walkway between the two stations. Secondly we started digging out at the original terminus, this was for the "bay" line and for the construction of the 2 road engine shed. This was proving to be...
Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - South Africa
- Length: 4:32
- Rating Average: 4.40 from 5 people
- View Count: 1010' favoriteCount='5
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: 32 africa bobsymes cape Choo class Outeniqua south sprucestudios steam Tjoe town
The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe,pronounced "Oat-Tar-Nee-Qua Chew Chew" is the last remaining scheduled steam service still operating in South Africa. It links the coastal towns of George & Knysna, on the western cape, in an area known as the "Garden Route". Due to a combination of track maintenance and a...
Spruce Canyon Railway- Phase Two
- Length: 3:33
- Rating Average: 4.00 from 3 people
- View Count: 399' favoriteCount='2
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: Bobsymes Five inch railway rideonrailway sprucestudios.com
Phase Two of the building of our railway covers the July/December 2005 period. We laid the first 20 metres up to the first of the "S" bends and then what appeared eye level was not sprit level. This was two different things! Bob Symes paid us a visit and offered advice. "More digging", he said....
Transalpina Saga 1 & 2
- Length: 3:28
- Rating Average: 4.00 from 5 people
- View Count: 1696' favoriteCount='4
- Author: BobSymes
Tags: Bob central documentary first historical line linking locomotives of pictures see steam Symes to
This film relates the history of one of the most important geopolitical decisions of the old imperial Austria to link Austria's industrial heart land (now in the Czech Republic, then Bohemia) to it's only maritime outlet in Trieste (now in Italy). The trailer for this first film of two shows a...
Mariazell Railway
- Length: 1:34
- Rating Average: 3.67 from 3 people
- View Count: 603' favoriteCount='3
- Author: BobSymes
Tags: Alpine Bob Crossing Electric First Gauge Mariazell Narrow Railway Symes
This is Austria's most attractive mountain railway, narrow gauge Alpine line. It is a famous line that was electrified as early as 1911 but still has one of the legendary MH6 locomotives available. This trailer shows part of the line's beauty and also the wildness of the climb it has to complete....
ORIENT EXPRESS
- Length: 2:15
- Rating Average: 4.80 from 5 people
- View Count: 2479' favoriteCount='8
- Author: BobSymes
Tags: Alpine Bob Crossing Express Luxury Orient Symes Train Travel Venice
Ever since it took to the rails in 1883 the Orient Express has been known as the finest train in Europe; the "Grand Hotel on Wheels" Anyone of importance travelled on this famous train. Following its withdrawal in 1977 it has been totally restored at a cost of 16.5 millon Euros. Now the Orient...
The Great Lithgow Zig-Zag Railway, Australia.
- Length: 3:31
- Rating Average: 4.50 from 2 people
- View Count: 1578' favoriteCount='3
- Author: EARLOFEXETER
Tags: Australia BobSymes New Rail South SpruceStudios Steam Wales Zig-Zag
This railway in the Blue Mountains here in New South Wales, Australia is considered a master-piece of Victorian Engineering. Built between 1866 and 1869, as part of the Western main line fron Sydney to Bathurst. This line forms a large letter "Z" in the side of the mountain. A necessary way of...
OBB Class 1044 electric locomotive
- Length: 1:38
- Rating Average: 4.50 from 6 people
- View Count: 2316' favoriteCount='16
- Author: BobSymes
Tags: Austrian Bob Electric Engineering Locomotive Locomotives Symes Trailer Works
This electric locomotive was designed and built in Austria and she was to become the most widely used electric locomotive on the OBB's network. In 1974 the first of this series rolled out of the Linz works on the Danube. The 1044 soon replaced the Co-Co locomotives then in use as they were too...
Page: 1 of 3
