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What a great video!
The Schwebebahn is notoriously unreliable, is it not? I feel like they close it down for massive repairs at least every five or so years! I understand that this unique system is a tourist attraction in itself, but at some point you must ask whether they should build trams on the ground and perhaps keep the Schwebebahn for limited tourist journeys.kamnet wrote: 09 Aug 2020 22:08BTW, at the end of the month, the system is being partially shut down for a year to repair some extensive damage caused by the new trains. There will only be weekend service until next summer.
It's only been recently. The system had a major overhaul several years ago after some long-delayed maintenance in order to prepare for the new GTW-15 trains. However, those new trains have had some performance issues, and the current shut down is because the train's new wheels have been causing damage to the track. WSW is now taking the manufacturer to court over all the damages.Chrill wrote: 10 Aug 2020 07:45The Schwebebahn is notoriously unreliable, is it not? I feel like they close it down for massive repairs at least every five or so years! I understand that this unique system is a tourist attraction in itself, but at some point you must ask whether they should build trams on the ground and perhaps keep the Schwebebahn for limited tourist journeys.kamnet wrote: 09 Aug 2020 22:08BTW, at the end of the month, the system is being partially shut down for a year to repair some extensive damage caused by the new trains. There will only be weekend service until next summer.
In one scene you can see a child on a swing in the garden right hand beside the road.kamnet wrote: 09 Aug 2020 22:08 I keep re-watching it to look at all the ordinary things happening off to the sides. In one scene you can see what appears to be a boilermaker building parts for small steam engines. You see the system pass over dirt roads with the concrete footings for the beam supports crudely sticking out of the ground, and then it transitions to parts of the road with overhead wiring and tram racks below it, and then to an urban center where the sides of the river bank have been built up with stone and cement so that wide, paved streets can run on either side. You watch the various horse-drawn wagons making their way through the streets. I saw a couple of soldiers standing inside one of the stations, as well as a couple of railway employees monitoring the trains from an observation deck under the platform. I even noticed the waters of the river moving fairly swiftly.
*thwaps you with a thousand burning suns*
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