Brienz and Rothorn Bahn Mountain Railway. Part 1.

Truly....one of the most beautiful train rides you can take!!....Going to Meiringen again in june....can't wait to get up the rothorn again!!
Thanks for posting this....got me all excited!!

beautiful place!

I live there.

Wish there was more shots of Planalp itself, apparently my entire family originates from there. According to legend the small village was leveled by an avalanche leaving only one survivor. I've heard several variations of how he was named but all of them basicly end up the same. He was from Planalp...or Ab Planalp. Hence my last name, Abplanalp.

Wow, interesting bit of history there.

My apologies I didn't get any other shots of Planalp. We were only there for a few minutes, so there wasn't really any time to have a look round.

I read that the train doesn't stop long and people only ride it to get to Rothorn. I think Planalp's history only means something to Abplanalps hehe. But its nice to see what the area looks like.

yea, know they are built with scilencers so that the awful noise is smoothed out

I agree. I said they sounded like a traction engine. Apparently according to my dad, as these were built in the 90s, the original engines, and the 30's batch, sound more like a proper steam engine. Also all the Snowdon engines, came from Switzerland.

At least you're guaranteed steam traction. At Snowdon you might end up with one of the diesels both ways, and they sound like over-worked construction plant.

Very enjoyable video.