Most Enjoyable Rail Journey???

AlistairW · Post by **AlistairW** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:01 pm

With such a wide range of members as a group we must have covered thousands of miles of railway line. But which journey has been your most enjoyable and why?

Mine has to be the meter gauge line between Luzern to Interlarken in Switzerland on the Brunig line, because, the scenery is breathtaking, the train uses â€˜rackâ€™ for some sections because its so steep and the train I was on had slide down windows so I could stick my head out!

(Highly dangerous don't try at home!)

simont · Post by **simont** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:14 pm

Skiving off work to do Euston - Birmingham first class on a loco-hauled set when it looked like it was the last chance.

skipperdipper · Post by **skipperdipper** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:06 am

All train journeys are boring as I cover the same stretches of railway line time and time again.

Rob

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:10 am

I think The Best Journey I have ever made Is Edinburgh to Inverness & then on to the Kyle ..................Pure Heaven with out all the trouble of dying

alexnick · Post by **alexnick** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:16 am

I can think of a few good ones! It's hard to choose just one. They include:

Murtalbahn (Austria): riding behind U11 from Tamsweg - pure 1900s experience. A lovely old train through a beautiful valley.

A few good RhB ones in Switzerland, including: Beninabahn Pontresina - Diavolezza, in an open coach - so much fun; and Chur - Arosa, where the trains have a really nice saloon coach added.

Other good Swiss ones include the Bruenig (I totally agree with AlistairW), and the BVB - 1940s rack-equipped motorcoaches were immense fun.

And how about the CFBS in France - it's a wonderful railway which I could recommend to all - you will genuinely believe you're in 1950 if you ride on it!

My final thought is: any steam traction on the HSB (Germany) - their enormous NG 2-10-2s are very impressive when tackling their steep gradients, but I also loved smaller tank engines, especially the mallets.

Sorry for chosing several!

Nick

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:32 pm

Either clanking along the Cambrian Coast line from Machynllyth to Pwllheli, rolling along the sea wall from Exmouth to Paignton or this weekend, First Class in a Voyager from Wolverhampton to Edinburgh through Cumbria.

All equally nice.

NiallGray · Post by **NiallGray** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:07 pm

I used to love Gourock to Glasgow Central on the old 303s. As we went along I'd look over to the North bank and see trains on the Helensburgh line.

Very pretty route (apart from Paisley!

).

Anonymizeruk · Post by **Anonymizeruk** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:35 am

Hmmm. Most enjoyable.

It has to be a close call between doing The Northern Lights first class (Right from KX to Aberdeen

) or the West Highland Line portion of the Calledonian Sleeper, behind a 37.

arabiandisco · Post by **arabiandisco** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:20 am

London to Basingstoke because it means I'm going home from work. Anything with a 45 on the front is fabulous.

davvydo · Post by **davvydo** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:40 am

what about the zillertalbahn ? that was an experience i will never forget in a hurry !

or going from Brig to Zermatt on a steam engine special and stood on the balcony right behind the engine !

enotayokel · Post by **enotayokel** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:50 pm

I'll agree with the BrÃ¼nig

Also Brig to Andermatt up the Rhone Valley on the FO (Now MGB) on the stopper with windows that open rather then the sealed tourist express.

The Sea Wall and Exmouth lines (the Exmouth line is my daily commute)

phat2003uk · Post by **phat2003uk** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:04 pm

skipperdipper wrote:All train journeys are boring as I cover the same stretches of railway line time and time again.

Rob

Here's an idea, try a new line

chuxn2005 · Post by **chuxn2005** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:31 pm

Most enjoyable....Head out of window in a HSt from York to Leicester (MML) via Nottingham....Classic it got diverted and ended up going through Beeston twice ( I think, well I know it was Diverted

)

Andy

skipperdipper · Post by **skipperdipper** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:42 pm

phat2003uk wrote:
skipperdipper wrote:All train journeys are boring as I cover the same stretches of railway line time and time again.

Rob
Here's an idea, try a new line

I've done all the loines I can do for under Â£5. Thats all I get for trips out at weekends.

Rob

TrainFanTox · Post by **TrainFanTox** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:09 pm

Well, here's my list.

One would be my trip through America from New York via Washington to Chigaco on the Cardinal and than in a Supliner over the California Zephyr to San Francisco. You see all sorts of landscape on the line, prairy, mountains, desert and woods.

Another one would be the the line from Dresden to the Czech border. It goes along the river Elbe.

For the HSB in Germany the Brockenbahn would for me also a good one.

Also the North Wales Coast line would be a good one, all along the coast to Holyhead for the ferry to Dublin.

And for myself the Line The Hague to Utrecht, which I travelled frequently and still do. But that's more a personal thing it does not have a spectacular landscape along it.

Regards,
Kees