train rides on youtube

🔴 Live Train 24/7 Train Driver's View Cab Ride to MaeKlong Railway Market! Front Window View

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywqKR0NKnXQ

ugh why am I not on a train right now

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lTyOP49hTI

I follow this crust punk hobo dude on youtube who posts really long, really well-edited videos of the freight trains he hops, complete with careful captioning of the control points and locations and timestamping of the more interesting moments. He mostly rides BNSF trains through the west, but he was tramping through Mexico with a pal last year. Good stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgacHcV7oW4

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kd6Cgat-bY

The A Line to 207th St for you big water fans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pphgq49lslI&t=254s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ZIeuFHG_k

Well this is my weekend sorted. Thanks.

Research in recent months has suggested that hours-long train videos, left on the TV, are an excellent visual accompaniment to long proggy techno tracks and DJ mixes. Our scientists are continuing their investigations.

otm

other recommendations are weed and reggae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJlLTVc8bc

sorry, but i can't resist posting more youtuber with great taste in music to slowly revolved historical pics of local rail infrastructure, possibly not in the spirit of the thread, but fuck it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWH6QYClQvQ

other recommendations are weed and reggae

not sure the combination of these two will really catch on

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHK4yZNXpk

I knew the Yurikamome Line would get on this thread, anyway, I'm not the least bit interested in trains but love watching these or having them playing in the background while I work.

If trains are a bit too exciting you could always go by bus. I was looking for the slow tv show which was on BBC4 a few years ago and found this instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSR3ytryBBA

big up riding the bus top deck reverie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXofwJDTCts

Girlfriend is watching a yoga tutorial and I'm watching a tornado derail a freight train in Illinois. State of us.

(Love these, btw. Happy to just to watch Bidston-Wrexham from the driver's cab. Ideal.)

this one is fuckin serene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHbY17Wd6mo

my fav channels are lorirocks777 and rail relaxation. the former's rides are a little less eye-catching all around but i like the grim winter light in some of the france videos. the latter has some all-time bangers, good stuff in italy, spain and austria.

some favorites recently. this rear-view amtrak from la junta, co to albuquerque nm is uhh enchanting. makes me dream of small towns in the southwest. i did not know that trinidad, co was the site of some major coal strike violence in the early 1900s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1c2xe36AzU

this train hopping video from denver to grand junction is so cool and beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNvnHAkm5dk

Lovely!

That second one looks straight out of red dead redemption 2

The almighty YouTube algorithm recently gave me personal railcarts on abandoned train tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHrCNKkHAg

another one with a lot of landscape poetry. dawn over remote canyons in eastern nevada descending into the mojave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9E7pe9D3s

Thanking u

ugh this one is so beautiful, through the mountains of honshu, early autumn. japan looks amazing. i would love to go some day. the built environment is so boxy and rectangular, i love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvRNr-q2tGU

the japanese ones are quickly becoming my favorites

cloudy with a chance of cherry blossoms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZCHOOyUSC8

hanoi's magnificent urban chaos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-YG0eytI8

insane fall aspen color lighting up whole mountains in siberia. starts at lake baikal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHG0R3lT4WQ

Ok I’m digging these vids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMdU34RJw0

whoa i was just watching that tonight!!

llamas!!

they just dropped someone off in absolute middle of nowhere afaict

raw train action over tehachapi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ6w6RTrfBg

love these videos!!

here’s a good snowy one, swiss alps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_lKWEhfj20

raw train action over tehachapi

Tehachapi Loop at 1:51:00!

the french and swiss rides on this channel have a really nice neutrality and clarity to the image. this one starts in lyon and at first it looks grim but subtle shifts in light are noticeable and there's just a clarity, balance and aliveness to everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwrBgnAfV64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUsHg5DgQQ

Bar - Bijelo Polje. Check out the airport station at 59:05!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bAiNshgbss

Another good one is Porthmadog to Caernarfon, how fresh that looks right now

a nice japanese one. check 1:15 for a fun little slice of life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jirTBQhpNFs

another beautiful ride in japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLEagGbTTgg

more japan, shallow depth of field, very twisty, cherry blossoms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4WaYd5c44