Freight train locomotive cabride from Ljubljana Marshalling Yard (Ljubljana Zalog) to Koper tovorna (Port of Koper) was created along the most important railway lines in Slovenia, railway line Ljubljana - Sežana (Italy) and Divača - Koper. These two railway lines are very busy with a huge number of various freight trains. Trains that use this route mainly transit from Central and East Europe to the Adriatic Sea and back. This cab ride video created from Siemens Euro Sprinter SŽ 541-002 locomotive which was pulling 1215t weight and 520m long freight train from Ljubljana to Koper. Detailed train and route informations are shown in the video. These informations include current location, maximum allowed train speed, limit speed, slow order speed, track elevation and other relevant informations.
At the beginning of the video, the train departs from the shunting station in Ljubljana and passes along a group of tracks for shunting trains and wagons, then connecting to the Ljubljana - Zidani Most railway line. Accelerating slowly to its maximum permitted speed of 100km/h, it quickly passes the industrial railway section and the main Slovenian train depot Ljubljana Moste. Then it passes through the main railway station in Ljubljana, which is also the most important railway junction of rail routes in Slovenia. From Divača, it switches to a single-track line and a little later begins a sudden and very steep descent (up to 25‰) towards the Adriatic Sea. In the video, after Divača station, it is possible to see the construction of the second track from Divača to the Port of Koper (Projekt drugi tir).
There were various events along the way, and perhaps the most interesting parts are the fallen trees on the tracks and loss of voltage in the track overhead line. Also, there was a lot of unusual waiting for opposit trains, which is not common on a double-track lines. All this is a consequence of the big storm that hit Slovenia and that part of Europe a few days before the video was recorded.
The video contains preview part, which shows some interesting scenes during the train journey, but the complete content of all the railway events along the way is contained in a 3-hour long 4k (Ultra hd) video.
Recording of the video was made possible by SŽ-Tovorni promet, d. o. o. Many thanks to SŽ-Tovorni promet and SŽ - VIT for enabling the video recording and the promotion of Slovenian Railways and the beauty of Slovenia as a whole, through this video creation.
