Seven Stars Documentary

[bc6]

This is a pretty interesting documentary on the Seven Stars Luxury train. 

 

Edited March 11 by bc6

[cteno4]

I enjoy the mighty trains show, but the host puts my teeth on edge. Thanks fox for pushing the in your face over enthusiastic hosts on us now, sadly it’s become the norm now. Hype comes before content these days.

 

jeff

[bc6]

The host was a bit out there that's for sure, I appreciated the technical aspects of the video a lot. Im not sure if anyone noticed but John from the YouTube channel "Only In Japan" was there and his wife which was interesting as well. 

[cteno4]

The mighty trains series is still repeated here on the smithsonian channel in the us on cable. It had 4 seasons with 6 shows a season. Hit a lot of the big train rides around the world. First one was glacier express and second was shinkansens!

 

jeff

[RS18U]

I enjoyed the video, even with the exuberant host.  Maybe I did not hear right, or it was a translation thing, but the statement by one of the train crew about the switchback at Okoba being the only one on Kyushu I think is wrong?  Isn't there one at Tateno Station as well?  I hope so since we rode it last March!  Maybe they just meant on this one line?

 

 

[lighthouse]

Yes, you are right!

 

Okoba Station, Tateno Station and Masaki Station are the only one switchback stations in service in Kyushu.

 

 

here you can find more informations:

 

https://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~switchback/tateno.htm

https://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~switchback/okoba.htm

https://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~switchback/masaki.htm

 

[Cat]

17 hours ago, RS18U said:

I enjoyed the video, even with the exuberant host.  Maybe I did not hear right, or it was a translation thing, but the statement by one of the train crew about the switchback at Okoba being the only one on Kyushu I think is wrong? 

What they say is it's the only one where the train backs down the grade.

[RS18U]

33 minutes ago, Cat said:

What they say is it's the only one where the train backs down the grade.

Ah, thats it!  Thanks.  And your right, at least for the one we did at Tateno as the driver moved from one end to the other then back for the maneuver.