San Marino's 1930s Electric Railway, And How Britain Wrecked It

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024

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  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад +767

    A mountain, a legendary football team, and an electric railway. The most powerful trio in the world

    • @agba5098
      @agba5098 3 года назад +15

      Unbeaten in two matches in the Nations League! The English better watch their backs.

    • @cabe_bedlam
      @cabe_bedlam 3 года назад +8

      Yet more things San Marino has in common with Gibraltar :)

    • @Ahmadkhabbazeh
      @Ahmadkhabbazeh 3 года назад +3

      Only one man could hope to see them all...

    • @BanjoNoob2
      @BanjoNoob2 3 года назад +4

      I've never been to San Marino, but I'm pretty sure it's my absolute favorite nation on Earth.

    • @gary3561
      @gary3561 3 года назад +1

      Thr fact you're worse than Scotland in football deserves respect . 👏

  • @LucaPasini
    @LucaPasini 3 года назад +215

    Hi! I'm from Rimini and I know this railway very well. My grandparents used its tunnels as bomb shelters during WWII: Rimini was massively bombed because it lied right on the last nazi resistance line after 1943, the whole city was destroyed.
    There used to be another 950 mm railway line connecting Rimini to Novafeltria, in the beautiful Marecchia valley, where my grandmother's family used to work, which was closed during the sixties.
    Right now most of the tunnels in San Marino are accessible for cars, bikes or on foot except for one which is a nature reserve for bats. Unfortunately I haven't heard of the restored railway being used in recent times, even in Summer, which is a shame. I often read about proposals to re-open some kind of rapid transit line from Rimini to San Marino, and I think it would be really useful, as the current bus line is quite infrequent, unpractical and relatively expensive, as it's not integrated into the local ticketing system, and floods of tourists, especially Russians, "invade" the republic during the Summer.

    • @LucaPasini
      @LucaPasini 3 года назад +13

      By the way, if you happen to be back in the area I'd be glad to be your local guide, I'm quite a nerd myself about the things you show, and I've been exploring my region for years now!

    • @nerfinator03
      @nerfinator03 3 года назад +1

      One is also used to store snow removal equipment.

    • @jonathanwilliams1065
      @jonathanwilliams1065 3 года назад +2

      Well it is an International bus so it makes sense to not be integrated

    • @LucaPasini
      @LucaPasini 3 года назад +7

      @@jonathanwilliams1065 There is a local bus line from Rimini that crosses (or maybe used to cross until very recently) the border in Rovereta to serve a big industrial area: the fact that it's theoretically an international line isn't a problem as the border is totally open, so much so that you often cross it without noticing. From Rovereta you can take the local San Marino bus to the city centre and make the whole trip from Rimini for just a couple of euros. There are a few other places where you can transfer between the two networks, but public transport in San Marino is in general quite bad and infrequent, so it's difficult to make connections.
      The direct Rimini-San Marino line, on the other hand, is also used by local passengers not crossing the border. It's more expensive and not integrated mainly because the private company and government want to exploit tourists, as most locals use their private cars to move around, and students have access to discounted season tickets.

    • @jonathanwilliams1065
      @jonathanwilliams1065 3 года назад

      @@LucaPasini even with open borders I doubt you could get a ticket for a French line that would work on a line going to Germany

  • @nephilimcrt
    @nephilimcrt 3 года назад +171

    4:25 'It's too late to apologize' playing in the background XD
    I love these little details.

    • @hd_inmemoriam
      @hd_inmemoriam 3 года назад +14

      And that "nineteen fort.... nineteen sixty-one" makes it perfect. :D

    • @dndragoi1
      @dndragoi1 3 года назад +3

      man i am SO glad you brought my attention to that!!

    • @CarlosEduardo-wy1fh
      @CarlosEduardo-wy1fh 3 года назад +9

      And the Top Gear theme at 5:00

  • @lsdzheeusi
    @lsdzheeusi 3 года назад +516

    Who else feels like Tim is single-handedly keeping them sane during Lockdown?

    • @thany3
      @thany3 3 года назад +5

      It's not that bad.

    • @cakemartyr5794
      @cakemartyr5794 3 года назад +5

      Lockdown hero

    • @solracer66
      @solracer66 3 года назад +12

      Definitely, him and Tom Scott...

    • @dormouse64
      @dormouse64 3 года назад +7

      Tim and Jago Hazzard both do wonders for my sanity...

    • @LovelyLawla
      @LovelyLawla 3 года назад +3

      I only found Tim during Lockdown/Covid and I've watched all the videos so far :D I need more now cuz I've ran out! :(

  • @esbenandersen5706
    @esbenandersen5706 3 года назад +270

    I know you've heard it before, but I'll just mention how sympathetic you come across when you fairly consistently mention accessibility. It's not the only reason I'm subscribed, but it does make you stand out and I hope it spreads.

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 3 года назад +19

      Yes! As a disabled person myself I really appreciate Tim’s efforts on this. I wish more RUclipsrs were as considerate as him!

    • @renerpho
      @renerpho 3 года назад +12

      I'm not disabled myself, but I very much agree!

    • @Panagiotis1977
      @Panagiotis1977 3 года назад +2

      this is what i was going to write as well

  • @MercenaryPen
    @MercenaryPen 3 года назад +312

    the fourth part of the trilogy- somebody has been taking cues from Douglas Adams

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  3 года назад +83

      😇

    • @Hannah_Em
      @Hannah_Em 3 года назад +29

      @@TheTimTraveller Does that mean we can look forward to a fifth instalment of the trilogy, too? :D

    • @Astfgl
      @Astfgl 3 года назад +9

      Part four in the trilogy of five. Yes please!

    • @thany3
      @thany3 3 года назад +6

      @@Hannah_Em The word pentology (or indeed, quadrology) just doesn't roll off the tongue as easily 😀

    • @seatedliberty
      @seatedliberty 3 года назад +19

      So long and thanks for all the abandoned railways?

  • @OntarioTrafficMan
    @OntarioTrafficMan 3 года назад +75

    6:07 Wow that is indeed an extremely dramatic horse!

    • @WG55
      @WG55 3 года назад +3

      I like to think that it is deeply upset at the British bombing raid.

    • @gordslater
      @gordslater 3 года назад

      a fuuuul Equity meeember

    • @billnickels6667
      @billnickels6667 3 года назад

      Almost falling over backwards

    • @HJPorschen
      @HJPorschen 2 месяца назад

      An advert for Ferrari, maybe?

  • @XANDRE.
    @XANDRE. 3 года назад +29

    As someone with a disabled friend, I greatly appreciate that you include “mobility reviews” as part of your videos.

  • @robdavies82
    @robdavies82 3 года назад +390

    This wouldn’t have been released had it not been for Covid? What else are you hiding that hasn’t been published? 🤣

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 3 года назад +70

      Tim paid a quick visit to the Ark of the Covenant in 2017 when he went to Atlantis via the MarioKart rainbow road without falling off once. Can't wait for that

    • @tbates1987
      @tbates1987 3 года назад +12

      I think he had plans to re shoot it in the summer when it was running.

    • @gordslater
      @gordslater 3 года назад +9

      shooting it less destructive than bombing it I suppose

    • @dannynrny473
      @dannynrny473 3 года назад +4

      San Marino has erected in 2008 a Victoria Cross Memorial dedicated to 1/9 Gurkha Rifleman VC Sher Bahadur Thapa who died on the slopes of Hill 366 near Faetano. Wondering if Tim has seen it.

  • @andyjay729
    @andyjay729 3 года назад +80

    When(ever) the lockdown ends, you'll have to visit the Vatican City's little stub of a rail line. And you thought San Marino had a small national rail network...

  • @InternationalFeds
    @InternationalFeds 3 года назад +69

    2:33: 🤣 "...and a track with more U-turns than a British politician..." 🤣

    • @thomassherer5962
      @thomassherer5962 3 года назад +5

      Or US Sen Lindsey Graham

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 3 года назад +7

      @@thomassherer5962 So, your typical far righter? We have these too...

    • @thomassherer5962
      @thomassherer5962 3 года назад +3

      @@KuK137 Yep. There's something in their kool-aid that distorts their Reality & Honesty.

    • @IowaTrainGay
      @IowaTrainGay 3 года назад +1

      Trust me, American politicians are just as bad! XD

    • @schusterlehrling
      @schusterlehrling 3 года назад +1

      In San Marino they actually elect two heads of state in very short terms, so you have even more u-turns in politics over there...

  • @MrGreatplum
    @MrGreatplum 3 года назад +153

    Got to love Italian measurements “Italian metre gauge” - not 1m!
    Cracking video as ever!

    • @josephturner4047
      @josephturner4047 3 года назад +10

      Their electric sockets that look the same as the rest of the continent are a different size too. By about 1mm. You have to buy an adapter.

    • @MrGreatplum
      @MrGreatplum 3 года назад +2

      @@josephturner4047 - sounds like Swiss ones as well!

    • @thany3
      @thany3 3 года назад

      @@josephturner4047 If you need an earthed connection, you'd need an adapter even if the outer prongs were not differently spaced by 1mm. That's because it's the only general-use power connector that has 3 prongs in a straight line.

    • @hclarke
      @hclarke 3 года назад

      @@josephturner4047 do have any idea why?

    • @XMarkxyz
      @XMarkxyz 3 года назад

      @@josephturner4047 Most modern sockets have two sets of outer holes so you can fit everything that you would use in the rest of the continent

  • @xander1052
    @xander1052 3 года назад +45

    I like how you used OMD - Electricity while talking about an Electric Railway

    • @stephenpalmer9375
      @stephenpalmer9375 3 года назад +3

      oh thank god you named that tune.. it was driving me mad trying to work out what it was!

    • @xander1052
      @xander1052 3 года назад +3

      @@stephenpalmer9375 Helps when your sister was obsessed with OMD when they were younger :)

    • @FeoragForsyth
      @FeoragForsyth 3 года назад +12

      The Barcelona Metro uses it behind their announcements warning of the dangers of going on the track.

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  3 года назад +8

      @@FeoragForsyth This is an EXCELLENT fact. I didn't know that. Thank you!

  • @civishamburgum1234
    @civishamburgum1234 3 года назад +14

    You're Videos never fail to make me happy in these trying times.

  • @areamusicale
    @areamusicale 3 года назад +57

    1:05 "piazzale" not "piazza:.
    it means empty space, usually for parking.

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  3 года назад +38

      Yeah I only realised it said "piazzale" and not "piazza" after I published the video and watched it back in full screen 🤦‍♂️. It is indeed a parking lot. Thanks for explaining the difference!

    • @areamusicale
      @areamusicale 3 года назад +4

      @@TheTimTraveller Thanks for the ♡ (ツ)

    • @crackwitz
      @crackwitz 3 года назад +11

      "piazzale della Stazione" sounds so meaningful, like it's "A Thing", but it literally means parking lot of the station? that's grand

    • @everything777
      @everything777 3 года назад +1

      This truly is the channel where the pedants of RUclips hang out

  • @russvhill2
    @russvhill2 3 года назад +23

    I definitely want to see the fourth of this trilogy Tim. This one was far too short, so I'll have to binge watch your other stuff again

  • @kabochaVA
    @kabochaVA 3 года назад +9

    4:59 Jessica (a.k.a "the Top Gear theme") had me laughing! 😄

    • @Urlocallordandsavior
      @Urlocallordandsavior 3 года назад

      Surprised that you actually were able to hear that out.

    • @kabochaVA
      @kabochaVA 3 года назад

      @@Urlocallordandsavior I know, it's very subtle and doesn't last very long (about 5s only).

  • @leopold7562
    @leopold7562 3 года назад +16

    I’m loving the music choices here, Tim. Investigating the train to the Antiques Roadshow theme, explaining the railway to Electricity and Too Late To Apologise at the apology. It’s these touches that keep me coming back.

    • @gymnasiast90
      @gymnasiast90 2 года назад +1

      Yes, and Jessica (the theme to “Top Gear”) as well.

  • @enricomonti156
    @enricomonti156 3 года назад +7

    And yet, if I may add, the SS72 road that replaced the railway on the Italian side is one of the most dangerous ones in terms of traffic accidents

  • @FharishAhmed
    @FharishAhmed 3 года назад +60

    "Extremely Dramatic Horse" lol lol

    • @Astfgl
      @Astfgl 3 года назад +1

      That made me chuckle :D

    • @Darwinek
      @Darwinek 3 года назад +1

      That sounds very British :)

    • @vacuumdiagram
      @vacuumdiagram 3 года назад +1

      I want that t-shirt! 🤣

    • @dannynrny473
      @dannynrny473 3 года назад +1

      Artwork by sculptor/painter Aligi Sassu. It's worth some good money

  • @pwhitewick
    @pwhitewick 3 года назад +2

    Excellent stuff Tim. Looking forward to Part 4!

  • @captainufo4587
    @captainufo4587 3 года назад +9

    Not only the railway has been converted into a cycle path in San Marino, also in Rimini it has been converted in roads, and the final bit arriving to the Rimini railroad station is now part of a BRT system called Metromare

  • @brookeg5979
    @brookeg5979 3 года назад +4

    I really appreciate your continued attention to wheelchair and differently abled access to the places you visit. It's sorely missing in most videos of this nature, so it's quite refreshing to hear you address it every time. Thank you so much!

  • @piecaruso97
    @piecaruso97 3 года назад +3

    Nice to see you inside the Italian peninsula again, i hope you come visit Naples my city, we got plenty of wired and abbandoned railways and good food

  • @Ojassonnisify
    @Ojassonnisify 3 года назад +7

    I learn so much from you. You have a dry humor around your videos and the places that you explore inspire me to look out for similar places in my travels. You really are a unique, refreshing and extremely creative traveller. Kudos!

  • @kylew.franken7810
    @kylew.franken7810 3 года назад +3

    If you ever find yourself hankering to jump across the pond when you're able to again, you should definitely cover the Pike's Peak Cog Railway.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 года назад +5

    Wow look at the views from up there! So cool

    • @Alby_Torino
      @Alby_Torino 3 года назад

      In very windy bright days you can even see Pyongyang

  • @bastiaan4129
    @bastiaan4129 3 года назад +37

    Lets get ready for another week of "Let's go to San Marino" playing in my head.

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 3 года назад

      Not gonna lie, I’m kinda gutted that he didn’t sing it this time!

  • @AB-on1on
    @AB-on1on 3 года назад +36

    I'm the only one who wants to see Tim's face when he realized that San Marino had a railway.

    • @wich1
      @wich1 3 года назад +3

      No you aren’t :p

    • @ErulianADRaghath
      @ErulianADRaghath 3 года назад

      I'm *not* the only one who wants to see Tim's face when he realized that San Marino had a railway.

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 3 года назад

      Technically, it still does. Which surprised me. What next, a hidden railway in Andorra? Seems the only one of the mini-countries to not have one!

    • @tonyjones9442
      @tonyjones9442 3 года назад +2

      @@hairyairey the Falkland Islands also had a small railway. Surprisingly.

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 3 года назад +1

      @@tonyjones9442 That is surprising, although I could see it as being useful if it ran from the airport to the town

  • @cra83
    @cra83 3 года назад +10

    Not the main focus of a great video but is that a piano cover of “electricity” by OMD at 3:19?! Brilliant choice, if so!!

  • @ColinH1973
    @ColinH1973 3 года назад +2

    Your cheery demeanour is enough to brighten up anybody's day! Please keep these coming 👍

  • @beckobrien4802
    @beckobrien4802 3 года назад +3

    Just found your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it! I’m a big train fan. Looking forward to to checking out more of your train related videos.

    • @TheTimTraveller
      @TheTimTraveller  3 года назад +2

      Ah welcome aboard! If you like trains you will enjoy approximately one third of my videos :D

  • @FrauWNiemand
    @FrauWNiemand 3 года назад +1

    I came for interesting videos about crazy borders, I saw interesting videos about mediocre mountain climbs and I stayed for interesting videos about abandoned railways. Thank you, Tim, for over one year of great entertainment and an unexpected friendship and congrats on nearly 90.000 subscribers which find their way to your channnel within this one year.

  • @roye7777777
    @roye7777777 2 дня назад

    I took this train (actually riding) a few weeks ago during the European Heritage Days. It was announced on the Facebook page of the association. It's a very brief ride indeed but the interior and exterior are nicely restored and by itself worth a look. It's an over 90 years old train, and just by the fact alone that it still runs, after having been standing still in a tunnel for decades, is simply stunning.

  • @michaelgallo3943
    @michaelgallo3943 3 года назад +3

    Tim, you do such a good job. I love to travel and I would watch anything you do on different destinations. Once COVID is over, I would encourage you do start doing videos that are in the 20 - 30 min length on all of the wonderful destinations around, Europe, UK, Ireland, etc. I am a fan for life.

  • @wyttyger567
    @wyttyger567 3 года назад +3

    Love the videos. Educational, goofy/funny, and always a great way to escape to new areas.
    Keep up the good work Tim.

  • @SecretSquirrelFun
    @SecretSquirrelFun 2 года назад

    A VERY dramatic horse INdeed.
    Thanks again for sharing your adventures with me, much appreciated 🙂🐿.

  • @zacharyyarost5804
    @zacharyyarost5804 3 года назад +1

    Your videos are a fantastic escape for me whenever you post them. Thanks! Another great mini documentary!

  • @kevwang0712
    @kevwang0712 3 года назад +13

    6:04 A five-part trilogy please please please!

  • @gary3561
    @gary3561 3 года назад

    I love the way you play the "wish you were here" theme tune everytime you promote coming to these locations.

  • @minustaco42zero24
    @minustaco42zero24 3 года назад +1

    I'm glad I found your channel randomly today and subscribed due to me enjoying your videos

  • @CaptHollister
    @CaptHollister 3 года назад +1

    Wow. Your Italian pronunciation of Piazza Della Stazione is perfect, complimenti. Immediately followed by giggles when you entered the tunnel to the theme music from the Antiques Road Show, but when you mentioned an upcoming fourth installment of what will become an increasingly inaccurately named trilogy, giggles were no longer sufficient and I had no recourse but to resort to guffaws. Thanks for the entertaining style, Mr. TT.

  • @mrbillhilly343
    @mrbillhilly343 3 года назад +6

    Would be great if it could be restored to its full capacity, from the top of San Marino to the international airport at Rimini. Yes, it's only a narrow gauge & most of the old track bed is a highway, but that can easily be solved. Railway overhead viaducts can be installed & dual-gauge track fitted, so Italian trains can run into the bottom of San Marino & the trains from San Marino can run to Rimini. That would get the line useful again.

  • @flmbprt
    @flmbprt 3 года назад +1

    Just Loved it! I've been in S. Marino in january 1986. By bus, of course! Have not seen a trace of the railway... I love trains since my childhood, when we used to travel by night 450km to visit my grandparents in Brazil's 'interland'. There is only the old station left of that railway. So sad railways desapear like that.

  • @MarbyGaming
    @MarbyGaming 3 года назад +1

    I love the use of a piano version of omd's electricity. Amazing video as always!

  • @AsplundhFamily
    @AsplundhFamily 3 года назад +1

    Your videos are so wonderful, Tim! You explain things in such an easy to understand and entertaining way, and that's not to mention your superb sense of humour. I quite like how you always include accessibility info for the places you mention, it's a really kindhearted thing to do.
    You're definitely the RUclipsr I'd most like to grab a drink with.

  • @GeographyWorld
    @GeographyWorld 3 года назад +36

    2018. Remember the days when we all could travel?

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 3 года назад +1

      18?

    • @GeographyWorld
      @GeographyWorld 3 года назад +1

      @@dontspikemydrink9382 That's when this video was recorded

    • @docvideo93
      @docvideo93 3 года назад +4

      Travel? What's that?

    • @GeographyWorld
      @GeographyWorld 3 года назад +3

      @@docvideo93 Going to work/school/shop or exercise within a 5km radius of your house.

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 3 года назад

      @@GeographyWorld i see, where did it say this

  • @Sim0nTrains
    @Sim0nTrains 3 года назад +2

    Didn't even knew that San Marino even had a Railway, Brilliant and interesting video.

  • @colofabrix
    @colofabrix 3 года назад +1

    I didn't know it's open to visit! I'm going there next weekend! Lucky I'm a local :D Greatham videos and channel

  • @philb2820
    @philb2820 3 года назад +1

    The little things that I learn watching your videos. Must say that I am jealous of your travels.

  • @lorcanmcnamara2985
    @lorcanmcnamara2985 3 года назад +1

    Another great one Tim. well done!!

  • @bitjules
    @bitjules 3 года назад +2

    Have you ever heard of the Costa dei trabocchi in Abruzzo, Italy?
    It is a beautiful stretch of rocky coast with fishing machines on piles, (Trabocchi) that look like organic contraptions laying on top of the sea. They can host restaurants now days. There's a decommissioned railway line with many tunnels, on the works to be turned into a cycle path. Very picturesque sights and small towns immersed in a Mediterranean climate.

  • @lnr33
    @lnr33 4 месяца назад

    Apart from the accurate and interesting information, the things I like most of your videos are your sense of humour and how critic you are, even to your own country. 😂. Bravo!! Thanks or gracias!!

  • @patriciabracken7546
    @patriciabracken7546 3 года назад +1

    I visited San Marino many years ago.
    Loved it.💖💟

  • @nick1106
    @nick1106 3 года назад +2

    Loving the Antiques Roadshow cover

    • @greenhat5137
      @greenhat5137 3 года назад +1

      Thank you! I couldn't place what it was from and it was annoying me!

  • @richardcochrane1966
    @richardcochrane1966 Год назад

    3:19 Nice touch - the music is a version of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Electricity"....LOL!

  • @althejazzman
    @althejazzman 3 года назад

    5:00 Well done for finding a piano piece relevant to a road. That's the intro to Jessica by The Allman Brothers that was used as the Top Gear theme in the 90's.

  • @lorenzo_contini_7
    @lorenzo_contini_7 3 года назад +8

    Big plus for the perfect Italian pronunciation :D

  • @john-r-edge
    @john-r-edge 3 года назад +1

    Who else actually remembers The Flowerpot Men's 1968 hit "Let's Go To San Francisco" which Tim plays at start of this video. A rare British "flower-power, summer of love" hit.

  • @maestrozilla
    @maestrozilla 2 года назад +1

    I walked the leftover path in 1989 super cool ... occasional electric poles still there that held the electric line overhead...

  • @christianfreedom-seeker934
    @christianfreedom-seeker934 3 года назад +2

    Lots of old "ghost lines" in Europe. There was one outside of what is now SHAPE Belgium, it used to connect several communities back before WW2. Abandoned and ripped. Quite a few Belgian towns had branch lines to them but, WW2 changed that drastically and the postwar transportation plan pretty much had railways running between cities only. There is a remarkable perserved "local line" along the Lisse River that runs summer tourist trains. (Yes, still talking about Belgium) You can sometimes still see the old "right of ways" or pick out enough clues to guess where the line used to run. 😁

  • @PBGetson
    @PBGetson 3 года назад

    The Narrow Gauge railway, White Pass and Yukon Route which ran from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon, used a 914mm gauge.
    I had to look that up when you mentioned the 95cm gauge of the San Marino tracks.
    I live in Whitehorse, and grew up playing around the tracks since my father worked for the railway.

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 3 года назад +2

    2:36
    If you think that's a lot, check out Switzerland's RhB narrow gauge railway (Just look up "Glacier Express").
    It has way more loops and turnaround-tunnels.

  • @fabiodoublebroad5389
    @fabiodoublebroad5389 3 года назад +1

    I’m so jealous now you’re in San Marino and welcome to my country !

  • @sschmidtevalue
    @sschmidtevalue 3 года назад +1

    Entertaining as always! Keep up the good work.

  • @automotivetales
    @automotivetales 3 года назад +1

    Who doesn’t love a surprise vintage railway! You should come see the great central heritage line near Loughborough some time! 😁

  • @DonnieX6
    @DonnieX6 3 года назад

    0:46 love your piano cover of "Let's go to San -Francisco- Marino"! :D

  • @garryhammond7616
    @garryhammond7616 3 года назад +1

    Great video. Love the fact the train has no graffiti even though it totally open to the public.

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 2 года назад

    What a lovely then sad and finally, semi-lovely story.
    Thank you.

  • @AndyHawkeye007
    @AndyHawkeye007 3 года назад +2

    6:02 "... the next instalment in Douglas Ad- no, Tim Traveller's increasingly mistlited Hitch- no, San Marino Trilogy"

  • @richg2250
    @richg2250 3 года назад +2

    Thank you Tim, you bring Europe to this poor American in ways I would have never expected. I'm so glad I found your channel.

  • @AlleghenyMTNRails
    @AlleghenyMTNRails 3 года назад +1

    Another awesome video. I loved it. Keep up the great work boss.

  • @jasongarufi8187
    @jasongarufi8187 3 года назад

    Thank you for the trilogy of videos from San Marino

  • @MatthewChenault
    @MatthewChenault 2 года назад +1

    “You can find it next to this extremely dramatic horse.”
    Why, yes, that is an extremely dramatic horse.

  • @SuperCarNation.
    @SuperCarNation. 3 года назад

    Always look forward when a new video of yours pops up on my Phone! Keep up the amazing work Tim 👌

  • @rosesmith9243
    @rosesmith9243 24 дня назад

    On my way to San Marino because of you! Any updates on the railway, I can’t seem to find any information.

  • @stelios709
    @stelios709 3 года назад

    The most underrated RUclips channel! Hope there's part 4

  • @MrElbarto75
    @MrElbarto75 3 года назад

    You are always finding hidden gems, this is excellent !

  • @guidoboreani1312
    @guidoboreani1312 3 года назад +11

    If you wish to learn more about this railway, there is a book: "Rimini - San Marino in treno", by Gian Guido Turchi (a Riminese), published 1982 by Editrice Trasporti su Rotaie. Obviously now it is out of print, but a copy can be found for sale in the internet. The railway was the price Mussolini paid to San Marino for not allowing foreigners to install in San Marino a powerful radio station that could reach a great part of Italy and broadcast news not liked by the régime. The destruction, nearly complete, of the railway was not only due to allied bombing but also to sabotage by retreating german troops.

  • @daytoy
    @daytoy 3 года назад

    I think San Marino owes Tim a debt of gratitude for singlehandedly boosting this tiny republic’s presence on RUclips.

  • @pugmanick
    @pugmanick 3 года назад +1

    0:33 Ah the classic "Horse skidding on banana skin statue" of San Marino! Wonderful!

    • @pugmanick
      @pugmanick 3 года назад

      05:00 I'm such a sad g!t. That's music from old Top Gear....

  • @johncostello5869
    @johncostello5869 3 года назад +1

    "fourth part of the trilogy" I love your sense of humor, so like mine! :)

  • @NorthernChev
    @NorthernChev 3 года назад +1

    Thumbs-up for considering Part Four of this Trilogy!

  • @patrickmoody9367
    @patrickmoody9367 3 года назад

    Appreciated Electricity by OMD just when you said electricity
    Love your work!
    Also have loved your acsessability notes in videos

  • @the_victorious_1
    @the_victorious_1 3 года назад +2

    The Tim Train strikes again!

  • @FriedlichChiller
    @FriedlichChiller 3 года назад +11

    1:02 I believe this is what's called a "Geoff Marshall shot".

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 3 года назад +1

      I doubt Geoff Marshall invented it.

    • @FriedlichChiller
      @FriedlichChiller 3 года назад

      So do I.

    • @domtweed7323
      @domtweed7323 3 года назад

      Do you know what the tune playing in the background was?

    • @FriedlichChiller
      @FriedlichChiller 3 года назад +1

      @@domtweed7323 It definitely rings a bell, but I don't know either. As far as I know, Tim records the piano parts himself.

    • @jamesrobinson9194
      @jamesrobinson9194 3 года назад +1

      @@domtweed7323 the theme tune to Antiques Roadshow

  • @Happymali10
    @Happymali10 3 года назад +1

    Check out the "Golden Pass Railway" in Switzerland.
    They have train cars that change from narrow- to regular gauge while in operation.

  • @davidphilpott6606
    @davidphilpott6606 3 года назад

    Way cool! Thank you for sharing this, Tim!

  • @logoseven3365
    @logoseven3365 3 года назад

    Thanks for the extra effort to get us more videos.

  • @mathissevanhaverbeke3952
    @mathissevanhaverbeke3952 3 года назад

    The San Marino introsong! That's what I needed in my life today

  • @sheisveryfamous
    @sheisveryfamous 3 года назад +1

    1:29 Antique’s Roadshow? Took me so long to remember what song is was lol

  • @nickart4506
    @nickart4506 3 года назад +1

    So, when is the The Tim Traveller Official Soundtrack album being released?
    May I suggesst the catchphrase: "Music to Travel By"?
    I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd love to get my hands on some of the original music used in the videos :)

  • @georgejpg
    @georgejpg 3 года назад +6

    Is that Electricity by OMD? Lmao

  • @ianoliver3879
    @ianoliver3879 3 года назад

    Brilliant stuff. Thank you very much.

  • @billnickels6667
    @billnickels6667 3 года назад

    Extremely dramatic horse ... you are a funny guy. Which is partly why I enjoy.

  • @DetroitMicroSound
    @DetroitMicroSound 3 года назад

    Brilliant work! 🚊

  • @WegrennerX
    @WegrennerX 3 года назад

    Love your content so much.

  • @citizenerased1992
    @citizenerased1992 3 года назад +3

    I'd love to see the whole thing working again to get some traffic off the roads.

    • @xyyx1091
      @xyyx1091 3 года назад

      Do you live locally?

  • @davekirwin
    @davekirwin 3 года назад +1

    As usual an interesting video with some lovely musical touches and an animated politican is always amusing (I am easily amused). It is educational/fascinating/geeky videos like this that have kept me suitably entertained during the recent lockdown. Thanks Tim!

  • @zanelindsay1267
    @zanelindsay1267 Год назад

    Obscure railway remnants in a mountainous European enclave makes for a really fascinating story for us esoteric enthusiasts. And even more so if there is a possibility for additional restoration efforts. There is a curious story behind "Italian metre gauge", the result of a political decree. Thanks again for revealing yet another hidden gem!