★ 4K 🇨🇭On the mainline with a 60 year old diesel, Münchenstein - Birsfelden Hafen cab ride [06.2020]

Welcome to another video. This time we accompany a diesel shunting veteran onto the mainline - a rare occurrence for any shunting locomotive, let alone an old one. The last time I saw a Bm 4/4 on a mainline was in 2014 while I was trainspotting: https://youtu.be/7llvvSzikRk The Bm 4/4 is a Swiss designed and built diesel electric which has been in service for 60 years now. They have only been recently been taken out of SBB Cargo service due to the arrival of newer locomotives, however in their last years, they were extensively used while the newer Am 843s sat around because they used less Diesel. Today there are still a handful in use with private companies and one example has been preserved in working order by SBB historic. What intrigues me is how smooth they are to drive. You'd expect an aged locomotive to smoke a bit more, but these wonderful machines just keep doing their job reliably day in and day out. So, we're heading to Münchenstein (a few stations from Basel on the line to Laufen) where some wagons were stored due to a capacity shortage in Birsfelden. We take them down to the harbour after the compulsory change of direction at the Basel marshalling yard. To get to the marshalling yard, we take a section of track that is rarely used, forming a direct connection from the Laufen valley (Laufental). This avoids us having to change directions at Basel SBB or Basel GB (freight yard). If you'd like to see more shunting videos like this, let me know in the comments. The clicking noises while driving are the 2 Hasler speedometers in the cab, a fine feat of engineering found in most older locomotives in Europe. The other occasional rattling sound is the compressor. I hope you enjoyed the video. If you'd like to donate, please click the following link. Donations will be used for equipment and software in order to bring you higher quality videos. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A86KRP9Q7JQDW&source=url Thanks for watching and have a great day! This video is copyrighted and may not be reuploaded, edited, used or distributed on youtube or outside of this platform without my written consent. If anybody is passionate about trains and interested in sharing their cab rides on this channel, please contact me on the about section of this page.