I am an American freight train driver. Love this video! It is very hard to learn about the history of Soviet/Russian railways if one does not speak Russian. I have never been able to find hardly any books on the subject. I had no idea that some of the locomotives used on this line were more powerful than what everyone in the US calls ‘the most powerful locomotives ever built’. Very interesting topic, because of the scale of Soviet/Russian rail network and how much freight was hauled by train, but it is something that most western rail enthusiasts know almost nothing about. Most think there have never been long and heavy trains anywhere else in the world. Thank you.

@howepellin

2 жыл бұрын

Do Americans have Electric Freights?

@treck87

2 жыл бұрын

On his other channel in Russian you can turn on the "CC" subtitles and select English to understand his commentary. He has a lot more videos over there. Here's the channel -- kzread.infovideos

@jacksak

Жыл бұрын

I agree and found it very interesting regarding the big Russian train infrastructure.

@thepinusnigra

Жыл бұрын

The most common locomotives in ussr/russia(also they were caught on camera): m62, 2te116( and variations, usually they are famous of "giving a bear" like here kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJloqMx9ZZvgmbQ.html ) , I believe once was caught GT1(gas turbine) if I'm not mistaken and chme3(manuever loco) or it's modern successor which mostly looks the same. Anyway, most of our rail networks utilizes electrocity, so if you're look into soviet freight electric monsters it's a VL-85, VL-15, modern successor is 4es5k. The diesel ones are 4te130 were developed on dawn of Soviet Union, so sadly only one section been saved from decommissioning in the troubled times. And modern one which I previously mentioned GT1

The far east is such a beautiful part of the World! All the Tundra and Taiga, Bogs and Mountain Ranges, the vast rivers, etc... I wish I could go there somewhere to photograph it all

@thepinusnigra

Жыл бұрын

Mosquitoes awaiting for you :)

Hi mr Vagabond. I really like your videos, especially from the more remote regions which we will never have any chance of seeing in any meaningful way. I hope to see many more!

I work for a freight railway in Canada and this reminds me of our own line through Northern Ontario - not just the terrain but the only towns along the way being the crew change points of the railway or maybe those with a paper mill, logging or mining activities. Interesting to see how Canada and Russia share similar geography.

@Coffeeholic1740

2 жыл бұрын

RTC EDMONTON OVER!

@basstrip73

2 жыл бұрын

I made almost the exact same comment on a previous Vagabond video. Boreal forest for the win!

@vstaritz

Жыл бұрын

I watched a TV program a while ago where they showed a quebecois going on a holiday in his cabin up north. The interesting thing about this is that he would order the train to stop at his mile marker in the middle of nowhere to get off, and even got his bags unloaded for him. To leave, he would get posted in the same spot and they'd stop for him.

15:04 I went from Berlin to Riga years ago 2,5 days ride, the sleep in a train is like heaven! i could ride in a circle all night long :D

I would never have imagined that one day I would be interested in learning about remote russian locations. Thank you so much for your unique content, and for making videos in english so the whole world can understand. I am french and I find it amazing that we can all communicate on the internet and discover about lesser known parts of the world. I am looking forward for your next videos!

@margo7059

10 ай бұрын

В Яндекс браузере есть встроенный переводчик с русского на другие языки. И наоборот.

This is WAY better than TV and you still can't get everything in thousands of photos as well!!!!

Love your videos! My grandmother (lived in Pieter, born in Loyev Belarus1915) was a geologist prospecting the BAM among other things. If the current situation will eventually settle down to some kind of normality, I would love to do the trips that you do! Thanks for letting me see what the reality of my grandmother was like in the seventies. I also liked the videos from Sachalin, where she also worked. Keep up the good work!

I have read about Amur and the the Russo Japanese wars over control of the Amur. I never thought about seeing Amur until this upload. Thank you very much for this extraordinary upload .

7:04 The wheels on the passenger car in front seriously need some maintenance.

@KCHAKCOUN

2 жыл бұрын

I think the passenger car has the brakes on

Keep up with your great content. I have been very interested in Far East Russia since watching Dersu Uzala 7 years ago. Also the fact that the city of Vladivostok is becoming more famous as the capital of Russia in the east, I started to see more about other cities, younger than the cities in European Russia. The nature and history of the Russian Far East is simply amazing.

Thanks for taking us along on your Siberian BAM railroad trip. Very Interesting content. ✌️❤️

Really interesting and fascinatingly beautiful nature. I hope things one day get back to normal and that I can do this trip. Thanks for the great video. Greetings from Norway.

@redtobertshateshandles

Жыл бұрын

Never happen. They murdered the intelligencia and go getters, leaving Communists and criminals.

Cool video. The BAM and its construction is very interesting. Thanks for continuing to post these videos. Its a real insight into the real Russia.

What a magnificent video presentation, thank you so very much for this. The architecture throughout the journey is very impressive, even at the smaller settlements. The scenery is exquisite and the civil engineering of the line, the bridges and tunnels are fantastic. I have always been impressed with the design of the locomotives that were used on the train on which you were travelling as with the cabs raked forward at the top they give the appearance of, 'we mean business'! The sound of the wheels going over the rail joints is a sound of great pleasantness and would easily help one sleep during the overnight part of the journey.

Another awesome upload vagabond, keep them coming. Would love to have the chance to travrl the rails you have. 👍

I saw a video about the BAM railway that went from Tayshet to Tynda from another content creator and was impressed. Glad to see content from the city where the other video ended going farther east

Πολύ ωραία ξενάγηση! Χαιρετισμούς από την Ελλάδα.

Ух ты. Еще одно отличное видео. Спасибо. Wow. Another great video. Thank you.

Another great video. Please keep them coming. I hope to visit Russia's far east some day.

Man I hope you will be still able to post videos on youtube in the future. Love your content! When possible, come to Prague, you have a soulmate here and place to sleep over 👍🏼

the countryside there looks absolutely beautiful dude. thanks for the vids

Great film work Vaga Bond. Very professional... enjoyed titled places along the journey... cities and rivers.

Great videos! Be safe and keep on trucking!

BAM is imo one of the most interesting routes and constructions projects in the world, that's just like the american wild west. The USSR turned it into an enormous epic feat and i think it was totally justified. It's sad that lots of people had to abandon those places after the USSR collapsed.

I’ve been planing a BAM trip since Covid. Like your freight BAM trip your information is the best available.Train stop times and if you overnight is great for my planning.Amazing permafrost footage near Marevaya station…….See you next winter available…..

Thanks for taking me on yet another wonderful journey.

7:42 So smooth that even the axell cought fire

Russia is such a beautiful country, i hope one day i will be able to visit there

Thank you for this wonderful journey 🚂🚃🚃🚃

Super nice video! Thank you for uploading it!

11:00-11:15 scenery looks like Alaska (which was a Russian territory) in the summer. A lot of potential for tourism.

interesting video, I'm from Tynda and I work as a path fitter

fascinating as always. thanks!

Another great video!!! Keep em coming!!

Great video! Keep up the outstanding work!

Very intresting as usual! Thank you so much Ivan

Another very nice railroad train video.

Really interesting, it's on my list to take a train along this route.

@AndreiIvanescuOficial

2 жыл бұрын

we wait your videos

@pascalgotlib1781

2 жыл бұрын

Tres intéressant je remarque que la ligne n'est pas électrifiée et qu'elle est à voie unique

Thanks for the visit.

Thank you for the beautiful and informative video!

Brilliant as ever. Thanks 🙏

A great video! Thank you.

totally beautiful

Another quality video, 👍👍

Great review/summary 👌🏻👌🏻😍 excited for new adventures. Stay safe and warm 🙋‍♂️

Wonderful video! ❤

Great video, nice views, I have been there several times

When you put the town/city names in English please could you put them in Russian also? Chances are anyone interested in Russia or the far east will be learning the language in some capacity.

@abbeystump

2 жыл бұрын

I use Google maps to follow his train journeys.

Beautiful wilderness

Man your Channel is very underated , i love your channel very much , much love from India bro.

Ooh! The engine has *Soot!* Awesome!

Fascinating.

Amazing!

Great vid

I travelled BAM in autumn so beautiful❤

@O0oFeelTheHateo0O

2 ай бұрын

I would be very interested as well. Do you think it's doable without knowing Russian?

@ItsEskimo

2 ай бұрын

@@O0oFeelTheHateo0O yes definitely go for it . Luckily I found everyone who knows English.

very interesting

16:24 wheel set on fire???? aaaaaGh!!

Hi V is not pronounced as W in English but I do find how you Village amusing thank you mr vaga bond

Молодец!

i like to follow your journeys in google maps so i can see where everything is so its not just random names and towns so i know the geography a bit better

Rally Tours NZ run BAM Tours from Novosibirsk to Tynda in Winter as the road beside the railway line is VERY difficult in Summer. I drove over Lake Baikal some 46km in a Toyota Landcruiser on this tour!!!

you created usefull .see you later.🖐

Yoooo lets go, early gang

Wow

Do I see fire (overheated brakes?) at 7.05 ?

7:11 what is that glow from under the wagon ? looks like jammed brakes

This is a really excellent video, well done! Maybe consider stating prices in euros, not rubles, as most of your viewers will be more familiar with the euro.

@ivantrainsLIVE

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that and by the moment I was working with this video ruble had been very volatile. It may vary from 60 to 100 (conditionally) rub per euro. So I decided to state prices in rubles

thank you for showing the beautiful side of russia

'Soil coolers' ? Just had to ask about that? Regards from Eire.

@ivantrainsLIVE

2 жыл бұрын

These tools regulate soil temperature to prevent permafrost from melting.

@333ridge

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivantrainsLIVE Ah to stop the sleepers and lines from moving/sinking. Thanks mate.

BAM, BAM, BAM

💯🍻

As i remember you already passed this way but in the freight train. Right?

@ivantrainsLIVE

2 жыл бұрын

I hadn't ridden freight trains there before taking a passenger. I rode Western BAM only.

@milosvolibiciklizam

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivantrainsLIVE oh, western part. Rivers made association of trip

❤👍❤

Хотелось бы эту речь послушать на русском,возможно можно было-бы узнать что то интересное

The cost for this 900+ mile trip appears to be less than $36 if my numbers are correct.

Russia is such a beautiful country, it’s a certain type of beauty that many people don’t understand it. I hope that the US-Russian relations get a bit better soon, Ukraine and Russia should be negotiating instead of fighting each other. I hope that I’ll be able to visit Russia someday because there’s just something about it that has a special place in my heart. It seems like it’s always cloudy and rainy, but that makes it even more beautiful to me. Thank you for showing me more of your beautiful country!

How hard would be to camp and hike in the Russian far east? If we ignore getting into Russia right now. Is it illegal to camp and is it dangerous in those woods?

@sodinc

2 жыл бұрын

It is absolutely legal. About danger - depends in your relations with wild animals

Is it single or double track ?

@ivantrainsLIVE

2 жыл бұрын

Single

@BsBsBock

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivantrainsLIVE oh that’s sad :(

@sodinc

2 жыл бұрын

@@BsBsBock that is exactly why they are building new tunnels, bridges, etc.

@marlinlachance8797

2 жыл бұрын

On the bridges it appears much of it is roughed in for a 2nd track.

At 8:20 what the hell is swimming in the river?

Did You see the smoke? Holy Christ.

@demil3618

Жыл бұрын

Holy smoke!

VAGA BOND i just found this channel reacently and i really like the vids well i am not quite shure from where you are but you somehow sound a bit german

Although this video is already a few month old, I just watched it now and really like it. Thanks for this informative and good content! What the Russian state is doing is so sad. When I see these landscapes, I think much could be fields and food production for people to make a living - if there wasn’t so much corruption. Things in Ukraine seem to be turning and I hope one day I can travel this region too. Love Russia, just not it’s political side right now.

@margo7059

10 ай бұрын

У вас такое реалистичное представление о России 🤦🤦🤦. Я бы не отделяла политиков от жителей их стран. Вот вы, например, очень хорошо коррелируете с большинством западных политиков, начиная с Байдена.

One day I want too travel Russia... Not Solo, preferably with an Eastern European -Slav that's speaks Russia+ & can teach me!

New military draft in Russia, I hope they don't drag you to war buddy

@philipbossy4834

2 жыл бұрын

The conscription numbers are always announced in late march, same numbers as last few years.

@OlSkunGun

2 жыл бұрын

@@philipbossy4834 Since shizzy went full bananas this year they'll prolly grab more canon fodder than they announced.

Metro Exodus anyone? 😬

Allow me to ask because I'm quite curious. Do you know or have any ideia of what's going on in ucraine? This questions is not a provocation... Im really interest the scope of knowledge that Russians have about the special operation. I'll appreciate you're honest answer... I'm asking you because you're the only Russian channel I follow...

@danielandries3240

2 жыл бұрын

Yes , it's a scam war just like the scam convid 1984 , all run by the world economic forum of Klaus Schwab.

@nikolaynovichkov166

2 жыл бұрын

Is anything happening there? I've heard rumors about some kind of war, don't know if I should believe them or this is all Western propaganda. Anyway, the TV has been all silent about Ukraine for the past month, so this does raise some suspisions,

@ivantrainsLIVE

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I do.

@agatamarozas9860

2 жыл бұрын

Please remember if Vaga say to much he can end up in prison. Russian isn't thepalce where You can publicly say what you think. But i think that in previos video He said clear what he thinks about it.

@TiagoRuivo

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivantrainsLIVE how is the current mood in Russia?

I thought Russia was a hellhole of misery and deprivation. Your video is messing with my preconceived notions of Russia.

@user-jn3cg7jt9t

6 ай бұрын

😂Удивительно дикие люди на западе, не верьте пропаганде

"the resettllement of peasant from European provinces in Russia" LOL I have a feeling my baltic friends would describe it a bit differently.

@postgradsibstud9321

2 ай бұрын

Resettlement during the Russian Empire didnt include Baltics by force. Deportation during USSR did.

Seems Russian railways no longer run on Moscow time but on the time zone they're in. Years ago one would have lunch in the dining car, ask what time is it and be told it's 4 a.m.

Что Vaga, продался "западным партнёрам"? На своих зрителей забил с прибором? Ну-ну...

Another nice video. I am so sad, that because of the Putin's war and genocide to the Ukraine, i will probably be not able to visit this far east. 😕

@margo7059

10 ай бұрын

Геноцида, который устроила Украина на Донбассе? Закрыли вам локацию для сафари? Жалеете, что Россия начала антиколониальную войну. Понимаю. Но не сочувствую вам.

The line were build by prisoners, for example Russian and Polish people convicted on Gulag . I don't know why this project was the most expensive on Earth. I suppose the money was stolen as everything in Russia.

@matrixnorm6672

Жыл бұрын

very low IQ take

@RustedCroaker

10 ай бұрын

It was build by young komsomol mostly. Quit sniffing propaganda that much.

@margo7059

10 ай бұрын

🤦🤦🤦

@postgradsibstud9321

2 ай бұрын

Only small part of the road. Most of it was built after the 50s by hired workers. Salaries were higher than anywhere in the country.

You "accidentally" forgot to mention that the eastern part of BAM was built by mostly German and Japanese gulag prisoners in the 1940s, and about 200,000 of them died there. I guess it's hard to find anything in Russia that didn't take someone's life.

@user-jn3cg7jt9t

6 ай бұрын

Чушь не мели, "историк"

@waldemarmrok167

6 ай бұрын

​@@user-jn3cg7jt9tDon't worry. It's not your fault that you are intellectually backward, there are many like you in Russia. Simpletons are easier to control.

@postgradsibstud9321

2 ай бұрын

​@@waldemarmrok167at first, the section of this railway built by prisoners was relatively small. At the second, most of those prisoners were Russian. At the third, German and Japanese prisoners used to work on this railway construction took more lives during their occupation of Russia and China. Most of these prisoners returned alive during the 50s. Especially Japanese.

@robertharneis9506

Ай бұрын

Right. Especially Germans and of course the Japanese in China. They were lucky to be taken prisoner. Quite a lot of the German POWs were handed over to the Russians by the US army.

Funny, because soon the whole russia will be like Nort Korean camp

Support Ukraine fight against Russian invasion. 🇺🇦

Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 Хороший русский - это груз "200".

Binge watching your channel. Great stuff. Subscribed. Keep up the great work.

if in doubt, put a the before noun. it is pes ants not pea ants