Spectacular cab ride through Vouraikos gorge. Diakopto-Kalavrita rack-railway.

Reset to 1080 HD. Second half of the trip down from Kalavrita, starting at Zachlorou or Mega Spilaion, to the outskirts of Diakopto at the bridge carrying the Corinth-Patras motorway. Speed limits are 40 kph for the adhesion sections and 12 for the rack; we were pushing the limits almost the whole way with at times tortured screaming from brakes and wheels. The wonder is that they found/created a route at all through the gorge. The mountains in the distance at the end are on the Northern side of the Corinthian Gulf. As there is a drop in the line of about 2500 ft, you will see a change in foliage from bare trees at the start to full leaf and Spring flowers at the end, and, if you follow the link for the final bit of the trip, oranges on the trees at 1.30. The camera struggles at times to cope with the extreme contrasts of light and shade, and having to hand-hold the camera steady for half an hour when standing on a moving train was not easy. My thanks to the crew for inviting me in for this wonderful experience. You can see the last few minutes of the trip through the little town to the station at this link    • Cabride into Diakopto on the rack-rai...  . You can follow the course of the line on the satellite version of Google maps if you put Diakopto into search. See also youtube.com/edit?video_id=DtEBt7fUzKA&video_referr… for some rear cab shots

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