In cabina trappulella 668 a MONTAGNANA, città murata

The video begins in Verona, June 3, 2008 ... and there will be many ALn 668 traps, going to and from Montagnana, the magnificent walled city, an island of art and history. The isolated ALn 668 1025, a 1976 Fiat Savigliano, a splendid little granny on rails, departs. At 8:03, I take the ALn 668 1256 for Rovigo, an Omeca from 1980. A beautiful complex of ALe 801/940 electric motor cars, from the 1970s, built by Breda, Marelli, and Ansaldo, passes by alongside. We set off. A large yard. The line towards the Brenner Pass branches off. S. Lucia junction, with the line to Milan on the right. We are on the double-track Verona-Bologna line. We cross at ... speed (the 668 series 1200s do a maximum of 110 km/h) another 668... I cross at a relative speed of over 200 km/h, which doesn't happen often at 668s. Ca' di David control point. Buttapietra station, with an electrical substation. Then Isola della Scala (where the decommissioned section from Dossobuono arrived). I go to the cabin of the 1256 trappulella. We depart and leave the line for Bologna. The overhead line ends. Bovolone (without a mural, in 2008) and I cross with another ALn 668. Then for a long time in the countryside. The overhead line resumes and we are in Cerea. From Cerea to Legnago the line is double track, shared with the Mantua - Monselice trains. In Legnago (Salieri's city) I get off. A trolley is passing by to survey and measure the geometry of the rails. ALn 668 movements at the station, which also sees 668s parked. I take the Regional 5581, Legnago - Monselice: it's the same 668 1256 I arrived on. A complex of ALe 801/940s breaks the diesel dominance. More 668 movements at the station: great trainspotting! We depart on the ALn 668 1256; on the right, the line to Rovigo branches off. We cross the Adige on a beautiful upper-girder bridge. I get off at Montagnana, the heart of the historic Sculdascia (an ancient military border county of the Lombard Kingdom). I immediately head for the fantastic city walls, which I'll circumnavigate entirely, reconnaissance on foot, pedibus calcantibus. The walls, a perfect and very well-preserved example of medieval military architecture. The oldest features date back to the early 14th century. The fortified city is enclosed by a quadrilateral wall with large Guelph battlements, approximately 600 by 300 meters. I begin at Porta XX Settembre. As I walk, I recount the city's history, from the Romans to the Lombards to the Hungarians, all the way to the Venetian Republic. West Gate, Rocca degli Alberi. North Gate: Porta Vicenza, overlooked by the Torre del Borgo. The eastern side begins, in the area of ​​the Castello di San Zeno. East Gate and the Tower, the tallest and oldest in the city. The Ezzelino Keep, dating back to the early 13th century. Palazzo Pisani, designed by Palladio (but not built as he would have liked). A brief mention of the Montagnana Noventa Vicenza interurban tramway, opened with a narrow gauge of 950 mm and steam in 1887; rebuilt to standard gauge of 1435 mm. in 1911. Closed in 1979. Little by little I visit the many beautiful buildings and churches in the village. Piazza Maggiore and the Cathedral. Palazzo della Loggia, Palazzo Zanella, Palazzo Cassa Risparmio, Castello di S. Zeno. Then I return to the station. A pair of ALn 668s arrive. A small ALn 668 1087 arrives, a 1978 Fiat Savigliano, which I take to return to Legnago. We set off. ALn 668 1252 and ALn 668 1248 pass by (they are 1980 Omecas). In the countryside, Bevilacqua Castle and then the Bevilacqua station. Boschi S. Anna. The bridge over the Adige River. We pass by on ALe 801/940. I get off at Legnago. More ALn 668s pass by and then I see ALn 668 1025 (1976 Fiat Savigliano) again, which I take. Cerea. Bovolone: ​​intersection with ALn 668 1244, a 1980 Omeca, and... the F 104 Starfighter. I'll explain its presence. Isola della Scala, intersection with ALe 801/940. Buttapietra. Verona Ca' di David. A stop on the line. Movement on the many surrounding tracks. The video ends with the arrival at Verona Porta Nuova.