Trenitalia InterCity Notte ICN1963 #2: Tirrenica Meridionale- Salerno to Villa SG 4/11/22.

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Video reference points:
00:00:00 Salerno
00:03:02 Pontecagnano (pass)
00:04:26 Battipaglia
00:08:12 San Nicola Varco di Eboli (closed- now PM)
00:09:02 Paestum (pass)
00:12:45 Agripoli
00:17:02 Torchiara (closed- now PM)
00:18:05 Rutino (closed- now PM)
00:19:19 Vallo della Lucania
00:22:53 Caselvelino (closed)
00:24:35 Raddoppio Velia Scavi (closed)
00:25:21 Torre di Velia (historic castle)
00:27:24 Ascea
00:30:06 Pisciotta-Palinuro
00:32:43 Caprioli (closed)
00:33:44 Vibonati (closed)
00:34:25 Sapri ("No Time to Die" station!)
00:36:23 Maratea
00:37:27 Diamante
00:40:25 Cetraro (pass)
00:40:49 Acquappesa (pass)
00:43:43 Paola
00:44:43 New Cosenza line leaves (north junction)
00:45:06 New Cosenza line joins (south junction)
00:45:22 Course of pre-1987 rack and pinion Cosenza line leaves
00:46:33 S. Lucido Marina (pass)
00:47:25 Original single track tunnel to the right
00:48:08 Torremezzo di Falconara (closed)
00:49:23 Fiumefreddo Bruzio (closed)
00:52:21 Longobardi (pass)
00:54:40 Belmonte Calabro (pass)
00:57:25 Amantea
00:59:09 Lamezia T
01:00:29 On 1970s Troppea cutoff, looking down on the original single line route
01:02:54 Vibo-Valentia
01:05:08 Favazzina (pass)
01:05:48 Scilla (pass)
01:06:21 Villa SG- Cannitello
01:08:40 Villa SG
This video has taken a while to put together! It features extended video highlights taken from the video of ICN 1963 (Milano C-Siracusa) on a glorious winter morning (4/11/2022). This part of the video features the Tirrenica Meridionale from Salaerno to Villa San Giovanni (where the train is marshalled on to the Messina train ferry. The train was ten or twelve car with portions for Palermo and Siracusa. At the time, these trains had super power- we had an E403.006 at the lead with an E402b following up. I am not sure what we had at this part of the journey, as we were in the sleeping car third from the end of the consist and the locos scuttled off quickly at VSG. I found I could lie on the top bunk and film out of the open window using my cheap sports camera. The results are really nice though. Also, I used my old iPhone 7 plus (now used as a camcorder!) out of the back window of the train. There is some fantastic scenery on this route- particularly when the line runs by the sea. I haven't been down to Calabria since the late 90s (when the XMPR livery was only just beginning to come in) and quite a lot has changed since then!
I should point out that Sapri station was used in the latest James Bond film (No Time to Die)!!