Waves of excitement washed over me as I approached the Myrdal train station. For months, I had been reading up on the engineering marvel known as Flamsbana and I was thrilled to finally experience it for myself. Consistently named one of the most world’s most spectacular train rides, the Flam Railway is nothing short of a modern miracle as it is also one of the world’s steepest.
Plans to build a railway connecting Norway’s two largest cities, Oslo and Bergen, were launched in 1871. Huge engineering challenges meant plans were made, discarded and re-started until finally a workable solution had been reached. Construction of the line began in 1924 with around 200 men working on the site at a time …