User:Sapfan/PTG Rail Wonders of Southern Sweden 2013

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By Jan Pešula from Aarhus, Denmark. Written on 5 October 2013.

British tour operator PTG organized a week-long vintage train tour, Rail Wonders of Southern Sweden. It started in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday 22 September and ended in the same city on Friday 27 September 2013. Like other events targeted at railfans (train enthusiasts), the purpose of this trip was to to give participants an opportunity to travel along routes without regular passenger traffic, to take pictures of both vintage and state-of-art rail equipment (trains, locomotives, railcars, stations, port facilities, etc.) and to share their travel experiences. Overall, about 60 people joined, most of them from the UK and Germany. I was one of two Czech railfans on board.

The following sections describe the route we took and illustrate it with my pictures. All photographs hosted on this server (commons.wikimedia.com - Wikimedia Commons, a sister project of Wikipedia) are available under a free license, meaning that you are invited to copy and reuse them for free and without asking. My own photos here are usually released to public domain, therefore all you need to do is to mention my name as author whenever you use my work. Other authors/uploaders may have additional requirements, so to avoid trouble, check a guideline and always refer to the licence of each work. Links to other websites are here only for convenience and their contents is obviously fully copyrighted.

Tour itinerary

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To follow this tour more easily, you may refer to:

  • Official Swedish rail maps, available from Trafikverket (pdf files at the right of the linked page; out of these, the most relevant is Trafikledningsområde Syd). They show the detail of currently existing routes.
  • Historical Swedish maps on historiskt.nu. By clicking on the image (and later single routes on each partial map), you can get increasingly detailed information, as well as links to old timetibles etc.
  • Regional rail maps also from historiskt.nu. By clicking on the general map, a printable map of a large region will open. You can click further on numbers next to rail routes to get a list of stations of each.

Sunday 22 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Nässjö C 267.964 + Vetlanda 36.696 + Kvillsfors 28.467 + Pauliström 7.387 + Kvillsfors 7.334 + Nyboholm 1.309 + junction 0.786 + Järnsforsen 8.013 + Kvillsfors 8.560 + Hultsfreds to Västervik 70.562

Monday 23 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Oskarshamn 64.807 + Oskarshamn docks 2.349 + Oskarshamn 2.343 + Berga 28.085 + Blomstermåla 35.872 + branch line 0.770 + Blomstermåla 0.765 + Mönsterås 13.405 + Blomstermåla 13.333 + Kalmar C 41.720 + Emmaboda 57.089 + Karlskrona C 56.467

  • Bridge of a narrow-gauge railroad over the Stångådal railroad South of Hultsfred
    Bridge of a narrow-gauge railroad over the Stångådal railroad South of Hultsfred
  • another view of the same bridge
    another view of the same bridge
  • Center of Berga
    Center of Berga
  • Train station in Oskarshamn
    Train station in Oskarshamn
  • Another view of the same station
    Another view of the same station
  • Our train in Oskarshamn harbour
    Our train in Oskarshamn harbour
  • Another view of the harbour
    Another view of the harbour
  • Another view of the harbour
    Another view of the harbour
  • On the harbour branch in the center of Oskarshamn
    On the harbour branch in the center of Oskarshamn
  • Another view of the branch
    Another view of the branch
  • Roundabout outside Oskarshamn station
    Roundabout outside Oskarshamn station
  • panorama of Oskarshamn station
    panorama of Oskarshamn station
  • Former signal box in Oskarshamn
    Former signal box in Oskarshamn
  • Blomstermåla station
    Blomstermåla station
  • The end of a business track leading from Blomstermåla to the SE
    The end of a business track leading from Blomstermåla to the SE
  • Disused mining equipment on the business track
    Disused mining equipment on the business track
  • Our train returning from the business track
    Our train returning from the business track
  • Another view from the same place
    Another view from the same place
  • Another view from the same place
    Another view from the same place
  • Another view from the same place
    Another view from the same place
  • The port of Mönsterås
    The port of Mönsterås
  • Our train in Mönsterås
    Our train in Mönsterås

Tuesday 24 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Karlshamn 67.673 + Karlshamn Västra 2.140 + Stillerydshamnen 3.657 + Karlshamn 4.159 + Karpalund 64.494 + Kristianstad 4.233 + Åhus 18.490 + Kristianstad 18.707 + Kristianstad gbg. 1.503 + Kristianstad 1.557 + Hässleholm C 29.826

  • Former rail tunnel under the center of Karlskrona
    Former rail tunnel under the center of Karlskrona
  • Our train at a former station Karlshamns Västra
    Our train at a former station Karlshamns Västra
  • Former depot at Karlshamns Västra station, now a theater
    Former depot at Karlshamns Västra station, now a theater
  • Stillerydshamnen outside Karlshäll
    Stillerydshamnen outside Karlshäll
  • Another place on the same branch
    Another place on the same branch
  • Kristianstad-Åhus line passing by Viby Church
    Kristianstad-Åhus line passing by Viby Church
  • Another view of the same place
    Another view of the same place
  • Our train outside Horna
    Our train outside Horna
  • Another view of the same place
    Another view of the same place
  • Container terminal in Åhus harbour
    Container terminal in Åhus harbour
  • Our train in Åhus harbour
    Our train in Åhus harbour
  • Another view of the same
    Another view of the same
  • Container loading in Åhus harbour
    Container loading in Åhus harbour
  • Grain elevator and train station in Åhus
    Grain elevator and train station in Åhus
  • The same view
    The same view
  • Our train and Åhus station building
    Our train and Åhus station building
  • Around Hammarslund on the way back to Kristianstad
    Around Hammarslund on the way back to Kristianstad
  • Another view of the same place
    Another view of the same place
  • Another view of the same place
    Another view of the same place
  • Modern station building in Bromölla
    Modern station building in Bromölla

Wednesday 25 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Eneryda 72.502 + Olofström 64.014 + Eneryda 64.039 + Hässleholm C 72.524 + Markaryd 36.640 + Strömsnäsbruk 14.081 + Markaryd 14.055 + Åstorp 89.797 + Hässleholm C 53.103

Thursday 26 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Torup 129.818 + Hyltebruk 11.778 + Torup 11.850 + Landeryd 19.754 + Smålands Burseryd 14.844 + Landeryd 14.860 + Torup (east jct) 18.870 + Torup (north jct) 0.704 + Malmö C 193.116

Friday 27 September 2013

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Mileage (in km): Trelleborg F 33.864 + Malmö gbg 33.589 + Malmö Västra (Ribersborg) 4.502 + Malmö gbg. 4.038 + Ängelholm 95.050 + Kattarp 12.896 + Hasslarp 2.850 + Malmö C 82.385

Pictures by other participants

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If you also took pictures of this tour and would like to let others reuse your work freely, then go ahead, upload them and let others know on this page!

As of now, this section is empty.

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Below you can see links to pictures taken by other participants of this tour and published on their (or other) websites. Unlike the pictures displayed above, this contents is copyrighted and must not be reused without agreement with each respective author.

This is it! The trip is over - but another one is planned for 2014.

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