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My travel in Sweden:
From Stockholm to Katrineholm
with an old steam train, 2006


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Sorry, most of the links are in Swedish, maybe you can use a translater.


Katrineholm:

When we waiting for the train to go back to Stockholm we took a walk in Katrineholm and to the locomotive garage.

Katrineholm:

From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Maria guide me around in Katrineholm, she was born here. But what did she said ? I have forgotten, must ask here again.

More to read about Katrineholm at Wikipedia:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

The big square of Katrineholm with shops and restaurants.


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Maria:
Göran Persson was a municipal councilor in Katrineholm, but he was born in Vingåker.

More to read about Göran Persson at Wikipedia:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

The store Magasinet.


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Maria:
This is Mariakyrkan, a free church.

More to read about Mariakyrkan at Wikipedia:

Maria:
North of hte railwaystation there is another church, Katrineholms kyrka.

More to read about Katrineholms kyrka at Wikipedia:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Maria:
The two pictures show Stadshuset Gröna Kulle. From the beginning a private residence.

More to read about Katrineholms stad (and Town House) at Wikipedia:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

After the walk in Katrineholm we go back to the train, we don't want to miss the departure.


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Locomotive garage:

From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

A few hundred meters from Katrineholm's railway station there is a locomotive garage that we want to see.


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

A power outlet for the parked trains.


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Ouu ... we see that they have a lot of work to do here.

Maria:
The stalls are now renovated and are called the "Perrong". Allowance for you between grade 7 and 25 years …


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

The railway turntable, they use it to direct the locomotive to correct garage. I have somewhere read that they sometimes are powered by steam. I don't know if this one is that.

At Wikipedia you find more information about railway turntable:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

What is this exiting thing ? Manufactured 1909 at Örebro Centralverkstäderna.

At Wikipedia you find more information about Örebro Centralverkstäderna:


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Now it looks if the steam locomotive are ready to take us home to Stockholm.


Ready to go home:

From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Filled with some cubic meters of fresh water and had just been lubricated.


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Hard to tell what this is, but I can see some of the letters and I think it's a over heater.


Flen:

From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Lights, are they powered by carbid, gas or electric ?


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005


Västberga industrial area:

From Stockholm to Katrineholm by a steam train, 2005

Back home in the evening, I asked about how much coal we have used on this 300 km trip, answer: 4 ton

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