Today I'm travelling to Västerås for a boat tour in Mälaren and then to Ängelsberg where I will travel with heritage railway to Kärrgruvan, organised by Engelsbergs Norberg Järnvägshistoriska förening (ENJ) association.
First I'm taking X40 train to Västerås
Passing by Karlberg station, which is now replaced with new Odenplan station for commuter trains
Kungsängen
Arriving to Västerås
M/S Elba is a passenger ferry built in 1897 and named after an island outside Västerås
During summer months there is a service operated by Rederi Mälarstaden to Östra holmen island
I'm taking a short ride before my next train, the station is located very close to the harbour
Västerås seen from Mälaren
Ryanair plane taking off from Västerås airport
Östra holmen island
SJ Regional train
Johannisberg
My next train is this X14 3190 to Ängelsberg
Rd2 1115 passing by
Dingtuna
Taking off from Mälarbanan to Kolbäck-Ludvika banan
Hallstahammar
Surahammar
Ramnäs
Photo wall inside the train left from Östgötapendeln time
Virsbo
I get off in Ängelsberg
My next train will depart at 14:52
Ferry to Oljeön island, which has the oldest preserved oil refinery in the world, Engelsberg Refinery.
Hvilan
Elimkapellet
Sculpture park
Engelsberg Ironworks built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700-1800. It is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site since 1993. (Wikipedia)
Has its own station
Do not feed the sheeps
"Filosofiska bänken" by Sture Collins
"Sälar" by Unna Katz
"Oändlig metamorfos" by Oleg Nourpeissovs
"Trattgubbar" by Peter Tillbergs
My next train is arriving
Y7 diesel railcars built at the end of the 50's
Y7 was in regular service until 1989
Engelsberg–Norberg Railway is a 18 km long railway line that was built in the 1850s with the purpose of transporting iron ore between the Norberg mining area and the lake Åmänningen, for further transport on barges on the Strömsholm Canal. (Wikipedia)
Green light
The railway to the left is to Fagersta and Ludvika
Arriving to Snyten
At Snyten, we have to cross the "Godsstråket genom Bergslagen" railway
Not much of the station left here, it was demolished in 1972, the only house left is this building
Arriving to Norberg, the last regular service passenger train went here in 1962, freight trains were operating until 1990. The railway crossing has to regulated manually
Norberg
Road 68 from Örebro to Gävle
Last stop is Kärrgruvan
The station in Kärrgruvan was demolished in the 80's but it was rebuilt in 2016
Y7 is manufactured by Eksjöverken
Norberg mining museum and the Mossgruve park
Mimergruvan mining
Taking the train back, passing by Norberg again
Högfors
Snyten
Engelsberg bruk
Back to Västerås and Stockholm
I'm getting off in Sundbyberg to take the new tram line, here operated with the new CAF A35 tram, also know as Urbos 75
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