Leksand, Rättvik

On Swedish National day, 6th of June I'm travelling to Dalarna, visiting Leksand and Rättvik.

 I'm taking the Intercity train from Stockholm to Mora.

 Dalabanan railway to Mora was completed in 1914. Most of the station buildings along Dalabanan are still there, here is Leksand station.

 Dalabanan is used for freight trains as well

 Hectorrail Vectron locomotive hauled train heading to Mora to collect timber

Vectron AC DPM (Diesel Power Module) has a last mile function

 This route was previously operated by Rush Rail which went bankrupt in 2016 and were taken over by Trätåg AB

 Central part of Leksand

 Missionskyrkan in Leksand

 Hembygdsgårdarna - history open air museum

 Munthes Hildasholm museum

 Other side of Österdal river

 Leksand church

 Bridges over Österdalälven

 M/S Gustaf Wasa built in 1876

 TiB (Tåg i Bergslagen) operated regional line Borlänge-Mora

 X51

 After a short ride, I'm in Rättvik, which I have visited once in the winter

 Same freight train I saw earlier in Leksand is returning filled with wood

 Hector Rail is operating a so called Trätåg concept

 Långbryggan, a 628m long pier built in 1895

 It was renovated in 1992, with a crowdfunding. Each of the donators name is engraved on the planks.

 Lake Siljan

Rättvik station

Mora

Following up my trip from last year to Mora and Rättvik. This year planning to visit Mora town and Morastrand station.

 Taking SJ Intercity train 42 from Stockholm to Mora.

 Old fashioned coach train is powered by Rc6 locomotive. SJ has 98 of this type.

 First stop in Arlanda.

 Second stop in Uppsala.

 From the first coach, the back of the locomotive is visible.

 Sala station. Waiting for a delayed train from Linköping.

 X50 SJ Regional from Linköping is arriving, 5 min delayed. Passengers travelling from Katrineholm, Eskilstuna, Västerås can change to Mora train in Sala instead of Stockholm.

 Approaching freight railway from Bergslagen at Avesta Krylbo.

 Avesta Krylbo station.

 Säter station

 Djurås station

 Gagnef station

 Circle window in A11 coach

 Insjön station

 Approaching Leksand, famous for its hard rye bread manufacturing

 Passing by Österdalälven in Leksand.

 Leksand station

 Tällberg station

 Meeting X50 Tågkompaniet train

 Arriving to Rättvik

 628m long Rättvik pier.

 Lake Siljan is covered in snow and ice

 Approaching Mora

 Rush Rail 185 Bombardier Traxx locomotive

 Rush Rail T66 diesel locomotive

 End station for this train. In less than an hour, it's getting back to Stockholm.

 Mora station

 From Mora, it's possible to travel further north on Inlandsbanan to Östersund.

 The train is called Snötåget, operated by Inlandsbanan. Snowtrain is operated here daily between 31 December and 21 April.

 The famous Vasaloppet, is the annual cross-country ski race held beginning of March from Sälen to Mora.

 In Mora it is possible to bike with skis

 Old steam locomotive from 1916, was in traffic during 1948-1960 in Dalarna.

 Famous Dala horse

 Morastrand station is much closer to city centre than the main Mora station. This station was opened and closed several time through the years, the last time it opened was 1994 for the tourist Inlandsbanan railway.

 Today the Inlandsbanan railway is only used between Gällivare and Mora. The south part from Mora to Kristinehamn is not in use any longer although the tracks are still in place.

 Rush Rail is transporting timber on this part of Inlandsbanan.

 In Mora, the main shopping street is Kyrkogatan. Here is an underwear shop preparing for beach 2016.

 Skating is popular here.

 From Morastrand there is a commuter train service to Borlänge.

 A sign telling about the starting point of electrification.

 Back to Stockholm, the clouds seems to disappear.

 But in Borlänge it started to snow