Vintage Railway Equipment—a Dozen Images.

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In late July 2015, I traveled with Markku Pulkkinen, Matti Mäntyvaara and Asko Räsänen from Oulu, Finland to Luleå, Sweden. Among the goals of the trip was to visit the Norrbottens Järnvägsmuseum (Bothnia Railway Museum).

This has a great collection of preserved steam and electric locomotives, plus freight cars, passenger equipments and related displays. I made dozens of images of the historic equipment using my Lumix LX7.

I found it especially interesting to study the vintage electric locomotives up close. My favorites were the Dm3s, which I recall working iron ore trains to Narvik on my 2002 visit. I bought a Dm3 t-shirt at the museum’s gift shop.

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Dm3 electric.
Dm3 electric.
Dm3 electric.
Dm3 electric.
Dm3 electric.
Dm3 electric.

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Trollhattan—the Swedish Juniata?
Trollhattan—the Swedish Juniata?

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Oh no, the vandals got the handle!
Oh no, the vandals got the handle!

Tracking the light has something new everyday!

See: http://www.nbjvm.se for more on the museum.

2 comments on “Vintage Railway Equipment—a Dozen Images.

  1. Sid Finster on said:

    They seem to have a diverse and interesting collection. Thanks.

  2. That is some great old equipment. Very very cool!

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