Sweden · electric
SJ class Dm3 electric in summer.
Heavy duty iron ore locomotive used in
northern Sweden and Norway. 270 tons, 7200 kW, 940
kN. 19 in service as well as
two class Dm (without the centre section).
Originally built as class Dm between
1953 and 1971 and later rebuilt into class Dm3.
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Uploaded Feb 16 1998
SJ class Dm3 electric in winter.
Heavy duty iron ore locomotive used in
northern Sweden and Norway. 270 tons, 7200 kW, 940
kN. 19 in service as well as
two class Dm (without the centre section).
Originally built as class Dm between
1953 and 1971 and later rebuilt into class Dm3.
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Uploaded Nov 17 1995
Freight train pulled by Rc engine
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Uploaded Feb 16 1998
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) Roslagsbanan, 891 mm
locomotive class Bdp at Östra Station in Stockholm.
Photo by Marco van Uden (marco@nikhefk.nikhef.nl)
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Uploaded Nov 29 1995
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) train class C10 on
Saltsjöbanan at the end station Saltsjöbaden.
Photo by Marco van Uden (marco@nikhefk.nikhef.nl)
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Uploaded Nov 29 1995
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) class X10p EMU (891 mm) belonging
to Roslagsbanan at Näsbypark.
Photo by Marco van Uden (marco@nikhefk.nikhef.nl)
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Uploaded Nov 29 1995
Stockholm 891 mm gauge EMU UBxp 145 + UBp + X10p at Frescati, 1995 Oct 15.
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (urf@icl.se)
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Uploaded Nov 17 1995
Stockholm 891 mm gauge EMU X10p 219 at Östra Station, 1995 Oct 29.
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (urf@icl.se)
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Uploaded Nov 17 1995
In the 1800´s a lot of iron ore was found in the very north of Sweden, Kiruna and
Luossavaara. To get the heavy ore to the coast, a railway line was built by hand, with not
much else than pickaxes and horses on the open tundra, over the mountains from Kiruna to
Narvik in Norway. For decades the railway was the only means of transportation: still in the
1960´s no road existed. Photo of an iron ore train at Torneträsk station on the tundra in
August 1998 by Ilkka Siissalo (ilkka@smile.ch)
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Uploaded Jun 5 1999
The specially built triple locomotives of the iron ore railroad Kiruna-Narvik are still
among the most powerful locomotives in the world with their 12 axis drive system. Operated
by the Sedish state railways SJ on behalf of the mining company Luossavaara-Kirunavaara AB
LKAB they can drag a train of over 45 heavy ore wagons over the mountainous range at a
reduced speed of around 45 km/h. Photo of the LKAB special locomotive no. 3210 "Victor" at
Torneträsk station in August 1998 by Ilkka Siissalo (ilkka@smile.ch)
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Uploaded Jun 5 1999
Horses and pickaxes are no longer needed to build a railroad on the open tundra, even where
no roads exist. Photo of TMV 04286 "railway truck" of the Swedish SJ, built by Danish
Jölemo A/S at Torneträsk station on the Kiruna-Narvik railway in August 1998 by Ilkka
Siissalo (ilkka@smile.ch)
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Uploaded Jun 5 1999
Ra 987 at the Swedish Railways's Museum at Gävle, March 1997.
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (griffon@kuai.se)
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Uploaded Jun 18 1997
Ra 987 at the Swedish Railways's Museum at Gävle, March 1997.
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (griffon@kuai.se)
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Uploaded Jun 18 1997
Rc2 1045 with passenger train passing through Ervalla
in the direction of Örebro, August 1996.
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (griffon@kuai.se)
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Uploaded Jun 18 1997
Switcher Ue 688 at Stockholm Central Station, October 1995
Photo by Urban Fredriksson (griffon@kuai.se)
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Uploaded Jun 18 1997
