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The Växjö-Västervik Narrow-Gauge Railway Association has bought the station house and adjacent land in Flaten. "We are very pleased to now have the opportunity to preserve and restore the environment in Flaten," says chairman Peter V Christensen. The association works actively with the environments around the narrow gauge railway and when the estate of the previous owner was going to sell, we made a quick decision to buy. The plan [...]

All members are hereby invited to the annual meeting of the association. It will take place on Saturday 8 April at 13:00 at Hotell Olof in Åseda. The association offers coffee and rolls. When the meeting and social gathering is over, we will have a preview for members of Hultanäs station house where restoration is underway (official reopening during Smalspåret nostalgia days 10 June), individual

Föreningen Smalspårets Hultsfredsavdelning holds an information evening at Valhall in Hultsfred on Wednesday 8 March at 18.30. There we will tell you about railways in general and Smalspåret in particular. The Hultsfred department is part of the association Smalspåret Växjö-Västervik which also runs train traffic while the Hultsfred department is mostly involved in the rental of trolleys and clearing etc. for the track to

In an unguarded moment, an unknown person broke into the membership register and carried out a data breach! A witness was able to give a description of a man with a large white beard, a red coat and cap, and a sizeable paunch. He quickly noted down the addresses of some members of the association before leaving the scene on a sledge. The

We meet Pelle who helps a little monkey who is a train driver to fix his locomotive and he is invited for a ride. The book is perfect for 2 - 6 year olds with unlimited imagination! Hardcover, 28 pages. 79 SEK Now on sale!

LEGVideo's film 802-1607 Försvunna smalspår offers a look back along a number of narrow gauge railways that have been closed down around Sweden. Among other things, we visit Eksjö-Österbymo, Halmstad-Karlshamn, Växjö-Åseda and more.

The book Krösatåget, den småländska tågrevolutionen, written by Ingemar Lundin and Sten-Åke Bergholm is available in our catalogue. Rail transport outside the main lines in Sweden was considered more or less doomed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Generous government subsidies for replacement bus services meant that many county companies abandoned train services in favour of road buses. In Jönköping County there were

Buy the book with Lennart Petersson's pictures in black and white! 15 years after "Lennart's railway pictures" with wonderful colour pictures now comes the sequel with the best of the black and white. The book is a must for anyone interested in railway history, but also those who "just" want a treasure trove of images with environments from the past and which are now no longer there. The book is hardback