Narrow gauge railway in the Rocky Mountains
The brand new film Smalspår i Klippiga Bergen, from LEG Video, is now on sale in our store. For only 150:- + postage it is yours, order today!
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The brand new film Smalspår i Klippiga Bergen, from LEG Video, is now on sale in our store. For only 150:- + postage it is yours, order today!
Narrow gauge railway in the Rocky Mountains Read More »
The Smalspåret association works on a voluntary basis and the preservation of cultural environments and architectural monuments is done entirely through income from dressage cycling, train travellers and our sponsors. We want to thank all the companies that sponsor us for the 2017 season and make the business possible, thank you! Virserums Sparbank Carlbergs Bygg Golvservice Bygg & Handel - Bolist Virserum Byggvab Dackebygdens Radio, TV, PC - RingUp Sport
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This year's Nostalgia Days was an extremely successful weekend with record numbers of visitors to both the vintage bus and the nostalgia train. In addition, sales increased in both the kiosk, the café car and the sausage sales. We thank all visitors and wish them a warm welcome during the summer season, which will start shortly, as well as to next year's nostalgia days.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
New book - Pelle meets a train driver Read More »
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.
New film - 802-1067, Disappearing narrow gauge railway Read 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
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