In spring 2016, the book Krösatåget, den småländska tågrevolutionen, part 1 was published, Krösatåget, the Småland train revolution, part 2.
Ingemar Lundin continues in a vivid way to tell about procurements, operator changes, vehicle refurbishment, the rise and fall of BK-Tåg and SJ's attempt to maintain its monopoly at all costs.
Magnus Lindman takes over from 2010 and describes his experiences as a driver on the road. More operator changes, mismanaged traffic management and extensive vehicle shortages. Ingemar conducts a number of interesting interviews with people who have had influence over the past 30 years.
Representatives of county transport and transport operators duck the issue of the recurring vehicle shortage, but Magnus objectively describes the causes and decisions. However, the negative trend will be reversed when the service regains its quality and reliability.
The book is richly illustrated with photographs from three decades and complete vehicle lists, selected traveller statistics and traffic trends. The two authors also look ahead from different perspectives and tell us what they think and hope is around the corner.
The book also includes funny anecdotes, such as on 3 June 2012. It was the author and county transport CEO Ingemar's name day. He had been invited to Nässjö where the Y1 1299 motor coach was to be named Malte after the wayward engineer Malte Liewen Stierngranat. The motor coach had been taken over by the Nässjö Railway Museum, which now wanted to name the coach. This time, however, Ingemar was the victim of a practical joke that went down well. Behind the cardboard disc was nothing less than Ingemar's name. The newspapers wrote things like "Name coup against the father of the Krösatågen train" the next day and the story was widely spread. Ingemar commented on the coup with the words: "It felt as if both I and the carriage were ready for a museum".
144 pages of fun and interesting reading about the second part of the Krösa train's history.
