Railway Museum of Grängesberg
The Railway Museum of Grängesberg (Swedish: GrängesBergsBanornas Järnvägsmuseum, GBBJ), also called the Museum of Locomotives (Swedish: Lokmuseet) is a Swedish museum of locomotives, located 2 km southwest of the center of Grängesberg, Dalarna, in direction towards Örebro, Västmanland.
History
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The museum was established in 1979, located in a locomotive stable erected in 1928.
The museum preserves the world's only remaining steam turbine locomotive in function, Ljungström locomotive M3t nr 71, manufactured in 1930 by Nydqvist & Holm AB and renovated by the Locomotive Museum for the 125th anniversary of the Swedish Railways in June 1981.[1] This locomotive was built in 3 units, and all of them are preserved at the museum. With a power of 22 tons, it is still Sweden's most powerful steam locomotive. Practical tests showed that it was able to transport 2,000 tons in 17 per mille elevation.[2]
Gallery
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Wood wagon ÖKJ litt F1 nr 902 (1856) -
Volvo (1953) -
Wagon TGOJ litt Co nr 31 (1901) -
WagonOFWJ litt BCo2 nr 2 -
Ljungström turbine locomotive M3t nr 71 (1930)
See also
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[edit]- ^ Information enligt Lokmuseet i Grängesberg Archived 2007-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official Museum broschures
External links
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