Central Shunting Yard

Main

Australia

Miscellaneous

Rest of World

Central

Latest

Links

VoxPop

ANR

NSW

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Misc

Private

Tourist

Themes

Rest

BR

Europe

NZ

US&

European Shunting Yard
Main	Belgium	France								Netherlands	Norway
Europe	Belgium	France	Steam	Diesel	DMUs	Electric	EMUs	TGV	Trams	Netherlands	Norway

Norwegian Railways

Norwegian Railways

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 45174 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14819 Description : Not far out of Bergen, the main line runs through some impressive hills!

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 68093 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14820 Description : Not far out of Bergen, the main line runs through some impressive hills! This is the opposite side of the bridge from Norway-1 above.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 79467 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14821 Description : At last! What I'd been waiting for! Along comes a train.

The following scenes were taken on a trip from Flam, on the Sogne Fjord, to Myrdal on the main Oslo-Bergen line. The line rises 860m in just 20km, with a maximum grade of 1 in 18 (5.5%)!! This is one of the steepest lines in the world worked by ordinary adhesion trains. For more detail, see The Flam Line Web Page .

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 168162 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14875 Description : At Flam, 2098, one of the 3 El11 class electric loco used on the Flam line, stands idle. The three locos were modified especially for the Flam service with dynamic brakes, magnetic rail brakes, extra headlights and tighter windings on the traction motors.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 123754 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14876 Description : At Flam, the author, family and in-laws wait to catch the train to Myrdal.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 95395 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14889 Description : The train arrives at Myrdal.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 171488 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14890 Description : The view from the end of the platform at Myrdal. The train is idle stock, shunted to a siding, and used for the Flam-Myrdal service.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 141797 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14891 Description : A general view of Myrdal Station, with the train from Flam on the left.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 105404 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14892 Description : The scenery surrounding Myrdal Station.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 141442 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14894 Description : Here you can see the 1:18 gradient of the line down (!) to Flam, as it drops immediately away from the Myrdal Station yard.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 160515 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14895 Description : The train to Bergen arrives at Myrdal, hauled by El16 class loco 2204. The author's family wait to board.

Image : dir=europe/ page=norway 105187 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 2001, catalogued 05 Oct 2003 Photographer : Stewart Hughes Medium : email digital image Description : Stewart writes: a shot from the Flam railway taken last summer. We took the expensive trip up to Myrdal and back - the same trip I think you took some years ago.

Image : dir=europe/ page=index 97339 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 22 Jun 2006, catalogued 21 Oct 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/06/22/IMG_30215.jpg Description : At Oslo airport, a train arrives to ferry passengers to the city centre

Image : dir=europe/ page=index 113046 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 22 Jun 2006, catalogued 21 Oct 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/06/22/IMG_30233.jpg Description : A train at Oslo station

Image : dir=europe/ page=index 125558 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 22 Jun 2006, catalogued 21 Oct 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/06/22/IMG_30234.jpg Description : The airport train at Oslo station

Image : dir=europe/ page=index 114938 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 22 Jun 2006, catalogued 21 Oct 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/06/22/IMG_30235.jpg Description : A train at Oslo station

Image : dir=europe/ page=index 136198 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 22 Jun 2006, catalogued 21 Oct 2006 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : digital camera (Canon S40), image location /home/ajh/Pictures/Albums/2006/06/22/IMG_30236.jpg Description : A train at Oslo station

This page maintained by John Hurst. Copyright	207 accesses since 10 Dec 2006
Dynamically generated at 20081013:1755 from an XML file modified on 20061021:1503. Maintainer use only; not generally accessible: Local Server Home Server Hurst Server Work Server CSSE Server