I'm back in Sweden and today I'm travelling to Säffle in Värmland and Lödöse in Västra Götaland.
Leaving Stockholm in the morning
X2 train to Oslo
Södertälje
Katrineholm
Hallsberg
Kristinehamn
Väse
I'm getting off in Karlstad
My next train is behind the one I arrived with
It's Tågab train to Göteborg
The train has Rc3 locomotive and coaches BC2, ABS5, B1, and BC2
The last coach is BC2 3514 and it has non reserved seats. The coach is from 1943 and it was rebuilt in 1975
Leaving Karlstad. Two Rd2 locomotives are parked with a freight train, I will later see that train in Lödöse.
Our train is Tågab 7041 from Falun 07:17 to Göteborg 13:35. There are more Tågab trains today, here is one Tågab 7002 from Göteborg 08:35 to Kristinehamn 11:32. On the way from Stockholm I could also spot Tågab 7060 from Karlstad 07:50 to Stockholm 10:35.
Y1 from Svensk Tågkraft
Kil
T44 263 from Nordiska Tåg AB
Road 61
Banvaktsstuga (Platelayers cottage) in
Smedsta
Edsvalla hydro power plant
Edsvall
At Edsvalla our train had to wait for a meeting train
Meanwhile a cat was passing by on the tracks, they have a dangerous life here on the tracks
One of the 4 X52E trains built in 2012, which is the latest version of the famous Regina train from Bombardier. X52E is used here for SJ Regional services between Karlstad and Göteborg
Vålberg
Old BC2 coaches had sockets for electric shavers
Grums
Värmlands bro
Säffle
The railway here was built in 1879
Another cat
Railway street
Water tower
It's open since there is a gallery inside
"Forest of Säffle" by Ingalena Klenell
Town market
I'm taking X52E train to Trollhättan
Lake Vänern
Åmål
Mellerud
The railway from Norway
Frändefors
BM73 to Oslo
Öxnered
Trollhättan
X52 Västtåg
Trollhättan station
TMZ 1418 from Railcare
Train 5555 from Grums to Göteborg Sävenäs
Västtåg Regional train from Vänersborg
Granen Fredrik
Lödöse
The railway between Göteborg and Öxnered was during 2006-2012 rebuilt to double track and high speed standard. It was built for 250km/h, but the maximum allowed speed now in Sweden is 200km/h
Lödöse södra station opened in 2012, 2km away from the town
Göta älv river
Train 9427 that I saw earlier in Karlstad is now passing by here in Lödöse
It has two Rd2 locomotives
Train 5555 from Grums, that I saw earlier in Trollhättan
Lödöse town
X52E from Karlstad to Göteborg
BM73 from Oslo to Göteborg
X52 from Göteborg to Vänersborg
My next train to Göteborg
I'm getting off in Gamlestaden
The area in Gamlestaden is being
developed to include offices, retail and apartments.
Warner Bros studios in Göteborg
Göteborg C
My last train today
Pension fund SPP livery
