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

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

• 
  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

• Swedish Railway Museum

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grängesberg Railway Museum.