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.

The Railway Museum of Grängesberg.

History
The locomotive stable.

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]

  • 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

References
  1. Information enligt Lokmuseet i Grängesberg Archived 2007-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Official Museum broschures

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