Norway '22 - NSB

The old Voss railway (Gamle Vossebanen) is a preserved standard gauge railway which runs from Garnes to Midttun, with intermediate stations at Arna, Espeland and Haukeland. Garnes is a suburb of Bergen.
It is 18km long, running through a wide variety of scenery. It was part of the mainline from Bergen to Oslo, until replaced by a 7.8km long tunnel in 1964, which shortened a very convoluted entry for the railway into Bergen.
The line first opened in 1883, and at that time it terminated at Voss, and was of 3ft 6in gauge. It was converted to standard gauge in 1904, as part of the process to extend it over the mountainous country to link with Oslo.
Locomotive number 255 was built at Hamar (Norway) in 1913; the rolling stock were the classic match-board wooden bodied bogie coaches.
Filmed 13-7-2022.