Its worth saying that when the track was built sweden and norway was in a union where infrastructure between the two countries as well as defense was fully integrated.
Love the Iron Ore Line and Ofoten Line. Both the ironore trains running for LKAB and Kaunis Iron are impressive and the landscape is fascinating. And impressive that they've electrified the entire line more than a century ago already
How do trains operate in harsh arctic conditions? I still don't know since you didn't say anything about it. Should have been titled 'History and factoids about Sweden's rail infrastructure'.
Those wagons look simular to one of the styles used here in the US for Iron ore transport. These cars are 24ft long, and operated under numerous railroads, most notably the DM&IR, BN, CNW, and CN, and are commonly called "Minnesota Ore Cars" (don't know why). Many cars are preserved, or in operation today, with new batches being made each year. The other style is a short, gondola (20-30ft), and said style has been gone for a while. Modern examples are the Rapid Discharge Hoppers, which are 43ft long and used for a variety of other ore/rock transports(except for the CN example, CN still utilizes the 24ft Minnasota Ore Car)
"Minnesota" to distinguish them from the "Michigan" cars which were narrower and slightly lower. Or also from the "Bessemer" cars used by B&LE which were like the Minnesota cars but were fitted with ordinary draft gear (and thus were a couple of feet longer because they did not need to be squeezed onto an ore dock), contrary to the MI and MN cars which special draft gear.
@@BattleshipOrion the Atlas N scale ore car is a "Bessemer" car, as it has the frame extension needed to house ordinary draft gear. You could fake a Minnesota car out of it by cutting the extensions and then finding a way of shortening the couplers. Unfortunately, nobody else makes either a MI or MN car. You could try your hand at designing one for 3D printing.
Banan= banana 🍌 Banan= the line - Banan in Swedish are both written the same way, but pronounced diffrently. You're talking about the ore banana, the iron fruit.
Canadian railways still use a lot of wooden ties. After a derailment with concrete ties they usually have to be replaced. Depending on the severity, wooden ties can be delayed in replacement. Wooden ties don't last as long otherwise, but maintenance is not as big a task these days. Interesting to see how other countries do it. I liked the economics on twinning.
The SA3 coupler was not designed by the Soviets; rather, the original design was created by one John Willison, a locksmith from Derby, England in 1912. The design was sold to Knorr Bremse, who patented it in 1914 in Europe and in 1916 in the USA. The Soviets decided to adopt it in the early 1930's when they lost patience waiting for the UIC to decide on a replacement automatic coupler for European railways. They unilaterally chose the Willison coupler, then reworked and adapted it to URSS conditions, creating the SA3.
Funny that you used photos of the Roco models of the LKAB IORE locomotives and hopper cars. These models are difficult to find these days. And modelling an entire train is probably never going to happen. 🙂
Question: what are the requirements to be considered a heavy line? Also, as a novice, I have a hard time deciding if that 25T axis weight is kind of a lot or not. Could you elaborate on that?
I think the reason why there hasn't been many updates about the bombardier project is because of the fact that the different governments over the years have sabotaged trafikverkets budget or should I say more or less has prioritized car infrastructure or given more money to the military and not the money needed for repairing the railway. Which is why swedish railways are in bad condition.
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Its worth saying that when the track was built sweden and norway was in a union where infrastructure between the two countries as well as defense was fully integrated.
Love the Iron Ore Line and Ofoten Line. Both the ironore trains running for LKAB and Kaunis Iron are impressive and the landscape is fascinating. And impressive that they've electrified the entire line more than a century ago already
How do trains operate in harsh arctic conditions? I still don't know since you didn't say anything about it. Should have been titled 'History and factoids about Sweden's rail infrastructure'.
They operate as normal train, they have snowplows installed and heated switches to avoid freezing. Nothing really special
Too much clickbait and inaccurate info on this channel.
You missed the mines in Malmberget and Aitic in Gällivare.
I believe that all of Bombardier rail was acquired by Alstom, maybe they have information on their website....
Excellent video!
Glad you liked it!
Those wagons look simular to one of the styles used here in the US for Iron ore transport. These cars are 24ft long, and operated under numerous railroads, most notably the DM&IR, BN, CNW, and CN, and are commonly called "Minnesota Ore Cars" (don't know why). Many cars are preserved, or in operation today, with new batches being made each year. The other style is a short, gondola (20-30ft), and said style has been gone for a while. Modern examples are the Rapid Discharge Hoppers, which are 43ft long and used for a variety of other ore/rock transports(except for the CN example, CN still utilizes the 24ft Minnasota Ore Car)
"Minnesota" to distinguish them from the "Michigan" cars which were narrower and slightly lower. Or also from the "Bessemer" cars used by B&LE which were like the Minnesota cars but were fitted with ordinary draft gear (and thus were a couple of feet longer because they did not need to be squeezed onto an ore dock), contrary to the MI and MN cars which special draft gear.
@@NickBurman I'm gonna keep this noted...my N scale train collection is going to have 2 iron ore trains, and I don't want the same car over & over.
@@BattleshipOrion the Atlas N scale ore car is a "Bessemer" car, as it has the frame extension needed to house ordinary draft gear. You could fake a Minnesota car out of it by cutting the extensions and then finding a way of shortening the couplers.
Unfortunately, nobody else makes either a MI or MN car. You could try your hand at designing one for 3D printing.
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It's super quiet too, I cycled along the Lulea bit and was pleasantly surprised
Banan= banana 🍌
Banan= the line -
Banan in Swedish are both written the same way, but pronounced diffrently. You're talking about the ore banana, the iron fruit.
It was so funny! Swedish is not easy... 🙂
but tbh more than 2 minutes talking about your sponsor etc is a tad too much, at least as early in the video as you did
This channel used to be so good 😢😊
And they send your DNA to the government for data collection. It's a scam
use sponsorblock
You can just fast forward.
@@ferky123 wrong
Canadian railways still use a lot of wooden ties. After a derailment with concrete ties they usually have to be replaced. Depending on the severity, wooden ties can be delayed in replacement. Wooden ties don't last as long otherwise, but maintenance is not as big a task these days.
Interesting to see how other countries do it. I liked the economics on twinning.
Ehh, Pajala doesn't have a railway. But Gällivare does. An error in the first minute....
Yeah, I had to pause the video to check Openrailwaymap, indeed no raiway to Pajala.
@@petrhajduk9955 Yes, the Kaunis Iron ore is shipped by 90 ton trucks from Pajala to Svappavaara where the railway ends.
Now do episode on driver accomodations. On long intercity trips do they have lot of downtime?bed, kettle like truck drivers? microwave oven?
I somehow missed this one before but thanks for the vid
Informative report. 👍🏾😎 Thx 🙂
The SA3 coupler was not designed by the Soviets; rather, the original design was created by one John Willison, a locksmith from Derby, England in 1912. The design was sold to Knorr Bremse, who patented it in 1914 in Europe and in 1916 in the USA. The Soviets decided to adopt it in the early 1930's when they lost patience waiting for the UIC to decide on a replacement automatic coupler for European railways. They unilaterally chose the Willison coupler, then reworked and adapted it to URSS conditions, creating the SA3.
We still use hook and chain today...
You can ask questions as to how two trains derailed so close in time, and who gains most from it happening 🤔
Tin foil supply working well for you?
@@simonnaughton2272 skälet är ju att trafikverket inte får pengarna dem behöver för att renovera malmbanan. Sen har det också varit sabotage.
Funny that you used photos of the Roco models of the LKAB IORE locomotives and hopper cars. These models are difficult to find these days. And modelling an entire train is probably never going to happen. 🙂
Great... 😉👍
Question: what are the requirements to be considered a heavy line?
Also, as a novice, I have a hard time deciding if that 25T axis weight is kind of a lot or not. Could you elaborate on that?
0:25 the text, it answers exactly your question, doesn't it
@@u1zha I can't see that on my mobile...
I'll try to find a suitably large screen then.
FLIP THAT, THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT 1:58
Can you make a video about the railway project that Kurdistan Region want to made or the Development Road of Iraq??
I think the reason why there hasn't been many updates about the bombardier project is because of the fact that the different governments over the years have sabotaged trafikverkets budget or should I say more or less has prioritized car infrastructure or given more money to the military and not the money needed for repairing the railway. Which is why swedish railways are in bad condition.
Your prononciation of swedish and norwegian names is impossible to understand for me as a swede.
5:00 Russian train :)
Soviet technology better than nowadays one! 😅🤩😇