Klackberg – Fagersta railway line

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Klackberg – Fagersta
Route length: 14 km
Gauge : 750 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend
   
 Railway line Klackberg – Kärrgruvan to Kärrgruvan
   
 Railway line Klackberg – Norberg to Norberg
   
 0.0 Klackberg
   
 2.0 Kolningsberg
   
 Malmkärra (until 1936)
   
 to the Stortägesverket
   
 by Stortagtsgruvan
   
 Godsstråket genom Bergslagen from Skinnskatteberg
   
 Fagersta bruk
Station, station
 14.0 Fagersta
Route - straight ahead
 Godsstråket genome Bergslagen after Snyten

The Klackberg – Fagersta railway consisted of the two sections Klackberg – Kolningsberg and Kolningsberg – Fagersta. These were narrow-gauge railway lines in the Swedish province of Västmanland and the historic province of Västmanland . They led from Klackberg via Kolningsberg to Fagersta . Between 1910 and 1945 the two lines formed one operational unit.

history

Both railway lines were built to transport iron ore from the Kolningsbergsfaltet area, which is about three to four kilometers northwest of Norberg , for further processing.

From 1856 the region was connected to the Swedish rail network with a narrow-gauge line, the Ängelsberg – Kärrgruvan railway line . This was re-tracked to standard gauge in 1876. Klackberg was connected on March 7, 1883 with a route going directly from Norberg. Klackberg was also connected to another route in 1898 via Kärrgruvan.

Previously, the iron ore was brought from Norbergsfaltet to Ängelsberg via Lake Åmänningen and further with Pramen via the Strömsholm Canal to Mälaren .

Klackberg – Kolningsberg railway line

The two-kilometer Klackberg – Kolningsberg line was opened in 1885 and operated as a horse-drawn tram until 1919 . Motor locomotives were then used. The route was discontinued in 1951.

Railway line Kolningsberg – Fagersta

The first part of the railway line was built in 1910 by Fagersta bruk starting from the foundry and the enrichment plant (concentrator) to Stortägesgruvan . In 1918 it was expanded to Kolningsberg. At the opening there was a steam locomotive that could move four cars.

Route and buildings

The route was a little over twelve kilometers. The journey time was about two hours. There was never any public transport and no passenger traffic on the route. The operation was stopped in 1945 and replaced by trucks .

The station building in Klackberg is still there. It is used as a residential building and is in good condition.

Vehicles and operation

Six accumulator locomotives were first used on the line, bearing the name Gråsuggor (Asseln). They had two batteries and were operated with a voltage of 500  volts .

Diesel locomotives were later used because the battery locomotives were too weak to run on the route. It was then used on the factory premises and was only used on the route in exceptional cases. During the Second World War , the line was operated by a steam locomotive due to a lack of fuel . This locomotive from Germany was acquired by Glava bruk . It was stronger than the diesel locomotives and could carry six loaded wagons.

The rolling stock consisted of ore cars, some of which were designed as bogie cars, which were used on both sections of the route. In 1940 a bicycle trolley was procured that was used until the line was closed.

The battery locomotives were still in operation on the factory premises and were scrapped in 1966.

Some of the diesel locomotives used were built by Bjurström AB Slipmaterial . Construction number 43 was scrapped in 1948, no. 254 (in use until 1965) and no. 255 and 258 (in use until 1957) were equipped with remote control.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Torsten Olsson: Geokemiska undersökningar av gruvavfall vid Kolningsbergsylvania, Norbergs kommun. lansstyrelsen.se, February 21, 2006, p. 5 , accessed April 13, 2016 (Swedish).
  2. ^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. Händelser år 1876. In: historiskt.nu. March 31, 1996, accessed April 13, 2016 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ a b Industry inventory. Västmanlands län museum, accessed on April 13, 2016 (in Swedish, maps, plans and historical summary by Per Carlsson).
  4. ^ Iron and Steel in Sweden. FAGERSTA BRUKS AKTIEBOLAG. In: Project Runeberg . P. 125 , accessed on April 13, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Med Ellok på Malmkärra smalspåriga Järnväg. In: bygdeband.se. Retrieved on April 13, 2016 (Swedish, photo of the cordless locomotive).
  6. ↑ Mats Freding: Complete ingar till boken "Bjurström-lokomotorer" (SJK Småbaneavdelning 1989). SJK Småbaneavdelning, accessed April 13, 2016 (Swedish).

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