Oskarshamn – Älghult railway line

Östra Smålands Järnväg
legal form	Aktiebolag
founding	1932
resolution	1936
Seat
Branch	Railway companies

Oskarshamn – Älghult
Skoghult railway station (1925)
Route length:	79 km
Gauge :	891 mm ( Swedish 3-foot track )
Maximum slope :	16  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Top speed:	40 km / h
Operating points and routes
Legend Oskarshamn Hamn 0 Oskarshamn from here three-rail track to the port Railway line Nässjö – Oskarshamn to Berga Narrow-gauge freight yard Depot 3.8 Sörbo (from September 13, 1907) 8.4 Skorpetorp 13.5 Grönskog 15.4 Kopparhäll 19.0 Kumlemar 20.0 Fliseryd Emån 29.8 Kvillegärde (from Nov. 27, 1908) 23.4 Finsjö Industrial track Kvillas 27.8 Ekhult 30.9 To paint 31.1 Målens grusgrop Kalmar – Berga railway from Berga 32.9 Ruda Kalmar – Berga railway to Kalmar 35.7 Alebo Trändeån 37.1 Basthult Elmhultsbro (1922–1963) 41.1 Sinnerskog Sinnerbo (1922–1963) 43.3 Allgunnen Skurebo (1922–1963) 44 Sjönäs Allgunnen Badebodaån 49.6 Grönlid (1922–1963) 53.8 Torsmåla Mönsterås – Åseda railway from Fagerhult 56.5 Skoghult (1912-1963) Railway line Mönsterås – Åseda to Mönsterås Kalmar län / Kronobergs län border Alsterån 63.5 Fröseke (1923–1963) 70.5 Rydefors (1923-1963) 71.7 Hohults snickerifabrik (1923–1963) 72.8 Hohultslätt (1923–1963) Alsterån 74.9 Åkerslund (1923–1963) 79.4 Älghult (Älghultsby, 1922–1963) Östra Värends Järnväg to Brittatorp

The Oskarshamn – Älghult railway was a Swedish narrow-gauge line with a gauge of 891 mm, which led from Oskarshamn to Älghult .

It consisted of the two sections of the route Ruda – Oskarshamn of the former Ruda – Finsjö – Oskarshamns Järnvägsaktiebolag and Ruda – Älghult of the Ruda – Älghults järnvägsaktiebolag . The two parts of the route were operated from 1932 by Östra Smålands Järnväg .

Östra Smålands Järnväg

The Östra Småland Järnväg was a subsidiary of Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag that existed only from 1932 to 1936. It was founded to take over Ruda – Finsjö – Oskarshamns Järnvägsaktiebolag and Ruda – Älghults järnvägsaktiebolag from Riksgäldkontoret after the two companies went bankrupt in 1931 .

The ÖSmJ itself went bankrupt in 1936. Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag then bought the company's two former railway lines at a public auction . Thereafter, the operation of the lines of the two predecessor companies was combined with that of the Kalmar – Berga railway line in order to use the vehicles on the common route network.

The parent company Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag , founded in 1895 , already owned the Kalmar – Berga railway line. In the course of its existence it had two subsidiaries, Mönsterås nya Järnvägsaktiebolag (MÅJ) between 1910 and 1940 and Östra Smålands Järnväg (ÖSmJ) between 1932 and 1937.

vehicles

ÖsmJ took over locomotives 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Ruda – Finsjö – Oskarshamns Järnvägsaktiebolag for operation . In addition, another steam locomotive and a shunting tractor were procured.

Steam locomotives, small locomotives

number	design type	Wheel alignment	Manufacturer	Construction year	Whereabouts
1	Tank locomotive	2 'B 1' t	Nydqvist och Holm , Trollhättan	463 1897	Taken over from Kalmar – Berga Järnväg in 1932 , previously No. 4, FREJA ; Scrapped in 1945
101	Diesel locomotive	B.	Kalmar Verkstad , Kalmar	101 1932	1940: SJ Zp 143; 1960: Dala – Ockelbo – Norrsundets Järnväg , DONJ No. 7; 1971 at the Jädraås – Tallås museum railway

nationalization

The Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag was as well as their subsidiary Mönsterås nya Järnvägsaktiebolag on 1 July 1940, the scope of the general railway nationalization in Sweden by the State, the route network was in Statens Järnvägar integrated.

Passenger traffic increased during the Second World War , so that passenger trains pulled by steam locomotives were replaced by rail buses . On the Oskarshamn – Älghult – Brittatorp – Växjö line there were through trains.

The extensive freight transport was carried out with tank locomotives of the Np series, which were replaced by newly built Gp tank locomotives in the 1950s . The pair of freight trains 9811/12 drove with this series until the closure of through freight traffic in 1963 and was the last pair of narrow-gauge freight trains in Sweden to run regularly with steam locomotives.

Shutdown

On September 29, 1963, all traffic on the Ruda – Älghult– (Brittatorp) line ended, as did freight traffic between Oskarshamn and Kvillegärde.

On July 1, 1966, passenger traffic between Oskarshamn, Kvillegärde and Ruda was discontinued. In 1970, freight traffic between Kvillegärde and Ruda was stopped when Ackumulator AB Jungner stopped transporting goods by rail.

The line was dismantled in 1968 between Oskarshamn and Skorpetorp and between Ruda and Älghult. The last part between Skorpetorp and Ruda followed in late 1970 / early 1971.

Remnants of the route

Parts of the embankment are used as a footpath or bicycle path.

Web links

• Rolf Sten: ÖSmJ, Östra Smålands Järnväg. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved February 18, 2015 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ruda – Oskarshamn. Bandel 548, SJ district 27 bs. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved February 17, 2015 (Swedish). Ruda – Skoghult – Älghult. Bandel 550, SJ district 27 bs. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved February 17, 2015 (Swedish).    
2. ^ Oskarshamn station sketch. Retrieved February 9, 2015 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Bandelsregister 548 Ruda - Oskarshamn. Historiskt om Svenska Järnvägar, accessed on February 9, 2015 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Järnvägskommitté, Communication Department (ed.): Betänkande rörande Sveriges smalspåriga järnvägar . Part 3: Smalspåriga järnvägar i östra Småland och Östergötland. . Idun, Stockholm 1948, p. 19 (Swedish, kb.se [PDF; 97.5 MB ; accessed on December 31, 2012]).
5. ↑ Kalmar – Berga Järnväg . In: Vetenskapsakademi (ed.): Sveriges statskalender för år 1925 . Almqvist & Wiksell boktryckeri AB, 1925, ZDB -ID 205099-7 , p. 1160 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
6. ^ Nydqvist & Holm AB - Bofors-Nohab AB, Trollhättan, Sverige. In: svenska-lok.se. Retrieved February 5, 2015 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Östra Smålands Järnväg (ÖSmJ). In: pospichal.net. Retrieved February 18, 2015 . 
8. ↑ KBJ, Kalmar - Berga Järnväg. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved February 18, 2015 (Swedish). 
9. ↑ Kalmar – Berga Järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 673 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
10. ↑ Östra Värends och Östra Småland Järnvägar. Cykla Banvall, accessed February 17, 2015 (Swedish).