Ränkesed – Sulvik railway line

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Ränkesed – Sulvik
Route length: 4.4 km
Gauge : 891 mm ( Swedish 3-foot track )
   
0.0 Ingenuity
   
Rådane
   
4.4 Sulvik

The Ränkesed – Sulvik railway was a 4.4 km long, narrow-gauge horse-drawn railway line in Sweden . The track width was three Swedish feet , thus 891 mm.

The route was built in 1854 by Ränkesed – Sulviks Järnvägs Aktiebolag and connected the two lakes Ränken and Glafsfjorden. Two in Ränkesed were in Rådane three and four Sulvik sidings built. The factories in Ränkesed and Sulvik were thus opened up to traffic. There were twelve cars with brakes in the vehicle fleet . The heyday of the railway was in the 1860s, when many products were brought across the lakes in boats and the land route in between was bridged by the railway.

The railway line was abandoned in 1877, the tracks dismantled in 1885 and handed over to the Glava Glasbruks järnvägsbygge for the construction of the Glava Glasbruk – Glava railway line . In 1885, the new Mellerud – Arvika line on the Dal – Västra Värmlands Järnvägsaktiebolag (DVVJ) was partially laid on the planum of the line .

society

The building company, the Ränkesed – Sulviks Järnvägs Aktiebolag , was a Swedish public limited company ( Aktiebolag ). This was founded in 1854 by the glassworks Noreborg, Adolfsfors, Koppom, Skillingsfors and Charlottenberg to build the railway line between Ränkesed and Sulvik. Claes Adolf Adelsköld was responsible for building the railway .

The company also had some ships in its portfolio.

literature

  • Ivan Bodstedt 1945: "Historik över Sveriges småbanor 1802-1865", Sundström & Eriksson 2003, pages 143 to 148

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