Lisjobanan

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Surahammar – Lisjö
Last train on the Lisjöbana in 1926
Last train on the Lisjöbana in 1926
Route length: 10.384 km
Gauge : 1093 mm
Legend
   
 0.000 Surahammar sluss
   
 Björkkärret
   
 10,384 Lisjö lastkaj

Lisjöbanan was a private Swedish narrow-gauge railway owned by Surahammars Bruks AB, the founder of Vagn shares Bolaget I Södertälje (VABIS). It had a track width of 1093 mm and led from Surahammar to Lisjö in Västmanland .

history

Surahammars Bruks AB commissioned engineer J. Nilsson to draw up a plan for the route from a peat extraction area in Björkkärret to Surahammar. He created a cost estimate for a horse-drawn tram in the amount of 95,490 Riksdaler and for a steam train with 139,805 Rdr. without the three necessary bridges over the Strömsholm Canal and other streams. Construction was decided on October 10, 1874.

The concession was granted in 1875 and included the construction of a push bridge over the canal through the Strömsholms Nya Kanalbolag. Construction work began in the summer of 1875, and in the autumn of 1876 the line was ready for inspection and acceptance. During the construction, rails from Norbergs järnvägsaktiebolag were used, which in 1876 switched their route to standard gauge. 24 gondolas and two boxcars for luggage transport, which Kristinehamns Mekaniska Verkstad had built, were bought from Kristinehamn – Sjöändans järnväg for 9,100 kroner .

Initially, the wagons were pulled by horses, before the VAULUNDER steam locomotive with a B wheel arrangement, built two years earlier by Kristinehamns Mekaniska Verkstad with construction number 17, was acquired in 1878 . This cost 10,750 crowns.

In 1877 a locomotive shed was built on Hovgårdsgärde, which was charged at 740.89 kroner. This was demolished 50 years later.

The plan was to extend the line to the Köping – Uttersberg – Riddarhyttan railway , which had the same gauge. The connection was supposed to be made at Gisslarbo bruk in order to bring the products of the Surahammar bruk ironworks to the port in Köping via this route .

Mainly peat , firewood , wood and other agricultural products were transported by train from Lisjö to Surahammars bruk. For the milk transport to the dairy in Surahammar, a freight wagon was provided with a roof and equipped with a handbrake. Some of the wagons were drawn with oxen. These were loaded into the car on sloping sections of the road and transported by gravity.

During the First World War , rail operations were again carried out with horses. In 1917 the locomotive received a comprehensive general inspection. Under the new operations manager A. Sjöholm, the milk truck was fitted with an engine by the mechanic Aug. Velander. However, this attempt was abandoned a few months later after constant problems and repairs. Normal freight trains ran with eight open freight cars and one covered freight car equipped with a handbrake.

When the peat extraction in Björkkärret ended, the railway line lost its importance. At that time, other goods could already be transported faster and cheaper by motor vehicle. That is why the railway line was closed in 1926.

passenger traffic

On summer Sundays, trains run to Lisjö, where passengers were allowed to ride in the open freight cars. It was often the case that the clothing of the passengers was damaged by flying sparks from the locomotive.

Remnants of the train

The VAULUNDER in the Surahammar Steelwork Museum

The tracks ended at the lock of the Strömsholm Canal in Surahammar, where traces can still be found. Signs are attached to the Vaulunder fountain, where the steam locomotive filled up with water, and to the freight quay at Bovallen.

The VAULUNDER locomotive and several wagons are kept in the Surahammar Bruk Ironworks Museum.

Web links

Commons : Lisjöbanan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erik Sundström, Rolf Sten: Ånglok tillverkade av Kristinehamn. Vaulunder . October 21, 2007, accessed December 15, 2019 .