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While my Lumix S5 is only semi working, I do have my iPhone 12 mini:
Please enjoy this photo of my backpack on the seat in front of me
Here is a photo of my Lumix S5 on it's tripod.
What about a photo from the outside?
Tuff tuff säger tåget!
Talk about good timing!
I just had the chance to take some photos and my Lumix AF decided to work!
Aah a ~~Spårvagn~~ Rälsbuss!
I lived beside the oldest Swedish combined post and railway station when I was a kid, we took the rälsbuss to the city from time to time. Once I went to the back end of it, as they had like a locomotive at both ends, and started playing with things (I was like 7). Got told to stop. Good memory.
Nope, not a spårvagn, a rälsbuss!
A Yp railbuss from the Y6 family built for a gauge of 891mm.
https://www.jarnvag.net/vagnguide/yp
This is on lennakatten, by Uppsala
Hah Jaa, rälsbuss var det ju, tack!
Kan inte ändra min post 🤷🏼♀️ försöker igen sen.
Woooah, what a beauty, I love old vehicles.
This model of diesel multiple unit train was an old staple across the old narrow guage (891mm) train lines in Sweden.
Then when most of the lines were closed, these DMUs became like a staple train for herritage railroads.
Cool fact, thanks for sharing!
Have you ever done, like.....you know...butt stuff?
Nope.
Ok, just wondering. Have a fantastic day.
Are you listening to Opeth’s classic concept album My Arms, Your Hearse while you navigate through their homeland?
I am afraid I don't have any headphones with me, and I don't want to be rude to the other passengers
Playing Opeth at full volume would not be rude.
Not playing Opeth at full volume would be rude.
I do believe that MYYH is not a concept album. Still life and The last will and testament is. But Opeth is never a bad thing to listen to
Is it for fun, or is this train in actual service?
Both, herritage railroads are fun, and this is so long that it serves a local public transport need.
For me it is simply fun
What is the heritage railroad environment like in Sweden? Are these being run by the actual railroad owners, or by private groups over the railroads' tracks?
Most herritage railroads has their own tracks, but there are herritage train societies that own spaces for locomotives and cars, but no track, and they arrange trips on the public tracks, this has allowed us to even have preserved electrical trains and locomotives, several of which are fitted with ATC to allow them to run all over Sweden.
Very neat, thank you! I wish we had more like that in the US.
I had a quick look on Wikipedia and there seems to be about 300 heritage railroads and railway museums in the US.
Check out the list and see if you have access to one nearby:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_railroads_in_the_United_States
Oh, I'm aware of them. Sorry, I should have been more clear!
What I was more speaking about is running historic equipment over long distances on main-line tracks. It's startlingly rare in the US; most of the railroads (even shorter ones) don't like historic equipment on them, so with a very few exceptions historic trains are limited to short excursions along tracks owned by the museums.
In fairness, we are now seeing a huge surge in steam locomotive restorations in the US. But I think there is only a single museum in which can even run main-line electric equipment at all.
What products do you shave with?
Bic razor!
Are you sure it isn't an old pirate ship from the 1800s?
Quite sure
Thinking of going to Sweden, anything I should know, do, learn, bring etc before I come?
Edit: I'm American and don't know Swedish. I am also a fan of food, so any swedish cuisine or multicultural stuff is nice.
Edit: related question, how is public transport like in Sweden and going across surrounding countries nearby?
Do before coming to Sweden?
Make sure you have spoken with you bank to make sure your debit/credit card works.
Learn?
Knowing basic local geography is always good. If you are planning on driving, study the road signs and rules
Bring?
Depends on the season, I have been in the same exact spot both in summer and in winter, in the summer it can be up to 34-35C, in the winter it can go down to -32-34C
Public transport is excellent, trains can easily take you to Norway or Denmark, we have regular ferries all over the Baltic sea, so you can easily get around.
Everyone will speak good english, though if you already know some german that will help you in the supermarkets.
Feel free to ask more specific questions
Where in sweden can I find good food? Do you guys use Yelp or what?
What do you mean, "good food"?
You mean like restaurants?
Yelp, I have probably never used it, I mostly rely on friends and coworkers for tips or Google maps....
Places one would go to eat good food. Could be a guy at a stand or a restaurant
Ok so restaurants.
As far as I know the fanciest restaurant in Stockholm is Frantzén, it has three Michelin stars and a normal price for a meal is a few thousand euros if I understand properly.
For a more budget friendly option you could look into these places:
Stockholm Fisk - an excellent fish restaurant in the center of Stockholm.
East - a nice asian restaurant.
Meatballs for the people - a restaurant specializing in meatballs.
Too be perfectly honest, I hardly ever go out and eat on restaurants, so I am not super quallified to answer your question, but I will share my best restaurant experience.
It was a dinner cruise on the classic steam boat S/S Norrskär in a beautiful summers evening back in 2016.
The boat is lovely, the views are fantastic, the atmosphere is amazing and the food was great.
Just sitting in a restaurant on a classic steamboat cruising the smooth waters of the Stockholm archipelago as the sun shines brightly from a low angle while you are eating a classic steamboat steak is awesome.
I will never forget that evening, just perfect.
How warm is it? (Ig it’s summer if it were winter would it be cold?)
I am back home now, it was about 16c with a bit of windchill.
How much was your ticket to ride?
I am a member of the railroad, so free
Neat, thanks!
Do you often ride on trains?
Also, how would you describe the sound it makes on the tracks?
- Yes, though mostly on the beautiful Stockholm metro.
- ch-ch ch-cha, ch-ch ch-cha
see any white people?
This is Sweden, so yes.
- There's !askmeanything@lemmy.ca
- Watch the railroad, not your electronic worldwide web communication device.
- Excellent, I'll use that next time!
- The lights are on in the train, I can't really see out the windows, my field communications device is all I have, oh and my Lumix S5 camera with 24-105mm f/4 lens that may have a broken AF
Those trains were blatantly copied by another Swedish company, and then that one was again blatantly copied by a Finnish company, leading to the models Dm6 and Dm7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR_Class_Dm7
Zero royalties paid!
Well, SJ, the government operator started with the Y6 family of DMUs for standard, 1435mm, track gauge, these were built by AJS, Hägglunds, Kalmar verkstad and Märstaverken.
Then Hilding Carlsson built the Yp variant (for narrow gauge 891mm) of the Y6 family.
...and then came Valmet with its Dm6.
And nobody paid anything for the intellectual property. The history of these railbuses is fascinating in how it's a chain of betrayals.