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Railway Museum of Grängesberg


The Railway Museum of Grängesberg (Swedish: GrängesBergsBanornas Järnvägsmuseum, GBBJ), also called the Museum of Locomotives (Swedish: Lokmuseet) is a Swedish museum of locomotives, located 2 km southwest of the center of Grängesberg, Dalarna, in direction towards Örebro, Västmanland.

The museum was established in 1979, located in a locomotive stable erected in 1928.

The museum preserves the world's only remaining steam turbine locomotive in function, Ljungström locomotive M3t nr 71, manufactored in 1930 av Nydqvist & Holm AB and renovated by the Locomotove Museum to the 125th anniversary of the Swedish Railways in June 1981. This locomotive was built in 3 units, and all of them are preserved at the museum. With a power of 22 tons, it is still Sweden's most powerful steam locomotive. Practical tests showed that it was able to transport 2,000 tons in 17 per mille elevation.

Wood wagon ÖKJ litt F1 nr 902 (1856)

Volvo (1953)

Wagon TGOJ litt Co nr 31 (1901)

WagonOFWJ litt BCo2 nr 2

Turbine locomotive M3t nr 71 (1930)

Coordinates: 60°4′16″N 14°59′10″E / 60.07111°N 14.98611°E / 60.07111; 14.98611


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