12-22-2008, 05:36 PM
nkp_174 Wrote:Oh, I see where I missed that in the original post. 16mi, sounds like some of the nice lines in Britain.
Are there any wonderful rail journey's in Norway? Being that you have lots of my favorite two elements for railroading: mountains & snow...and with cities being spread out a bit...I'd suspect there are some fantastic lines.
I like the idea of enjoying that little tank engine...while the family rides the sleigh...talk about a great Christmas treat!
I think I'll look up Norway's entry on steamlocomotive.info as I'm not as familiar with Norwegian railways as your western and southern neighbors.
I'm all for taking the Steam train
Edit: there aren't enough pictures on that website...but here are three that stuck out to me...
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The last is great. Love the setting. Looks like a Kreigslok to me...in a beautiful place.
Yup. Looks like a "big German" from WW2.
Here are some pictures of Norwegian Steam Engines: http://www.jernbane.net/norge/damp/damp.htm
Good places for spectacular RR rides - from Dombaas to Aandalsnes in mid-central Norway, and the steep downhill from Myrdal to Flaam east of Bergen on the west coast. Or just taking any train across "the keel" (the mountainous north-south spine of Norway) in a winter storm - past Finse, where they recorded some of the Ice Planet Hoth scenes for the Star Wars movie "The empire strikes back".
Smile,
Stein