A TGOJ T43 resting for the weekend in Orsa, August 2001. See more in Ollies trainstuff!, all colorphotos by Ollie Ahokas

Morastrand



Mora.

Morastrand is located in the "downtown area" of Mora and is the newest station on the Inlandsbanan, opened as late as 1990.s..



Pics on Mora - Elfdalen Line

Mora Timber Terminal







Mora Timber Terminal.

The line is only active just a couple of kilometers west from Mora, where a large timber loading terminal is located. Only 10 years ago, there were two more terminals close to Mora, one in Oxberg and at Tallhed north of Orsa but both of them are closed. The yard is fenced in and this is the closest look you get without trespassing. The terminal is busy, there are four! loaded trains leaving Mora allmost daily and the operartion on the final strech from Mora to the terminal is interesting, as the electric main line units is coupled of the consist, and the yard switcher of T44 diesel is making the delivery of the empty cars and leaving with the loaded cars to the waiting electric.

Note the hefty sized equipment used for loading.

Vika





















Vika.

Vika is located only 7 kilometers from Mora and from here the line is no longer in use. The yard is pretty much intact, but the nature is reclaiming the area as it is heavily bushed. The depot remains as private home, but the yard is dominated by fair sized saw mill which has been modified during its days of operation but today it is also shut down. In the lot there are minor shops for contractors, a back yard styled car shop operation and wealthy amount of scrapped automobiles and farming equipment.









The yard itself, seem to be pretty intact, based on two run around tracks and a couple of sidings. There are signs of thaat there might have been more sidings at least to the large storage sheds for lumber. at the east end, there is a loading silo for wood chips and the track near it is still coverd lightly with the product.

Ryssån



Image provided by Carl Nyström, used with kind permission

Ryssån.

Next stop was Ryssån which was from the start a station but downgraded into a flagstop. The station consisted of a passong track and a double ended siding. Now only thing that remains is the main track, all the buildings are raized, but a log shelter has erected close to the track at the south end.

Vimo





















Vimo.

Vimo is located in the middle of the woods and is a typical small settlement in this section of the railroad line. There is only a handful private homes devided by the highway 45, which runs pararell to the railroad. The largest building here is the depot which is big enough to serve much larger comminity. Few kilometers south threr is a saw mill, which most likely had own spur either from the yard or branched of from the mainline.









The yard it self consist of two runaround tracks squeezed towrds a hill side and the yard is heavily forested and some tracks are partly removed. The depot is a private residence.

Gävunda











Gävunda.

Gävunda is loacted in rather picturesque site close to the waterfront of narrows of a small lake. It served the communities of Gävunda and Siknäs which are locted on opposite ends of the narrows, connected by a arched road bridge. Ther have been appearently a rather interesting looking yard as evident at the north end. At the rest of the yard, you can only see the mainline as the surface towards the lake is scraped off and leveled as a smalll foremer industry'during it last years of operation needed more space of highway trucks. To dya the building looks abandoned, and a car shop seem to be the last ocupnat as the yard hosts few scrapped vehicles.











What is appearent in the yard is that there have been at least two sidings, which seem to be standard on theis section of the line. The yard is less cramped compared to Vimo and Brintbodarna. Appearently in the beginning the expectation of the traffic on the line were much higher what was the reality and all sites have generously sized sidings. Supricingly, there was a Gbs class boxcar once used as a shed for rental of small rail cars for a tourist operation. The Gbs cars were the last? of European traditional box cars, dating from the sixties.

Brintbodarna

















Brintbodarna.

Brintbodarna was once not just a junction, it was also a host for a steam engine servicing, with a turntable, watertower, coaling facilities and engine stall. But all cramped in to rather small amount of trackage. The community itself is small, with a number of private homes and weekend cottages. The Turntable and most of the sidings are now history but the water tank with its spout is still there though more and more harder to spot because the site has been heavily forested.