The hours (well, days, actually) of waiting in mostly bad weather have finally paid off: An empty iron ore train from Narvik passes us in full sunshine! By the looks of the engines the snow storm ... (more)

New station, new train, what is there not to like about passenger railroad service in northern Sweden? SJ 580 from Stockholm to Umeå Central glides into the ultra modern Umeå Östra Station at ... (more)

A half an hour late, SJ 580 from Stockholm C to Umeå C arrives at 23:15 on track #3. Regular high-speed passenger service direct from Umeå to Stockholm began four days prior on Sunday, December... (more)

This is the face of Arctic passenger railroad service. (ASEA Rc6 belonging to Sweden's Statens Järnvägar) Locomotive #1326 is idling overnight ready for its 0537 departure from K... (more)

Passengers heading south towards Stockholm and Göteborg are all on board and the conductor has similarly stepped onto the train. Soon the engineer will turn the lights on bright and take Statens... (more)

Passengers patiently waiting on the track #3 platform at Umeå Central pile onto Statens Järnvägar train #7486 from Umeå Östra to Lycksele. In addition to several Skånetrafiken locomotives, N... (more)

Sweden's Statens Järvägar night train #91 arrives Umeå Central Station from it's previous stop in Vindeln on-time at 22:35. Train 91 originates in Luleå and terminates in Göteborg via Stockh... (more)

Locomotive set #62009, a X62 electric passenger train built by Alstom in Salazgitter, Germany (thanks to Jan Lindahl for the information), occupies a shop track outside the new Norrtåg shop in th... (more)

It's a definite sign of the weekend when several sets of Norrtåg passenger trains idle in the Umeå Godsbangård near the company shops. The majority of traffic takes place during the weekdays a... (more)

Statens Järnvägar #7409, operating under the Norrtåg-Botniabanan AB, travels through southeastern Umeå along the Umeälven for the first few kilometers of its journey to Sundsvall. The light ... (more)

A northbound Stockholm Tunnelbanan train led by #2096 travels past through the Sätra neighborhood in southwest Stockholm in amongst a pleasant fall day. This route is a part of the "red line" an... (more)

A southbound Stockholm Tunnelbanan train led by #2124 heads over one of the only exposed spots in the central city between Gamla Stan and Slussen stations.

One of the many Pedeltåg (Commuter Trains) leaves southbound out of Stockholm Central Station passing over the bridge to Gamla Stan.

Statens Järnvägar (Norrtåg) #7489 arrives on track one into Umeå Östra Station from Lycksele. This train will exchange passengers and travel via Vännäs back to Lycksele. This Y31 diesel p... (more)