Still Light
For The GT9920 hauled by IORE 120 "Kaisepakte" and IORE 114 "Rautas" that passed Vassijaure at 21:39 thanks to the Northern Light above the Polar Circle... (more)

Rolling Down
The 17‰ descent of the Ofotbanan to Narvik, The IORE 126 "Sandskär" and IORE 105 "Narvik" braking down a full 68-car Iron Ore Train from Kiruna, pas... (more)

Between Rocks and Stone
45,810 meter of Real Power, the IORE locomotives are with their 1400kN one of the most Powerful Machines Worldwide existing on Railways. Here we got IORE 117 &q... (more)

Ice in May
IORE 108 "Torneträsk" and IORE 117 "Boden" passing one of the lakes that were still frozen in mid-May with an Iron-Ore train to Narvik.

Break the Silence.
In a Breathtaking Silence and Landscape, IORE 107 "Svappavaara" and IORE 128 "Krokvik" hauls an impressive 8400ton Iron-Ore train made by 68 load... (more)

IORE 111 and 110 are standing in Kiruna with an ore train.

An empty ore train is on its way back from Narvik to Kiruna. In the background you see the Tornetrask lake and the highway E10.

Iron ore train on its way from Kiruna to Narvik. The passenger train visible on the right has to wait, because the heavy freight trains have priority on this line.

Hauling iron ore across the arctic is a pretty tough job.

Actually these weather conditions are not that bad, since usually the area around the Torneträsk does not see the worst we... (more)

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)

IORE locomotives 106 "Kiruna" and 101 "Polcirkeln" with the empty ore train 19909 Narvik-Kiruna near Abisko Oestra.

IORE 117 "Boden" and 115 "Stenbacken" with empty ore train 19909 from Narvik to Kiruna. The bright material in the first few cars is Olivine, a mineral used for the ore pellets production. In the ... (more)

IORE 106 "Kiruna" and 101 "Polcirkeln" with 68 empty ore cars from Narvik to Kiruna near Rensjön.

The two IORE locomotives 109 "Abisko" and 113 "Bergfors" from Bombardier Kassel with a power of 5400 kW each are pulling an empty ore train with 68 cars and about 700 metre length along the Tornet... (more)

An Adtranz/Bombardier 15000hp IORE electric hauls an ore train through Swedish Lapland. We are 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, half way between Kiruna, Sweden and Narvik, Norway.