At the end of an overgrown small road was a badly bashed building, the railway station of Noormarkku. It was built in 1933, when a railroad was built between Pori and Haapamäki in Central Finland. Haapamäki we’ve of course already been to. According to public sources the station contained a waiting room, an office roomContinue reading “I Would Like A Ticket Out Of Here Part I”
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Behind The Scenes Part II
There definitely was something orange back here, and not just anything orange. This is a DM8/9 – ‘The Carrot’, hence the livery. These are the last surviving examples of this train built around 1965 and abandoned around 1990. A restoration project has begun, but it has been interrupted due to issues between the members ofContinue reading “Behind The Scenes Part II”
Behind The Scenes Part I
As I said in my previous post, I’m a sort of a railroad nerd, but not very interested in the steam era. What interests me the most is the post war era from the early 1950’s all the way to the 1980’s before my birth. What really intrigued me in Haapamäki was not the steamContinue reading “Behind The Scenes Part I”
Greeting The Killer Locomotive
Like I told in my previous post, Haapamäki used to be a strong railway village. Here’s a look at the station area. The white building to the left is the former station restaurant, the yellow building the former station. Back then there were no restaurant cars, so trains would stop for long times and theContinue reading “Greeting The Killer Locomotive”
The Killer Locomotive Memorial
When things start going badly wrong, they go even worse wrong. And this was why I decided to find my way to yet another place in the middle of nowhere in the former municipality of Kalvola in the Tavastia Proper region. Back in one spring morning in 1957, the night train from Lapland to HelsinkiContinue reading “The Killer Locomotive Memorial”
The Riddle Of The Station
I went on along the Eastern border and reached a municipality called Rautjärvi. The place is rather small, and the biggest thing there is a large cardboard factory. The municipality’s veins are highway number 6 and the Karelian railroad track, which go directly through it. The current Rautjärvi Municipality was formed in 1973, when theContinue reading “The Riddle Of The Station”
Up In Smoke
My weekend getaway in my home town was coming to a close. I was in no hurry to get back home, so I decided to make the most out of my trip. The Guardian’s article in January had listed the most beautiful rural railroads in Europe, and they had chosen the track between Oulu andContinue reading “Up In Smoke”
The Railroader’s Cottage Part II
I roamed around the downstairs looking for a stairway up, but was only walking in circles. This was the same room with the bicycle seen before from the opposite side. I finally found a way up. It was just a bit difficult to access the stairs because of the rubble. But before finally going upContinue reading “The Railroader’s Cottage Part II”
The Railroader’s Cottage Part I
The village we were on an adventure in had a railroad in it. No major trains had ever stopped there, as it was just the end of a line of a side track connecting a large local factory to the main network. The rails were still there although they hadn’t seen much use after theContinue reading “The Railroader’s Cottage Part I”
A Ruined Welcome
Welcome to Vaasa, the pearl of the Finnish West coast. This is the place, where the city was founded in 1606. The church was built way back in the 14th century, and it was expanded in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 1852 the city burned down. The fire spared only two buildings,Continue reading “A Ruined Welcome”