A journey to Sweden, 1989: Hoting

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Endless are Sweden's forests:

North of Ulriksfors, Inlandsban, 20.7.1989

Once upon a time, this was a working semaphore:

No longer a semaphore, Inlandsban, 20.7.1989

Stone bridge, Inlandsban, 20.7.1989

A short distance south of Hoting, two diesels waited in front of a long row of cars loaded with lumber:

SJ T44 320 and SJ T44 337, Hoting, 20.7.1989

Also at Hoting, I took a few photos of the interlocking frame and panels. Here is the track plan mounted on the wall:

Track diagram, Hoting, 20.7.1989

The interlocking of this junction was a mixture of old and new parts. The important points had been equipped with electrical points machines a few years earlier. Points no. 4 were controlled from the small white box attached to the right of the signal panel, whereas three points on the northern side had gotten a small panel mounted to the wall:

Interlocking, Hoting, 20.7.1989

The old locking apparatus still had a row of locks for clearing signals and locking points. An interesting one is marked with 5 18 26 (above each other): Points 5 and 18 connected two tracks, but points no. 26, together with its derail Sp I, is at the opposite side in track I—were all of these points really connected by one key? Also, I have no idea what the purpose of the locks to its left and right might have been—one is marked K8, the other does have not label at all. On the left of the frame, on can see that there were two route levers for incoming routes from Rosson and Dorotea. However, it is unclear why one could select separate routes from Rosson into tracks II and III, whereas there was only one route selection possible for trains from Dorotea:

Interlocking, Hoting, 20.7.1989

This view of the right side shows the covers which still contain the slots for the wire lines when the frame still had cranks. The route lever is reversed for a train from Lövberga (i.e., Ulriksfors):

Interlocking, Hoting, 20.7.1989

Here is a view of the new panels:

• The upper one has the buttons for controlling the points on the northern end of the station;
• the lower one is for the spur south of Hoting where we have seen the two diesels. Points no. 101a, 101b, 102a and 102b as well as signals F, Dv F ("dwarf signal F") and G were controlled from this panel. The four sets of points could be released ("Lokal...") or locked ("återtag..." = "retract") with a K 15 key:

Interlocking, Hoting, 20.7.1989

This picture shows that the Fiat railcars sometimes had to pull a goods car:

SJ Y1 1358 and another Y1 coupled to a goods wagon, Hoting, 20.7.1989

The last picture shows the station building:

Station, Hoting, 20.7.1989