A journey to Sweden, 1989: Alingsås

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From Denmark to Sweden, we used the ferry to Gothenburg (Göteborg), and from there we took a suburban train to Alingsås, which had a very nice youth hostel in an old villa.

The first picture shows the class X10 railcar which brought us from Gothenburg to Alingsås. A short time before, a shower had come down, but now, the sun came out between the clouds:

SJ X10 3171, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

I have a single picture of the interlocking panel, which is unfortunately quite blurred. It is hard to see anything useful, but one can see that the signals are located on the left side of the tracks, in contrast to Germany and Austria and also Denmark:

Interlocking panel, traffic bureau, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

Some people wait for a fast train to Gothenburg, while the interurban sits at its platform:

SJ X10 3171, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

Here is the fast train:

SJ Rc6 1422, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

SJ Rc6 1422 and X10 3171, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

The crossing over the tracks is protected by barriers. The Rc6 is starting to pull its train out of the station:

SJ Rc6 1422, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

Here is starting signal A 2/13—already returned to stop—and shunting signal 2/13:

Starting signal A 2/13 and shunting signal 2/13, Alingsås, 16.7.1989

And finally, here's a picture of the station building:

Station building, Alingsås, 16.7.1989