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The railway history of Nässjö
Before the railway, Nässjö was a small rural parish. After a fierce battle over the route of the railway, the southern main line finally passed through Nässjö in 1864. More railways were built and in 1914 Nässjö became a town. Today, Nässjö is Sweden's largest railway junction, the only one in the country where six railways converge at a single station.
As early as the 1930s, the Nässjö Local History Association became interested in railway history, and the railway guard's hut from Gamlarp was moved to the local history park as early as 1938.
Interest grew and a locomotive driver named Algot Andersson was the driving force for a long time. Algot was commissioned by the Railway Museum to travel around southern Sweden and collect gadgets, photos and other items for the Railway Museum. What was left over, or not wanted by the Railway Museum, ended up at the local history society in Nässjö.
The steam locomotives Mormor and NAEJ 4 were something that was offered / rattled over, and happily accepted. They wanted a train at the railway guard's hut in the park, the steam locomotive Wilhelm Petri and the first wagons came there as a deposit from the Railway Museum already in 1959. After the anniversary in 1964, they also took over SJ's model railway carriage. The Thyr locomotive had also been acquired around 1963.

Formation of the organisation
In 1965, the railway business was so big that the local history society formed a section for railway activities. It was called the Southern Main Line Museum Section (SSBms).
In the late 1960s, the wooden carriage train was acquired and fitted out as an exhibition on railway history. The steam locomotive Tb 864 and the HNJ steam wagon came from the Railway Museum around 1970. The Thyr steam locomotive was wanted back in Bergvik, and the J 1237 steam locomotive replaced it around 1974.
The business rolled on with tours and little else. In the mid-1980s, two B6 coaches were purchased so that the J locomotive could pull its own excursion trains. Now began the era of travelling with its own vehicles, while the museum train had played out its role.
In 1990, the move was made to the Ångsågen area where a permanent exhibition began to be built. In 1994, the Nässjö Railway Museum was formed, and the activities became completely independent of the Nässjö Local History Society. From 1998, the travelling business really took off when the Rapidlok Ra 987 came into the picture.

Photo: Roger Larsson
Present tense
In 1965, the non-profit organisation that is now called Nässjö Railway Museum. The association has its premises at Ångsågen, an area whose name derives from the time when Nässjö's old steam saw was located on the site.
Today's activities consist mainly of displaying and developing the permanent exhibition and running vintage trains on the Swedish railway network. For the latter activity we have several traction vehicles, the steam locomotive KJ 17, and an electric locomotive, Ra 987, are some of those at our disposal. The association has, in addition to several other wagons of older design, a 1960s train with 1st and 2nd class. The jewel in the collection is the Halmstad-Nässjö Railway steam carriage from 1888.
We organise several of our own trips every year. We also organise trips for companies and private individuals. Welcome to the programme!



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