A journey to Sweden, 1989: Östersund

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Here are a few photos from Östersund, where we had to wait for a few hours for the train going up the inlandsban. The mechanical train indicator was a beauty:

Train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

In between, I took a picture of the station building:

Station, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Shunting signal 197 is cleared:

Starting signal Ös 197 and shunting signal 197, Östersund, 20.7.1989

A short time later, also the stop signal has been cleared—it can be seen here from far away ...

Control panel for departure signals, Östersund, 20.7.1989

... and close-up:

Starting signal Ös 197 and shunting signal 197, Östersund, 20.7.1989

The panel now shows a green light below "Utfart spår 3 söder", meaning "Departure track 3 southwards":

Control panel for departure signals, Östersund, 20.7.1989

The driver is waiting for the departure:

Engine driver, Östersund, 20.7.1989

In this somewhat dark photo, the train director pulls the strings to show the next train:

Umstellen des train indicator, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Our train, going up the inlandsban, is already announced, but it will be more than two hours until it departs:

Umstellen des train indicators, Östersund, 20.7.1989

In the meantime, I took some more photos, for example of this shunting engine:

SJ Ue 254, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Also on platform 1, there was a mechanical train indicator:

Train indicator on platform 1, Östersund, 20.7.1989

In the traffic bureau stood this panel of a type 65 relay interlocking:

Interlocking panel, traffic bureau, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Interlocking panel, traffic bureau, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Interlocking panel, traffic bureau, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Interlocking panel, traffic bureau, Östersund, 20.7.1989

An engine driver allowed me to take a few photos of this Rc4's control stand:

Driver's cabin SJ Rc4 1298, Östersund, 20.7.1989

SJ Rc4 1298, Östersund, 4.8.1989

In the hot summer, myriads of insects died on the front of the locomotives—here, the driver tries to remove them from the front panels:

SJ Rc4 1298, Östersund, 20.7.1989

SJ Y1 1319 and SJ Rc4 1298, Östersund, 20.7.1989

SJ Rc4 1298, Östersund, 20.7.1989

Finally, we left Östersund in a Fiat railcar headed north. The two green lamps on the starting signal are hardly visible:

Starting signal Ös 180 and shunting signal 180, Östersund, 20.7.1989