A Winter Journey with Caroline. The Enchanting 1861 Steam Locomotive Touring in 2024!

“The Norwegian Railway Museum boasts one of many world’s oldest, most intact, and operational classic trains. The journey of restoration started in 1988 when the Mates of the Railway Museum conceived the thought to revive a historic carriage prepare. After six years of meticulous restoration work, the locomotive “Caroline” roared again to life within the spring of 1996, simply in time for the museum’s centenary celebration.

Since its revival, the prepare has been a focus of the museum’s actions, embarking on two to 4 annual excursions to Elverum, with occasional facet journeys to Eidsvoll/Lillestrøm in 2004, Kongsvinger in 2004, Flisa in 2010 and 2015, and the Lillestrøm-Kongsvinger route in 2012. It even ventured past Norwegian borders for a visitor look on the Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle in 2006.

Sometimes, the carriage prepare undertakes three journeys per 12 months, shuttling passengers between Hamar and Elverum. Nevertheless, its operational vary is restricted by its most velocity of 60 km/h, achievable solely on downhill stretches. This velocity restrict dictates the sections of observe it will probably traverse. Moreover, the prepare’s mobility is contingent upon the supply of a turntable to maneuver the locomotive.

Totally assembled, comprising the locomotive, a items wagon, and 6 carriages, the prepare spans roughly 70 meters in size.” from the video introduction