manufactured by Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA). The RC loco series are one of the first tyristor controlled electric locos. Still going strong. 💪🏻

A lovely journey, thanks for sharing it with us, Simon channel. 🙏

@petitraistaru5368

6 ай бұрын

Love u man

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Albie channel, I appreciate it ❤️

The single seat in 1st class (both X2000 high speed train, and other SJ trains, as this one) is just wonderful.

Vilken fin bana mellan Göteborg och Kalmar, trodde inte att den skulle plocka så många städer/stationer utan ett enda byte för att ta sig till Växjö och Kalmar. Väldigt robusta tåg dessa intercity tågen, känns väldigt tidslösa. Och fint när man enkelt kan växla tåget utan att ha en hytt i varje ände.

Kalmar Central reminds me very much of Luleå Central, both similar interior and amenities, though Luleå has no luggage storage. I travelled through Luleå a couple of times. That train at 2:08 is an X11 EMU, which you can see from its two double-leaf doors, where the X12 has one single-leaf door and the X14 has two single-leaf doors per car. You mentioned the Contessa trains in Växjö (8:42), and SJ actually used to operate X32 class Contessa trains on this Göteborg - Kalmar route for a short while, but this was highly criticized and promptly restored to Rc6+1980s stock.

I love the IC trains in Dalabanan (up to the mentioned Falun). Actually coaches vary and there are subtypes with different sorts of seats (the legacy Blue X coaches are IMO the best), BF7 is the "weird one" that carries the personnel but those seats are quasi 1st class. Once you get some SJ loyalty points and there is a bistro, complementary coffee! At the moment I would say these trains are the best bang for the buck, and the routes I take are not covered by the "snabbtåg" EMUs

Excellent presentation per usual.

Merry Xmas and a happy new years to you and yours.

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

You too!

As usual very well done. Hopefully soon we will see more videos on classic trains still in use in Europe ❤ keep it up Simon

Thank you for sharing this. I have had a wonderful opportunity to travel twice in 2004/2005 on this - one in spring and one in winter, all the way from Stockholm Central to Narvik, both during the day and during the night using Scanrail pass. Amazing experience! I would do it again when i get the opportunity!

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great trip! Fingers crossed you can get to take a similar trip again!

The RC6 is similar to the RC4, which was the basis for Amtrak's AEM-7 locomotive that served the Boston-Washington DC corridor from the 1970s until a few years ago. They were a very reliable workhorse. Those Danish trains were demonstrated on Boston's commuter rail system in the 1990s. I never got a chance to ride one, but I did tour one when it was on display at one of Boston's main railroad stations.

@jobroooo

6 ай бұрын

Not Danish, Swedish.

@roxxma

6 ай бұрын

@@jobroooo Apologies, I wasn't clear. I was referring to the ABB built DSB rubber ended DMUs featured in the video. There was a demonstration in the early 1990s where one was run on Boston's commuter rail system for a month or so.

During the 90s the SJ trains were blue. I think that was more beautiful than the black. Before that thecolor was a redish brown.

That Rc6 loco in the black with silver livery is one of my all time favourites. I really really really like it 😀

Just a note, the Øresundtog also travels to Kalmar, as shows on the departure bostd at Kalmar. So its not just to Växjö :-) Btw before the toilet review you told about a strange seating layout but I couldn't see it, so what was it?

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Only bays of 4 with the luggage racks rotated 90 degrees to follow the back of the seats, you don't see that very often anymore!

Nice video! When I grew up in Borlänge (close to Falun) me and family usually took the SJ Inter City service down to Stockholm every now and then. I have such great memories of these trains, I remember when the locomotive and the carriages was painted in the SJ blue delivery.

Cool " Old Train" 👍

Old tech is what seems to work the best here, the new trains just break down in winter. That's why I love seeing our old locomotives going strong still doing their job as usual.

(Fun fact) 0:10, in 1993 One of the X2000 trains visited America for their north east corridor high-speed train development.

@Simon-Andersen

Ай бұрын

Indeed! And there was also one sold to china! I covered it in my X2000 video :D

You misspelled ASEA but nice video 👍

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Ah whoops, little too quick on thst one

@the_vehicle_spotter

6 ай бұрын

@@Simon-Andersenhappens 😄

Super cool!

If it's cold outside they are warm and cosy inside, if it's warm outside they are even warmer inside! Built originally for 130 km/, later 160 km/h when the germans built for 200 km/h more than ten years earlier.

Hi Simon, That is an awesome and beasty classic InterCity from SJ! I also like the black colours on the Locomotive ans the Carriages, That gives the classic train a really tough and strong look 😃 Sweden is the country for train geeks like us 😃 Great trip through Southern Sweden and you are the best Simon, Keep on moving Bro! By the way: Did you also spot that beautiful Swedish Lady with glasses and dark hair on the right at 7:02? 😁

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Marco! No I didn't but she doesn't look very pleased 😂

@PendolinoMarco

6 ай бұрын

@@Simon-Andersen Hahahaha you are so funny Bro! But one thing I know is that Sweden (and also Denmark) has a lot of beautiful women, That is typical Scandinavian fact 😃

Hello! I would love to see you ride the new Latvian škoda trains that entered service very recently!

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Some time in the future!

Super gode videoer du har lavet på din kanal. Super lækker rejsevlogs med masser af reviews og historie. Følger godt med :) Jeg har et spørgsmål til dine thumbnails, hvordan får du togene til at være så meget i fokus? Bruger du et program til at lave thumbnails?

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Takker! Jeg bruger photoshop, for at fremhæve toget, klipper jeg det ud så det bliver sit eget lag og så sætter jeg en skygge effekt på det lag 😃

@KennysFilm

6 ай бұрын

@@Simon-AndersenAh ja. Smart :)

You were not right about the inhabitants in Växjö. In the city there's about 70k and in the municipality it is 100k. Just like Kalmar is about 40k in the city but about 70k in the municipality.

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Okay close enough

When they was new they just to be orange and the wagons Brown

You should try the night train to Kiruna

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

I want to! Some time in 2024 maybe :D

ASEA not AESA.

Because the X2000 trains are only 30 years old now…🙄 😉😂

@Simon-Andersen

6 ай бұрын

Almost young by comparison 😂

@petter5721

6 ай бұрын

Yes but they are like new now after the upgrade, everything was changed.

Thanks . I like Malmö .

the trains are still good and reliable, the tracks are the pronlem since they get forever postponed service intervals

@cykeldoktorn4241

6 ай бұрын

maybe on this specific line but as a general untrue just indicates that you have not followed the many probklems we have had@@C20F

Not many Swedes are left in Sweden, I gather. Well, good luck with that.

@davidwittberg683

6 ай бұрын

There has never been so many as now, standing at 8 500 000 people.