|}

Östra Södermanlands Järnväg (Ö.Sl.J.), Eastern Södermanland

Södermanland

', sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.In Swedish, the province name is...

 Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway

Heritage railway

thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...

 in Mariefred

Mariefred

Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,813 inhabitants in 2005.The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary"...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Steam-hauled passenger traffic is provided all days of the week during the summer.
Operations began on a small scale at the Lina brick works in Södertälje

Södertälje

Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca....

 in 1959, until a chance to take over the recently closed Läggesta-Mariefred appeared in 1964.

General remarks

The collections of the heritage railway are centered on the seven Swedish railroads who ran scheduled passenger traffic on track. The collection of passenger cars is internationally noteworthy, as gauge is typically for industrial freight only.

Ö.Sl.J. operates traffic with narrow-gauge with locomotives and carriages dating from the period 1890-1925. Scheduled traffic run between Mariefred

Mariefred

Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,813 inhabitants in 2005.The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary"...

 - Läggesta - Taxinge-Näsby, a total length of 11 km (6.8 mi).

Mariefred – Läggesta

This is the heart of Ö.Sl.J. The line was originally the SJ

SJ AB

SJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...

 standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 spur line from Läggesta to Mariefred, which the Swedish State Railways

SJ AB

SJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...

 (SJ) operated until 1964 when the line was closed. Ö.Sl.J. took over the track and station in Mariefred after a few years and relaid

Gauge conversion

In rail transport, gauge conversion is the process of converting a railway from one rail gauge to another, through the alteration of the railway tracks...

 the track to narrow gauge.

Läggesta – Taxinge-Näsby

When the new SJ main line "Svealandsbanan

Svealandsbanan

Svealandsbanan is the Swedish name of the Svealand Railway, which runs between Södertälje and Valskog via Mariefred Läggesta, Strängnäs and Eskilstuna. The length is 115 km....

" (Södertälje - Eskilstuna) was built in 1995, the old Södertälje - Eskilstuna

Eskilstuna

Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population....

 line was closed and the track torn up on most of the line. Soon after this Ö.Sl.J. got permission to use the 7 km (4.3 mi) long remaining part of the line from Läggesta to Taxinge-Näsby. After a 10 years long trial period running a type Y7 railcar the line is now undergoing regauging

Gauge conversion

In rail transport, gauge conversion is the process of converting a railway from one rail gauge to another, through the alteration of the railway tracks...

to narrow gauge. Traffic will commence in this new guise in the Summer of 2011.

The collection

Steam Locomotives at Östra Södermanlands Järnväg:
----
Nr.1 Lotta (Under restoration)
----
No 2 Lessebo (The only remaining original design Mallet locomotive in the world. Operational)
----
Nr.2 Virå (Operational)
----
Nr.3 Dylta (Operational)

----
Nr.4 KM Nelsson (Operational)
----
Nr.5 Hamra (Operational)
----
Nr.6 Christina Hjelm (Under reconstruction)
----
Nr.7 Helgenäs (Boiler overhaul)
----
Nr.8 Emsfors (Operational)
----
Nr.9 JGJ 9 (Operational)
----
Nr.10 Avesta (Boiler overhaul)
----