Friday, July 3, 2026

Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg - Djurheden Garden Railway

Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger

In June a small detachment from out Model Railway Club, Gleng, went to a weekend-trip to Sweden when Helena & Roger invited fellow Garden Railway modellers to get-togheter in their lovely garden in Djura where they have built a most beautiful, scenic and very detailed Garden Railway with many cameos; Djurhedens Järnväg (Railway) with some 140 meter of mainline. 

Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger

Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


It was raining more or less through the our day out, but it didn't stop us from running trains. More than 20 people attended to this get-togheter. These trains or locomotives was 3D-printed:
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


It's a more than 400 km drive to get there and we were 4 members in our car, so it was limited how many trains we were able to bring. I brought my German military Heeresfeldbahn diesel to haul my Pioneer Ferry Load
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger

It looks like Pettson and Findus are discussing this military presence:
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


Here are some other trains running this day:
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


When it started to rain even more heavily it was time for a break and Helena invited to cake, coffee and hotdog in their garden-tent:
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


The rainy weather made the look of running of live-steam engines even more spectacular due to more visible steam: 
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and RogerVisiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


It's not that easy to notice but if you see inside one of my rubber dinghys you get an idea of how much (rain-) water it collected through this running session:
Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger


Here is a YouTube video of this great day out:


Djurhedens Järnväg is open for the public on specific dates during the summer and at Christmas, which are announced on Helena's and Roger's website; Djurhedens Järnväg. A visit to this beautiful Garden Railway and friendly people is highly recommended.


Thank you for your invitation and hospitality Helena and Roger!





Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Blogger Issues?

It's a slightly different blogpost from me this time; not so much about modelling but I've have a question if other bloggers have experienced the same issue with Blogger as me?

When I publish a new blogpost on this blog it don't automatically upload as a link (with a thumbnail) on other blogs that have listed and linked to my blog. Well, not until I manually refresh the feed from this blog in Feedburner, and even then it takes some time to update the the new link and thumbnail on other blogs. This post I will not manually refresh before after 24 hours to see if it updates on any other blog's links at all within a day.

So I have a question to my fellow bloggers if any of you have experienced the same kind of issues with Blogger? -And if so what did you do to fix it??

I've noticed than other's blogs I have linked to (in the menu to the right) sometimes don't updates quickly on my blog either. For an example Man of Tin Blog posts updates faster to this blog than his other blog Man of Tin Blog two, and by the time of posting this the link still shows his previous post. -Why?

This means that blogs with frequent updates may miss out current links on the updates on other blogs before they posts even new updates. Does this give any sense?

What are your experiences with this on your own blogs?


As for today I'm going hiking in Aurlandsdalen:



Blog PostScript 

This is so 'Murphy's Law'; This blogpost immediately shoved up as link on other blogs after I posted it.


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