Photos from Rallarvegen – page 3

Rallarvegen at Sandå

This photo shows Sandå. The bridge for Rallarvegen over Sandåi, and the old Bergen Railway track toward Slirå. Later on, at Sandå I had a long, nice conversation with the family that now owns this beautiful lengthmen's house. A lengthman was a person employed to maintain a section of the railway. The house was built in 1913, and the architect was H. Kass. The lengthmen and their families lived here 1913–1969, now it is a private house. (Photo at 12:44:40, August 1 2006)

Sandåvatnet at 1265 meters above sea level

There was a long shadow along the foreland of Sandåvatnet, and it crossed the old Bergen Railway track. That long shadow, by some strange opportunity, marked where the new Bergen Railway runs in its tunnel deep beneath this landscape. That is, in the Finse tunnel. Nowadays, the Bergen Railway reach its highest altitude at 1237 meters above sea level inside the Finse tunnel. (Photo at 12:45:30, August 1 2006)

The navvies' cottage at Sandå

This photo shows the navvies' cottage at Sandå, where the navvies lived when the Bergen Railway was built. A navvy was a person employed to build the railway. (Photo at 12:49:21, August 1 2006)

Toward Slirå

Rallarvegen, circa 500 meters from Sandå, and 1 kilometer from Slirå. The pile of gravel one can see is blast-surplus material, from when the Finse tunnel was built. (Photo at 13:11:57, August 1 2006)

Conny Andersson

Last modified: September 16 2010