1995 Roros 9

 Scanned from a slide.

1995 Roros 8

 A Linjegods termo lorry and trailer moving off of the platform at Roros station. I do not know if this was a rail/road interchange point, a local delivery or just a convenient stopping place. There does not seem to be any temperature controlled railway wagon about so, an interchange point is unlikely. If I am wrong, it would not be the first time. If you listen to enough Radio 4 you will know that men are always in the wrong.
 Things are very different on Norwegian radio. When the staff went on strike and the programmes stopped but the transmitters were left on leaving just the carrier wave white noise, listening figures increased. This may be an urban myth, I cannot remember the source, it may have been Radio 4.

1995 Roros 7

  Picturesque scenery is a phrase that makes railway engineers think about a change of career. Couple this with a climate that is not railway friendly and you have, what my old boss insisted I called opportunities. He was firmly of the opinion that there were no such thing as problems. Among the many to benefit from the opportunities created by the aforementioned combination are manufacturers of track maintenance equipment. I think of permanent way vehicles as the norwegian railway equivalent of rats, they are never very away.
  Although Norwegians are fully aware that there are different types of snow, you would still want a head start if you announced that the "wrong type" was making life difficult.  

1995 Roros 6

 When it comes to photographic composition, I am a shotgun sniper. "It may come in useful one day", translated into latin, could be the family motto. If you are looking for anything at Roros station in July 1995 I can almost guarantee that I have picture of it. Sods law means that it will be: in the background, right on the edge of the picture and just a little out of focus. But that is history for you. If you think that the future is uncertain, ask any two historians about the past.

1995 Roros 5

Not a great picture showing the the boring bits. But it may of interest to some.

1995 Roros 4

NSR switched my train to the afternoon departure from Bergen which, as I had also dropped the overnight  in Geilo meant I arrived in Oslo late at night. The next morning I was on the train to Roros. At Hamar we played the great Norwegian party game of turning the seats around. This involves nearly everyone taking all their things out of the pockets on the seat backs in front of them standing up turning the seats around sitting down again and putting everything back in the seat pockets. As you can imagine it is families with young children and all the things they need for a long journey that have the most fun. For me the best part was when those that did not join in the game at the station, decide to play the game when the train is moving. Alas this game has past into myth and legend and yet another element that separates travel from mere movement is lost to us all.  

1995 Roros 3

I amended the itinerary by cutting out the overnight stay in Bergen, so that I could have an extra day in Roros. As the Bergen overnight had been cut from the holiday I thought that I would fly direct to Oslo for a night there before catching the train to Roros. But no, they kept the full itinerary just cutting out the hotel in Bergen. This meant my train left Bergen for Oslo about the same time I left Gatwick for Bergen.