line line norwegian abandoned railway line ran norway private narrow gauge railway branched old station ran kilometers lake connected steam ship operated railway company villages line served addition branch lines gravel pit discussions building line started construction commenced line opened july initially profitable tourist traffic converted standard gauge resulting expensive lines falling traffic caused line line closed ordinary traffic october traffic ceased january track demolished shortly route line built narrow gauge minimum curve radius metres gradient percent line norway blasting construction old station located meters mean sea level line connected ran kilometers northwards line passed stations reaching branch line gravel pit line continued past crossing wooden meter long bridge ran past ran meter long passing kilometer branch line ran wooden meter long bridge main line continued wooden meter long bridge creek reaching line highest elevation meters branch lake line built train kilometer continue forward located meters connection steam ship track left short section remained station closed old station preserved section located meters yards suburban street landfall right way path right way street right way rebuilt hiking riding path branch converted street right way north disappeared reclaimed agricultural land particularly north station area intact station building looking like station buildings converted homes commercial buildings history political consideration proposal build line occurred march municipal council discarded idea stating interest community locals observed economic impact southern municipality called line northern parts committee established led captain entrepreneur engineering reports estimated costs nok including nok steamship estimates called passengers tonnes long tons short tons cargo year sufficient break argued valley roads insufficient valley transport needs time pointed industry need railway building line industry established april committee held public offering shares time sent application social grant nok plus nok norwegian state railways committee proposed municipality buy shares nok issue debated municipal council june met resistance representatives west stated felt railway impact municipality buy shares nok resulted compromise municipality bought shares nok year later municipality purchased shares addition nok major shareholders nok nok private investors supplied nok debate parliament norway proposed construction delayed line upgraded standard gauge rejected majority plans build line passed parliament gave grant nok supplemented nok construction started late led blasting difficulties arose large amounts clay contributed increase costs nok line opened july opening delivered axle steam locomotives named hole railway took delivery passenger cars combined freight conductor car number freight cars periodically railway needed extra power leased locomotives norwegian state railways initial ferry lake cost additional nok greatest summer tourists took line reach steam ships winter fell railway terminated instead company bought steamship supplemented incumbent ferry capacity passengers crew power output kilowatts built sold service route bad shape taken service sold dismantled accident year operation passengers gave small profit gave nok fiscal year gave profit nok increasing nok line passengers line large impact population increased rebuilt standard gauge cargo lines increasing costs cheap construction methods combined bad geological conditions caused limitations operation including frequent delays section rebuilt dual gauge allow gravel trains operate gravel pit bus services started western claiming trains patrons help save company employees offered work half wage sufficient save line scheduled traffic terminated october section retained industrial trains december line demolished
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