manufactured by Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA). The RC loco series are one of the first tyristor controlled electric locos. Still going strong. 💪🏻

A lovely journey, thanks for sharing it with us, Simon channel. 🙏

The single seat in 1st class (both X2000 high speed train, and other SJ trains, as this one) is just wonderful.

Vilken fin bana mellan Göteborg och Kalmar, trodde inte att den skulle plocka så många städer/stationer utan ett enda byte för att ta sig till Växjö och Kalmar. Väldigt robusta tåg dessa intercity tågen, känns väldigt tidslösa. Och fint när man enkelt kan växla tåget utan att ha en hytt i varje ände.

Kalmar Central reminds me very much of Luleå Central, both similar interior and amenities, though Luleå has no luggage storage. I travelled through Luleå a couple of times. That train at 2:08 is an X11 EMU, which you can see from its two double-leaf doors, where the X12 has one single-leaf door and the X14 has two single-leaf doors per car. You mentioned the Contessa trains in Växjö (8:42), and SJ actually used to operate X32 class Contessa trains on this Göteborg - Kalmar route for a short while, but this was highly criticized and promptly restored to Rc6+1980s stock.

Excellent presentation per usual.

I love the IC trains in Dalabanan (up to the mentioned Falun). Actually coaches vary and there are subtypes with different sorts of seats (the legacy Blue X coaches are IMO the best), BF7 is the "weird one" that carries the personnel but those seats are quasi 1st class. Once you get some SJ loyalty points and there is a bistro, complementary coffee! At the moment I would say these trains are the best bang for the buck, and the routes I take are not covered by the "snabbtåg" EMUs

As usual very well done. Hopefully soon we will see more videos on classic trains still in use in Europe ❤ keep it up Simon

Merry Xmas and a happy new years to you and yours.

Thank you for sharing this. I have had a wonderful opportunity to travel twice in 2004/2005 on this - one in spring and one in winter, all the way from Stockholm Central to Narvik, both during the day and during the night using Scanrail pass. Amazing experience! I would do it again when i get the opportunity!

The RC6 is similar to the RC4, which was the basis for Amtrak's AEM-7 locomotive that served the Boston-Washington DC corridor from the 1970s until a few years ago. They were a very reliable workhorse. Those Danish trains were demonstrated on Boston's commuter rail system in the 1990s. I never got a chance to ride one, but I did tour one when it was on display at one of Boston's main railroad stations.

Just a note, the Øresundtog also travels to Kalmar, as shows on the departure bostd at Kalmar. So its not just to Växjö :-) Btw before the toilet review you told about a strange seating layout but I couldn't see it, so what was it?

That Rc6 loco in the black with silver livery is one of my all time favourites. I really really really like it 😀

During the 90s the SJ trains were blue. I think that was more beautiful than the black. Before that thecolor was a redish brown.

Nice video! When I grew up in Borlänge (close to Falun) me and family usually took the SJ Inter City service down to Stockholm every now and then. I have such great memories of these trains, I remember when the locomotive and the carriages was painted in the SJ blue delivery.

Cool " Old Train" 👍

Super cool!

(Fun fact) 0:10, in 1993 One of the X2000 trains visited America for their north east corridor high-speed train development.

Old tech is what seems to work the best here, the new trains just break down in winter. That's why I love seeing our old locomotives going strong still doing their job as usual.

Hi Simon, That is an awesome and beasty classic InterCity from SJ! I also like the black colours on the Locomotive ans the Carriages, That gives the classic train a really tough and strong look 😃 Sweden is the country for train geeks like us 😃 Great trip through Southern Sweden and you are the best Simon, Keep on moving Bro! By the way: Did you also spot that beautiful Swedish Lady with glasses and dark hair on the right at 7:02? 😁

You misspelled ASEA but nice video 👍

If it's cold outside they are warm and cosy inside, if it's warm outside they are even warmer inside! Built originally for 130 km/, later 160 km/h when the germans built for 200 km/h more than ten years earlier.

Super gode videoer du har lavet på din kanal. Super lækker rejsevlogs med masser af reviews og historie. Følger godt med :) Jeg har et spørgsmål til dine thumbnails, hvordan får du togene til at være så meget i fokus? Bruger du et program til at lave thumbnails?

Hello! I would love to see you ride the new Latvian škoda trains that entered service very recently!

You were not right about the inhabitants in Växjö. In the city there's about 70k and in the municipality it is 100k. Just like Kalmar is about 40k in the city but about 70k in the municipality.

When they was new they just to be orange and the wagons Brown

You should try the night train to Kiruna

Because the X2000 trains are only 30 years old now…🙄 😉😂

Thanks . I like Malmö .

the trains are still good and reliable, the tracks are the pronlem since they get forever postponed service intervals

ASEA not AESA.

Not many Swedes are left in Sweden, I gather. Well, good luck with that.