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‘Brnnbäcks elf är väl djup, också bred,
Der sänkte vi så många Jutar ned.
Så kördes Danskar ur Sverige.’ (Old Ballad.)
From Krtlbo to Borlänge, G4 Kil. (40 Engl. W.J, railway in 2’/2-4 brs.
(fares 4 kr. 50, 2 kr. 60 ii.). — Stations: 4 Kil. Avesta on the Dal-Elf, with
large iron-works; 23 Kil. Hedemora, a small town with 1500 inhab.; 30 Kil.
V ikmanshyttan ; 37 Kil. Kullsvede.n , whence a branch-line diverges to
Bispberg, with iron-works. — 39 Kil. Säter (Stads - Hotellet), founded by
Gustavos Adolphus, with 5S0 inhab.; in the neighbourhood is the pretty
Salersdal and the Bispbergs Klack, with a fine view. — 50 Kil. Gustafs;
57 Kil. Stora Tuna. Then (64 Kil.) Borlänge. From Borlänge to Falun,
see p. 366.
Beyonil Krylbo the train crosses the Dal-Elf by a bridge 660 ft.
long and traverses a productive mining district.
165 Kil. Jularbo ; 171 Kil. Fors; 179 Kil. Morshyttan ; 185 Kil.
Ilorndal; 190 Kil. Byvalla; 202 Kil. Hästbo; 209 Kil. Torshker.
219 Kil. (136 51.) Storvik (Jernvägs-Hotellet; Wahlgren’s Inn),
the junction of the Gefle and Falun railway (p. 364).
The train now traverses the district of Gestrikland, parts of
which are well-wooded and fertile. Numerous small iron-works.
226 Kil. Ashammar; 235 Kil. Järbo. ‘Ibl Kil. Ockelbo, with
extensive iron-works, connected by rail with the mines of Vindkärn.
(From Ockelbo to Gefle, see p. 364.) The train then crosses the
Norrå. 274 Kil. Lingbo, the first station in the province of
Hel-singland; 284 Kil. Holmsveden.
300 Kil. (186 M.) Kilafors, whence a branch-line runs to
(33 Kil.) Söderhamn (p. 373) and (36 Kil.) Stugsund. — Our line
now ascends the valley of the Ljusne, through a wooded and
agricultural region. The river forms a chain of small lakes. Farther
on the train crosses the Foj-na, a feeder of the Ljusne.
317 Kil. (196(2 Engl. M.) Bollnäs (*Jernvägs-Hotellet, at the
station; Gästyifvaregård), with about 500 inhab., is the station
where several trains stop for the night. —332 Kil. Arbrå ; 337 Kil.
Vallsta, on the Örsjö (405 ft.); 353 Kil. Karsjö, on the Tefsjd
(405 ft.). In summer small steamers ply upon the Orsjö and
the Tefsjö. The scenery now assumes more and more of a northern
character, with deep valleys lying between lofty mountains. Beyond
(365 Kil.) Jerfsjö the line crosses the Ljusne-Elf. — 380 Kil.
(236 Engl. M.) Ljusdal (Jernvägs - Hotellet), the junction of a
branch-line to (62 Kil., in 2l/g hrs.) Hudiksvall (p. 373), viå Delsbo,
on Lake Dellen, Fredriksfors, and Näsviken.
The line now skirts the Vexnesjö (440 ft.) and tkeLetsjö (490 ft.)
to (408 Kil. or 253 Engl. M.) Hennan, at the S. end of a lake of the
same name (795 ft). 428 Kil. Ramsjö, 446 Kil. Mellansjö, also on
lakes bearing the same names. The scenery beyond this point
becomes wild and wooded. — 464 Kil. 2stavall, the first station in
the district of Medelpad, on Lake Aldern (795 ft.), an expansion
of the Ljungå. The train runs through a wooded and hilly district.
473 Kil. Alby.
From (484 Kil. or 300 Engl. M.) Ange (Inn) a branch-line
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