With the old railway junction Landeryd in the center, the Train Days will be arranged September 7-8. During the event, a large number of veteran trains cross and cross parts of Halland, from Landeryd to Kinnared, Torup and Hyltebruk, among others. In addition, there will be complementary traffic with veteran buses.

In the resorts along the route, surrounding activities are arranged in the form of autumn market, choral singing, folk games, gamesmen's meeting, antique round, photo and art exhibition and display of road-borne veteran vehicles. In Hyltebruk, a skatepark is inaugurated where there are at the same time Olympic competitions.

- It is a manifestation for the railway. Landeryds station house, which together with two more buildings became a building memory last year, has been renovated and will be inaugurated, says Per-Yngve Bengtsson, chairman of the Association Landeryds Railway Museum, which arranges traffic on both rail and road during the Train Days.

Rail requires labor

He believes that the days are largely about collective travel in the past, now and in the future. Therefore, he is a little extra happy that the Krösatågen this year will drive for free to Landeryd, a tour in the morning there and a home in the afternoon.

Just like last year, there will also be some talk of railroad labor.

- It is highly relevant. After all, decisions have been made to make our rail network more robust and then not only money but people who can implement it are also needed.

"A living being"

Per-Yngve Bengtsson describes steam power as the foundation of industrial society and today's prosperity. But his association and the Train Days are not just about cultural and technological history that manages old knowledge.

- A steam locomotive is a living being! It is warm, it smells and mills. I think it affects everyone, even if you are not particularly interested in trains.

For Torupbon himself, however, the train interest was aroused early, he says with a glow in his voice.

- When I was five or six years old, I got to go to the cabin on a steam locomotive. It left deep traces, that autumn evening when we got to look into the fireplace door, saw the glow and it was dark outside. They were so kind guys and really wanted to show off the train and what they could.