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Navvies pause a trail construction in snow with a few houses in the background.

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A woman sitting at a desk with a telephone. Picture is from the year 1890.

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An old photograph taken from the scene of the accident.

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Platform with people between two parked trains.

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A man screws in a sign with SJ on the train carriage exterior.

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A black and white photo of a worker taking down a railway boom.

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White station building with surrounding buildings without railway tracks.

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The front cover of SJ News from 1988 with the headline SJ is divided.

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Swedish Railway Timeline