Bränntorvsmuseet

About the museum

The biggest event in the history of Komlösa is the extraction of fuel peat at Landtmossen during the First World War. The museum tells about it and shows a model railway with Landtmossen at one end, the cableway that carried the peat onwards, and Fristad's railway-station village at the other end.

The collection includes a peat works (torvverk) recovered from a bog at Taberg in Småland, and a Varrant locomotive (Varrantlok), the locomotive that ran at Landtmossen. According to the museum it is the world's only surviving one of its kind. The association has also built a narrow-gauge railway of about one kilometre, on which several peat locomotives (torvlok) and wagons run, as well as a horse-drawn tram.

The museum is run by a non-profit association, which is also responsible for the Vagnshistoriska museet (Museum of Vehicle History) in the same area, and it forms part of Komlösa kulturcentrum (Komlösa Culture Centre). Visits take place by booking, and the association offers, among other things, lectures, viewings and trips with peat locomotives or horse and carriage for companies and organisations.

Highlights

• Model railway over Landtmossen, the cableway and Fristad's railway-station village
• The Varrant locomotive from the peat extraction at Landtmossen
• Peat works from Taberg
• Narrow-gauge railway with peat locomotives and a horse-drawn tram

Permanent exhibition

• Bränntorvsbrytningen på Landtmossen – Model railway of the peat extraction at Landtmossen during the First World War, with a peat works, a Varrant locomotive and a narrow-gauge railway on which peat locomotives and a horse-drawn tram run.

Operated by

Ideell förening (Vagnshistoriska Museet / Komlösa kulturcentrum)

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Getting there & parking

From Fristad centre drive towards the church; from there there are road signs to the museums.

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