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The Pytte Bridge
From 1914 to 1953, the Engelholm-Klippan railway ran over the Pytte Bridge. Today, it serves as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge.
But why the Pytte Bridge? Well, the railway came to be known as the Pytte Line after an incident in 1918. The carpenter and poet Johan Wilhelm Hall (1868-1944) lived next to Ängelholm Värns station. Hall kept chickens, known as "pyttor" in northwest Scanian dialect. These chickens were not aware of property boundaries and freely roamed around, even on the station premises and occasionally on the tracks.
This behaviour annoyed the stationmaster, who scolded Hall, who in turn informed the chickens about the rules. However, the chickens paid no attention to the warning and continued to trespass on the station premises.
This led to a court case where Hall was fined two Swedish kronor for violating the city's ordinances. In retaliation, Hall wrote a song about "Pyttorna on the Pytte Line" to the tune of "Three Swinging Girls”. The song became very popular, and from then on, the Engelholm-Klippan Railway was known as nothing other than the Pytte Line
The bridge model in scale 1:13 was built completely according to the original drawing. It took over 8,000 rivets! On the bridge is a model of a railbus class Y of Hilding Carlsson's construction. Railbuses of this type were used during the last ten years of the railway.
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