Introduction to the Gold Transport

On April 9, 1940, World War II began in Norway. The first thing the Nazis were after was Norway's gold reserves. They consisted of 50 tons of gold that had to be transported to safety. The code name for the gold reserves was "The Heavy Baggage." The gold was first transported by trucks from Norges Bank in Oslo and then onwards to Lillehammer, where it was then loaded onto the train to try to get all the gold safely onto a boat at Åndalsnes, at the end of the railway line. All the gold was transported by train on the Rauma Line, on exactly the train route you are experiencing now.