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SN52, SN60 motor wagons. 2024
Warszawa 18-06-2024 The SN52/SN60 series motor carriages were passenger carriages adapted to serve passengers boarding from low platforms on non-electrified railway routes. The wagon was powered by a diesel engine. These wagons were manufactured by the Hungarian GANZ Budapest plant and operated by PKP. The wagons were produced in the period 1954-1956. The SN52 wagon…
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Electric Locomotive EP02-02. 2024
Warszawa 14-06-2024 Electric locomotives in Poland. The first electric locomotives in Poland began to be used in 1933, on a section of only 10 km, between Warszawa Wschodnia – Warszawa Zachodnia railway stations. These were locomotives of the EL.100 series, manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers, obtained through Electrical Export, marked in PKP as type E01 and then…
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EMU E91/E51/EW51. 2024
Warszawa 13-06-2024 EMU E91 / E51 / EW51 is the first Polish Electric Multiple Unit, which was produced and operated in the period 1936-1979. In 1936, the train was designated as the E91 series. After World War II, the designation was changed to E51, and in 1959, to EW51. The train was manufactured by the…
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Electric Locomotives E05/EU20. 2024
Warszawa 10-06-2024 Electric Locomotives E05/EU20. 2024 In the first years of the existence of the People’s Republic of Poland, communists tried to block the cooperation of PKP and the Polish Railway Industry with Great Britain and Sweden. They destroyed the memory of the electrification of Polish Railway Routes in the 1930s. However, the communists agreed…
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Łask airport and railway. 2024
Łask 6-06-2024 Railway in Łask. An important Warsaw-Kalisz railway route runs through the town of Łask. The construction of this railway line began when Poland was under partition. The Warsaw-Kaliska Railway was built by the Warsaw-Vienna Railway Joint Stock Company in the period 1900–1902. The route was opened on November 15, 1902, as a broad…
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PKP Dęblin. 2024
Dęblin 04-06-2024. Geographic coordinates: 51.578N 21.834E. Elevation 116 m. Address Dęblin, Dworcowa 6 street. History of Dęblin until 1918. The name Dęblin probably comes from the Oak Forest that surrounded the settlement on the eastern and northern sides. The history of Dęblin is only a few centuries old. These lands constituted a large magnate estate,…
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Airport in Gdańsk-Rębiechowo. Rail. 2021
Gdańsk 2021-01-25 Gdańsk Rębiechowo – railway. Photo description: The Ty23 series steam locomotive was a Polish heavy steam locomotive, which was developed by Polish engineers and produced in the period 1923 – 1934. Ty23 means a freight locomotive with the “y” axle arrangement, which was approved in 1923. The axis system is 1’E, i.e. 1-5-0…
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ZNTK Nowy Sącz then NEWAG Nowy Sącz. 2024.
Nowy Sącz 26-05-2024. Geographic coordinates: 49.605N 20.704E. Elevation 308 m. The history of NEWAG. NEWAG is a railway company operating in Nowy Sącz since 1876. Initially, these were renovation workshops. Currently, it is a joint-stock company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The share capital is PLN 11,250,000. Company address: Stanisława Wyspiańskiego 3, 33-300 Nowy…