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Train Wielkopolan. 1964 – 1988
Poznań 2021-10-26 The “Wielkopolanin” train in practice. 1964 – 1988 Photo description: Among other things, this EU07-001 locomotive pulled the “Wielkopolanin” train. In Poland, the first express trains were launched in 1926. After World War II, in 1947, PKP reintroduced the express train category. In timetables, these trains were marked with the letter E, and…
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Military trains in the PRL era. 2024.
Kraków 2024-01-16 Military trains in the times of the Polish People’s Republic. Already in the second half of the 19th century, it was noticed that large military units could be quickly moved by rail. For this reason, the Muscovite state blocked the development of railways in the Russian partition, specifically in the Kingdom of Poland,…
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Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway. 1862.
Toruń 2025-03-08 The Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway. 1862 The Warsaw-Bydgoszcz Railway is one of the first historical railway lines, which was built in the period 1860-1862, i.e. at the same time as the Warsaw-St. Petersburg Railway. However, the line to Bydgoszcz was built using existing sections of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway. The line was opened on December 4,…
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SZT Pesa 218M, SA133-005. 2021.
Kraków 2021-10-08 Diesel Multiple Unit SA133 Pesa 218M. Pesa 218M is a two-car standard-gauge PCS (Diesel Multiple Unit). These trains were produced in the period 2005-2015 by Zakłady Pesa in Bydgoszcz. The Pesa 218M train includes a family that received the type designations SA131, SA132, SA133 and SA134. The genesis of the Pesa 218M train.…
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SZT Pesa Link. 2022
Bydgoszcz 2022-08-09 Pesa Link Diesel Multiple Unit, type SA139. Pesa Link is a family of standard-gauge SZT, which was developed at the Pesa Bydgoszcz plant. The vehicles are offered in 1-wagon, 2-wagon and 3-wagon versions. The Pesa plant plans to develop a 4-car version. Pesa Links vehicles are operated in the Czech Republic (České dráhy),…
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SZT SA135 Pesa. 2021
Jelenia Góra 2021-11-25 Diesel Multiple Units SA135. The genesis of the motor car development. At the beginning of the 21st century, the PESA plant in Bydgoszcz developed a whole family of diesel multiple units to handle routes with less passenger traffic. Some of these vehicles were built as single-wagon, popularly known as rail buses. Others…
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SZT SA135-004 Pesa. 2022.
Jaworzyna Śląska 2022-07-20 Diesel Multiple Unit SA135-004. The PESA SA135 rail bus is described in another breakdown. This chapter introduces the SA135-004. The vehicle was built at ZNTK Mińsk Mazowiecki branch of PESA in 2010. On November 10, 2010, he was transferred to the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. On November 12, 2010,…
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Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny. 2025
Sosnowiec 2025-03-05 Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny. 2025 Railway line No. 62 Tunnel – Sosnowiec Główny is a fragment of the historic railway line, which was built in the second half of the 19th century, during the Kingdom of Poland, which was under the rule of the Muscovites. The line was built…
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SZT SD85 (DM90). 2023
Zagórz 2023-05-06 Diesel Multiple Unit SD85, previously DM90. In November 2020, the Polish railway carrier SKPL confirmed that it would buy 32 DM90 MGs from the Dutch carrier. The talks lasted from December 2019. So far, the SKPL company has mainly used the SN84. DM90 trains in Poland received the SD85 designation and were approved…
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SZT SN82, SN83. 2023r.
Zagórz 2023-05-10 Motor car SN82 (DH1), Diesel Multiple Unit SN83 (DH2). Diesel multiple units SN82 (DH1, motor car) and SN83 (DH2, two motor cars) were developed in Germany and built for the needs of Dutch railways. After years, three SN82 wagons and seven SN83 trains were delivered to Poland. The trains were built at the…