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Electric locomotive ET21-66. 2024.
Warszawa 2024-07-11 Electric Freight Locomotive ET21. The ET21 was Poland’s first electric freight locomotive, which was produced in series at the “PaFaWag” factory in Wrocław in 726 units. In 1955, an electric locomotive adapted to pulling heavy freight trains was developed in Poznan on the basis of the experience gained. The product was designated PaFaWag…
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PKP Warszawa Główna Osobowa. 2024
Warszawa 8-07-2024 Geographical coordinates: 52.224N 20.984E. Elevation 111 m. The first station and railway station in Warsaw was Vienna Station. Vienna Station in Warsaw. Other names; Viennese Station, Warsaw-Vienna Station, and written in Cyrillic Варшава Венский вокзал or Варшавско-Венская железная дорога. This was because at the time Poland was under partition and Warsaw was in…
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FIAT – OM Motor wagons, SD80 series. 2024
Warszawa 29-06-2024 History of the SD80 series of motor wagons. Until the Second World War, motor wagons were popular and their propulsion systems varied widely. The wagons were powered by steam engines, electric motors powered by batteries and internal combustion engines, which were most often powered by petrol. Polish industry also produced wagons of this…
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Diesel locomotives TEM2, ST48. 2024r.
Lublin 28-06-2024 The TEM2 diesel locomotive (Cyrillic TЭM2) is a heavy diesel shunting locomotive that was developed in the Moscow state and mass-produced at the Bryansk and Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk) plants. Production lasted from 1967 to 1989, and locomotives of this type were operated in Poland. On the PKP the locomotives had the designation SM48, and…
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SZT (Diesel Multiple Unit) Pesa 218Md, SA134-017. 2024
Lublin 27-06-2024 SA134 Pesa 218M Diesel Multiple Unit. The Pesa 218M is a two-car, normal-gauge SZT (Diesel Multiple Unit). These trains were produced between 2005 and 2015, by the Pesa Works in Bydgoszcz. The Pesa 218M trains comprise a family that received the type designations SA131, SA132, SA133 and SA134. Genesis of the Pesa 218M…
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EMU Pesa Dart ED161. 2024
Lublin 27-06-2024 EMU Pesa Dart ED161. The Pesa Dart ED161 EMU is an Electric Multiple Unit designed and manufactured in Poland at PESA Bydgoszcz. The trains were produced between 2014 and 2016. Pesa Dart EMU, type 43WE, ED161 series. The train is designed for long-distance passenger traffic. The train was developed and manufactured by the…
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PKP Lublin Główny. 2024
Lublin Główny railway station. Geographical coordinates; 51.228 N 22.562E. Elevation 173 m (567.59 ft). Address: Plac Dworcowy 1, 20-408 Lublin. City of Lublin. The settlement of Lublin was founded in the 6th century, on a trade route; Black Sea – Baltic Sea. Lublin historically belongs to Lesser Poland. In the 10th-15th century, contacts with Sandomierz,…
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GANZ-MÁVAG SN61-133 motor carriage. 2024
Warszawa 2024-06-19 SN61 series motor wagons. The SN61 is a railcar that was produced at the Ganz-MAVAG plant in Budapest, Hungary. The “Ganz vállalatok” company was founded in 1844, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was named Ganz in honor of Ábrahám Ganz, a Swiss-born Hungarian engineer and iron producer. In 1959, during the times of…
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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…