Kraków 2024-11-18 Another speed record for a Polish rail vehicle. October 20, 2023. On the night of October 19-20, 2023, a Polish electric locomotive reached a speed of 240 km/h. The Newag Griffin E4MSUa-001 locomotive on the test track traveled at a speed of 240 km/h, although the locomotive is to be certified for a…

Kołobrzeg 2024-11-13 Electric Locomotive EP07-339. The locomotive was manufactured in 1984, as EU07-339, factory number 303E-239. Reconstruction to EP07 version took place in November 2001, in ZNTK Nowy Sącz. The locomotive went to Zakład Taboru in Gdynia. In July 2007, the locomotive was overhauled in Zakład Taboru in Gdynia. Subsequent inspections and repairs were performed;…

Sędziszów 2024-09-25 Electric Locomotive ET41-193. The ET41 electric locomotive is a standard gauge heavy two-unit electric freight locomotive. The locomotive was developed by Polish designers based on the EU07 electric locomotive. The locomotive was produced in the period 1977-1983, at the HCP plant in Poznań. 200 units were built. The locomotive is popularly called the…

Kraków 2024-09-16 Electric Locomotive PaFaWag EU07-052. The electric locomotive EU07-052, factory number 4E-052, was manufactured in January 1969 at the PaFaWag factory in Wrocław. In February 1969, the locomotive went to MD Dęblin. Then MD Poznań Franowo (July 1975), MT Poznań (July 1997), MZ Poznań (April 1999), Zakład Taboru Poznań (September 1999), PKP Cargo Poznań…

Toruń 2024-09-03 Electric Locomotive PESA Gama 111Ed-076 “Wojtek”. The PESA Gama electric locomotive is a good return of Polish manufacturers to the construction of locomotives in Poland, which were designed by Polish engineers. After the difficult 90s of the 20th century, the systemic transformation (without lustration and decommunization), two large manufacturers of rolling stock appeared…

Ustka 2024-08-29 Passenger carriages in the “push-pull” system. The “push-pull” system in Polish means to push and pull. Translating this into rail transport, it means that the driving car can be either at the beginning of the train or at the end of the train. This system is nothing new in Poland. Before World War…