Chabówka 2023-08-07 Luggage wagon type F 035 060. 2023 A luggage wagon is a rail vehicle, non-engine, designed to transport luggage. Currently, luggage wagons are not used. Wagons of this type were popular in the period 1850-1950. The wagon was included in a scheduled or occasional passenger train. In this type of wagon, suitcases (trunks)…

Kraków 2022-07-18 Passenger car 120A, Bwixt, Bh, Bp, B11p, “Bonanza”. The 120A wagon, Bwixt, was developed in Wrocław at the PaFaWag factory in 1972. It has been in operation since 1973. The 120A wagon is a variant of the 104A family “Y” standard wagons already produced in Poland. The wagon was designed mainly for non-electrified,…

Kraków 2021-10-27 Passenger car 43A, 101A “Ryflak”. 1955. Passenger car type 43A. Already in 50 years, the Polish State Railways saw the need to introduce new carriages to local lines. The pre-war carriages had a small capacity. Spare parts were missing for them. In absolute numbers, there were many of them, but their transport potential…

Chabówka 2023-08-08 Passenger car type Bhxz No. 05423. 1896. Wagon type Bhxz No. 05423 is a passenger car built for fast trains. The wagons were built by the F. Ringhoffer Smichov factory at the end of the 19th century. The F. Ringhoffer Smichov factory (Ringhoffer-Werke A.G. in German) was founded in the middle of the…

Chabówka 2023-08-14 The mail car Gmhx No. 040 314 from 1930. The Gmhx postal car No. 040 314 is in the collection of the Railway Open-Air Museum in Chabowka. The wagon was built in 1930 at the Niesky factory in Germany. The wagons were used to transport postal items; mainly letters, postcards and parcels. The…

Chabówka 2023-08-14 The mail car Gmy No. 38 581, 1909 year. The Gmy No. 38 581 mail car is an exhibit in the Railway Open Air Museum in Chabowka. The wagon was built in 1909, but its manufacturer is unknown. The wagon is three-axle. The mail car was with original painting and equipment. For some…

Jaworzyna Śląska. 2023-08-13 Postal car in Jaworzyna Śląska. 2023. The mail car in Jaworzyna Śląska is one of the oldest in the world with full and original equipment. The wagon was built around 1890. The wagon was operated in Poland has inscriptions in Polish – “Postal Office Jelenia Góra 2”. The wagon is of a…

Warszawa 2025-02-06 Salon wagon AShx 01. During the Second Polish Republic, railway technology in our country was at a high level. There were several factories in Poland that built rolling stock; locomotives, motor cars, freight cars, passenger cars, sleeper cars and restaurant cars. The International (French) Sleeping Car Company (CIWL) ordered 6 restaurant cars from…

Chabówka 2023-08-06 Saloon wagon type Ashx 07. Saloon car Ashx 07. 1958. PaFaWag Wroclaw factory. The Ashx 07 type lounge car is in the collection of the railway museum in Chabowka. The wagon was produced in the PaFaWag factory in Wrocław in 1958. Saloon cars are classified as special purpose cars. In Poland, they were…

Kraków 2021-11-22 Passenger carriages of the “Y” standard of the Polish production of the 111A family and derivatives. Description of the photo: Passenger car type 111A by PaFaWag. Number 515120-80 107-8; 51 – fixed track gauge, non-air-conditioned, 51 – PKP, 20 – 2nd class passenger car, 80 – running speed 140 – 160 km /…