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 /…

Chabówka 2023-08-02 Passenger wagons type 111A. 1976. Passenger wagon of the “Y” standard of Polish production type 111A, Bwxz, No. 51 51 20-80 107-8, manufactured in 1976, at HCP. Photo description: Passenger car type 111A manufactured by HCP. Number 515120-80 107-8; 51 – fixed gauge, non-air-conditioned, 51 – PKP, 20 – passenger car 2nd Class,…

Kraków 2023-08-08 Passenger wagons type 111Arow. 2003. Wagons of the “Y” series, type 111Arow, are actually not a type of wagon, because it does not describe the structural features of the wagon, but rather gives its additional purpose, i.e. the transport of bicycles. In addition, we can distinguish several groups of these wagons, which are…

Kraków 2023-08-03 Passenger wagons type 140A, A9nouz. The history of Class 1 Standard “Y” wagons began in 1964. At that time, in Poznań, a wagon design was developed, which received the meaning of type 112A, which then turned into a whole family of wagons. Like the type 111A, the new type 112A car was based…