Jaworzyna Śląska 2023-08-14 Passenger and bar cars type 113A. 1972. The wagon type 113A, “Y” standard, is a passenger car with a bar compartment. It was the first catering car of Polish production after the Second World War. The wagon was commonly associated with the WARS company. The type 113A car was based on the…

Kraków 2023-08-11 Mail wagons. Photo description: Transport of a mail wagon on a platform pulled by a horse-drawn carriage. The mail car was built by the Lilpop, Rau et Company factory in Solec in Warsaw, for the Warsaw-Petersburg Railway. 1870 year. Drawing of the post office museum. Photo description: Working in a mail car in…

Kraków 2024-12-31 Passenger wagon, sleeper wagon. The history of sleeper cars is interesting, and at its core is the comfort and luxury offered to wealthy passengers. Although over time this comfort and luxury became available to the middle class, which was good for the railway. In the mid-19th century, when the railway began to gain…

Kraków 2024-12-28 Passenger wagons of UIC-Y standard. Modernization. Since the 1990s, the issue of modernizing UIC-Y standard passenger cars has been considered. Initially, modernizations were carried out as part of level P5 repairs. Windows were replaced, electric air heating was installed. Air conditioning systems were installed. Rotary-folding entrance doors were replaced with automatic spring-sliding doors.…

Kraków 2024-12-28 Passenger wagons type 140A, 141A of UIC-Y standard. The 140A, 141A type cars are the successors of the 111A, 112A type cars. This is the last series of passenger cars built according to the UIC-Y standard in Poland. Class 1 cars have 9 compartments, and each compartment has 6 individual, adjustable seats. The…

Kraków 2024-12-24 Passenger wagons type 112A of UIC-Y standard. Type 111A wagons are class 2 cars with 10 compartments and eight seats in each. The car was developed in 1969, but work on it had been ongoing since 1963. Type 112A cars were developed in parallel with type 111A cars. Type 112A is a class…

Kraków 2024-12-22 Passenger wagons type 111A of UIC-Y standard. The 111A type wagons are 2nd class cars with 10 compartments, each with eight seats. The car was designed in 1969, but work on it had been going on since 1963. History Initial operation of the 104A type wagons was very difficult. A large number of…

Kraków 2024-12-20 Passenger wagon, couchette type HCP 110A. The word Couchette comes from French and means; to go to sleep. Couchettes were used in Europe from around 1890. The basis was the introduction of the Orient Express train, which was a luxury train, intended more for tourism, as a good type of entertainment and spending…

Poznań 2024-12-18 Passenger wagons type 104A. The 104A type passenger car was another breakthrough in PKP. The technical documentation of the car was created in 1962. It was the first Polish car built according to the international UIC-Y standard. The car was designed for long-distance and international transport. It allowed for travel at a speed…

Kraków 2024-12-16 Passenger wagons 120A, Bwixt, Bh, Bp, B11p, „Bonanza”. The 120A, Bwixt, wagon was developed in Wrocław in the PaFaWag factory in 1972. It was used since 1973. The 120A wagon is a variant of the UIC-Y standard wagons, family type 104A, produced earlier in Poland. The wagon was developed mainly for non-electrified, local…