Sunday 22 June 2008

New coal train en route to Okęcie

As mentioned in April, private coal train operator PCC Rail has invested in some revamped locomotives, based on the frames of the old Soviet-built M62 (nicknamed 'Gagarin' or 'Gagar' by Polish spottaz). Here's a beautiful shot of 311D-08 hauling a rake of 40 empty wagons back to the sidings at W-wa Okęcie along the single, non-electrified freight line that runs parallel to the Warsaw-Radom line between Okęcie and Nowa Iwiczna. The wagons, with six-wheel bogies, are also recent. Nice to see some new investment in rail. In the distance, you can just make out W-wa Jeziorki station.

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