When walking this line in the winter, it was dormant, likely to be torn up and turned into a cycle path. It seems to have a new lease of life. Reading the railway forums, I read that life has returned to the rails from Chabówka to Dobra k. Limanowej; hopefully the retro steam trains will also return here. Indeed, the tracks were shiny, signs of recent use.
Engineers' trains have been seen along the track, and walking it I was aware of the likelihood of trains. And indeed, I was in luck. Sounding its horn a long way off, I found a good place to snap the train. Sadly, only an engine (SM42-761) running light back to Chabówka.
I hope the sighting of this engine presages a full return to use of this line; as I wrote earlier this year, once it's gone, it's gone for good. The benefits of a regular retro train running to Dobra for the local tourism industry are potentially huge.
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Michael - as usual, thoughtful and interesting posts. Enjoy the balance of the trip and let's plan to get together for a Mars bar when you return. Bob
Bob - I'm back and up for a get together.
You had some good fortune to find a locomotive running along the line. I had been out from the UK for the retro trains for a couple of years in a row. Then I found that there was nothing running last year. I guess this year is the same as nothing has been advertised? Is there likely to be a change soon? What have you heard about the future of the line?
regards
Jan R (Manchester)
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