Oversized load
Not long after midnight, SM31-025 and its special train with a power generator roll slowly on the railway line 201.
This railway line was always used for the oversized transports, which appear circa twice monthly. The conditions here are perfect, because there is no traffic between Wierzchucin and Kościerzyna aswell as no catenary, which could be a danger during the transports. The problems start after Kościerzyna, where regular services to Gdynia and Gdańsk run. The train usually halts there for an hour and around mid-day it has a free spot in the schedule to jump all the way to Somonino, where it waits for the night. After starting up around 11pm, the train runs from there via Gdańsk Osowa to Gdynia Główna and the Gdynia harbour.
Though after the modernisation of the line between Gdynia and Gdańsk Osowa, a problem appeared - the new high platforms located on a curve in Gdynia Karwiny would make it impossible for the train to pass them without scratching the edge. And thus, a new invention was born.
Shortly before the passenger stop in Karwiny, a new, weird type of switch is located, which moves the train slightly further from the platform edge and locates it on another track, which is not fully separate from track no. 2, which can be seen on the picture. After passing the entire stop, the train comes back to the normal route and continues downhill.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Oversized load
Not long after midnight, SM31-025 and its special train with a power generator roll slowly on the railway line 201.
This railway line was always used for the oversized transports, which appear circa twice monthly. The conditions here are perfect, because there is no traffic between Wierzchucin and Kościerzyna aswell as no catenary, which could be a danger during the transports. The problems start after Kościerzyna, where regular services to Gdynia and Gdańsk run. The train usually halts there for an hour and around mid-day it has a free spot in the schedule to jump all the way to Somonino, where it waits for the night. After starting up around 11pm, the train runs from there via Gdańsk Osowa to Gdynia Główna and the Gdynia harbour.
Though after the modernisation of the line between Gdynia and Gdańsk Osowa, a problem appeared - the new high platforms located on a curve in Gdynia Karwiny would make it impossible for the train to pass them without scratching the edge. And thus, a new invention was born.
Shortly before the passenger stop in Karwiny, a new, weird type of switch is located, which moves the train slightly further from the platform edge and locates it on another track, which is not fully separate from track no. 2, which can be seen on the picture. After passing the entire stop, the train comes back to the normal route and continues downhill.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus