Changes, changes, changes...
I had an unplanned short stay in Gdańsk this week, and oh, how surprised I was when I had heard that this train would be running just at the time when I was there. Though this shot was supposed to be completely different...
BR232-693 and M62-1286 are starting after a short halt in Żukowo Wschodnie (1939-1945 Zuckau Ost). The train had to be stopped because of the way the traffic is organised here, and so I got to see the two Soviet beasts start the over 4000 tonne (!) heavy train from a standstill.
Now returning to the first paragraph - I had wanted to take a completely different picture at this station, but the local conditions didn't allow me to fulfill this plan, as the very nice frame with the entry mechanical signal to the station is completely ruined by... the construction of the new ring road of Żukowo Wschodnie. The consistently falling number of good photo spots on this very interesting railway line is not a new trend, as for the past ~15 years this line was continuously under very tiny modernisation efforts.
In the following days I will try to prepare a series of photographs from the railway line no. 201 to try to summarise the history and the near future of this stretch of track. I feel like it has a really interesting side to it, which might be a cool read for the ones of you who like to learn about the background of each picture. "Changes, Changes, Changes..." will be the main theme here.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Changes, changes, changes...
I had an unplanned short stay in Gdańsk this week, and oh, how surprised I was when I had heard that this train would be running just at the time when I was there. Though this shot was supposed to be completely different...
BR232-693 and M62-1286 are starting after a short halt in Żukowo Wschodnie (1939-1945 Zuckau Ost). The train had to be stopped because of the way the traffic is organised here, and so I got to see the two Soviet beasts start the over 4000 tonne (!) heavy train from a standstill.
Now returning to the first paragraph - I had wanted to take a completely different picture at this station, but the local conditions didn't allow me to fulfill this plan, as the very nice frame with the entry mechanical signal to the station is completely ruined by... the construction of the new ring road of Żukowo Wschodnie. The consistently falling number of good photo spots on this very interesting railway line is not a new trend, as for the past ~15 years this line was continuously under very tiny modernisation efforts.
In the following days I will try to prepare a series of photographs from the railway line no. 201 to try to summarise the history and the near future of this stretch of track. I feel like it has a really interesting side to it, which might be a cool read for the ones of you who like to learn about the background of each picture. "Changes, Changes, Changes..." will be the main theme here.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus