'Abschiedsfahrt' or 'Farewell-trip'
401Da-314 is about to arrive at Komorów - a station of WKD (Warsaw's Commuter Light Rail) - together with EP05-23 of PKP Intercity.
In one of my previous posts I talked about how the event presented on the picture was organised and for what reason. What I didn't mention though (as I wanted to have something to talk about next :)) is that the ride for Night of Museums was also the 401Da-314's last day of duty.
With the last bigger repair (P4 level) done by Techservice in late april of 2020, the repair cycle requires another overhaul by the end of May, if the locomotive wants to run. With the WKD having no plans of repairing the 401Da, it is officially ending service about now, as the first, only, and the last 401Da engine in the company. It is to be put on display in WKD's museum in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
The 401Da-314 was produced in 1976 in the Fablok works in Chrzanów, as one of 500 locomotives of this series, which were produced for the Polish industry. It has always belonged to WKD, though originally it was painted in the classic green scheme. I personally like the 'corporate' livery of WKD very much though ;).
The duties of this locomotive were very limited and it most likely doesn't have a lot of mileage on it. I assume the only times it was needed, were some emergency situations or minor trackworks, aswell as transporting new electric units for the WKD network.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
'Abschiedsfahrt' or 'Farewell-trip'
401Da-314 is about to arrive at Komorów - a station of WKD (Warsaw's Commuter Light Rail) - together with EP05-23 of PKP Intercity.
In one of my previous posts I talked about how the event presented on the picture was organised and for what reason. What I didn't mention though (as I wanted to have something to talk about next :)) is that the ride for Night of Museums was also the 401Da-314's last day of duty.
With the last bigger repair (P4 level) done by Techservice in late april of 2020, the repair cycle requires another overhaul by the end of May, if the locomotive wants to run. With the WKD having no plans of repairing the 401Da, it is officially ending service about now, as the first, only, and the last 401Da engine in the company. It is to be put on display in WKD's museum in Grodzisk Mazowiecki.
The 401Da-314 was produced in 1976 in the Fablok works in Chrzanów, as one of 500 locomotives of this series, which were produced for the Polish industry. It has always belonged to WKD, though originally it was painted in the classic green scheme. I personally like the 'corporate' livery of WKD very much though ;).
The duties of this locomotive were very limited and it most likely doesn't have a lot of mileage on it. I assume the only times it was needed, were some emergency situations or minor trackworks, aswell as transporting new electric units for the WKD network.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus