One of the last of its kind?
Yesterday I had a reasonably unlucky day railway-wise. There was a participation prize though -coincidentally, that day the SM42-2537 of the Ożarów group (cement logistics) was shunting around the plant, which in autumn and winter usually only happens once every 2 weeks!
SM42-2537 is one of the very few SM42 locomotives in Poland, which are preserved in the original Ls800p version, which was produced for the Polish industry - the 'p' stands for 'przemysł' or 'industry' in English. Ls800p locomotives are distinctive in many ways from the Ls800 version of PKP. Some of those include:
-no multiple loco steering and no dials for the second locomotive
-a different speedometer
-no upper headlight (aswell as no attachement point for it, usually easy to spot on locos without the light)
-different side doors into the engine compartment
-different horns
-no driver conciousness controll
-some had no cowcatchers (like this one)
They were also numbered SM42-2001 and above - hence the private operators always have such high numbered SM42 locomotives.
On the picture SM42-2537 is seen during the unloading of cement wagons at the Gdańsk Osowa Grupa Ożarów siding
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
One of the last of its kind?
Yesterday I had a reasonably unlucky day railway-wise. There was a participation prize though -coincidentally, that day the SM42-2537 of the Ożarów group (cement logistics) was shunting around the plant, which in autumn and winter usually only happens once every 2 weeks!
SM42-2537 is one of the very few SM42 locomotives in Poland, which are preserved in the original Ls800p version, which was produced for the Polish industry - the 'p' stands for 'przemysł' or 'industry' in English. Ls800p locomotives are distinctive in many ways from the Ls800 version of PKP. Some of those include:
-no multiple loco steering and no dials for the second locomotive
-a different speedometer
-no upper headlight (aswell as no attachement point for it, usually easy to spot on locos without the light)
-different side doors into the engine compartment
-different horns
-no driver conciousness controll
-some had no cowcatchers (like this one)
They were also numbered SM42-2001 and above - hence the private operators always have such high numbered SM42 locomotives.
On the picture SM42-2537 is seen during the unloading of cement wagons at the Gdańsk Osowa Grupa Ożarów siding
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus