In deep snow
It seems like it was never the right time to publish this series of pictures. I'm trying to preserve some variety on our flickr galery and I either posted some snowy picture or some SM42 for the past couple of weeks, even though I've been wanting to publish this series of pictures for quite some time.
With the start of January, started the many problems of PolRegio branches across Northern Poland. Already in December the railbus replacement service of the Krzyż depot had to start and Chojnice soon followed suit. Two train services were impacted by a wave of repairs on railbusses - one pair Chojnice - Tczew and one pair Chojnice - Kościerzyna.
The latter runs through a rather interesting railway line which rarely sees any interesting traffic throughout the year due to its branchline-ish nature. My excitement heightened in the coming days. Kashubia received an unusually large amount of snowfall - in places we had to fight our way through nearly one meter tall heaps of this wet, white dust. It stuck firmly onto the trees, our clothing and the train. A friend of mine from Southern Poland came here for a visit and we decided to have a trip together, chasing the tiny regional train on the entire weekend.
This is one of my favorite pictures, perfectly displaying the atmosphere of the Tuchola Forest area and its numerous unelectrified branchlines - many of which still remember the Prussian times with their infrastructure - just like the telephone pylons to the right.
On 11.01 the SU42-521 from Chojnice depot was dispatched to work the regional train to Kościerzyna. Here it is seen hauling the R95925, consisting of one 120A type coach, as it is passing the dense spruce forests. Minutes before the train had left Lipusz and only has around 13 kilometers to go before reaching Kościerzyna. Next stop is at Łubiana.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
In deep snow
It seems like it was never the right time to publish this series of pictures. I'm trying to preserve some variety on our flickr galery and I either posted some snowy picture or some SM42 for the past couple of weeks, even though I've been wanting to publish this series of pictures for quite some time.
With the start of January, started the many problems of PolRegio branches across Northern Poland. Already in December the railbus replacement service of the Krzyż depot had to start and Chojnice soon followed suit. Two train services were impacted by a wave of repairs on railbusses - one pair Chojnice - Tczew and one pair Chojnice - Kościerzyna.
The latter runs through a rather interesting railway line which rarely sees any interesting traffic throughout the year due to its branchline-ish nature. My excitement heightened in the coming days. Kashubia received an unusually large amount of snowfall - in places we had to fight our way through nearly one meter tall heaps of this wet, white dust. It stuck firmly onto the trees, our clothing and the train. A friend of mine from Southern Poland came here for a visit and we decided to have a trip together, chasing the tiny regional train on the entire weekend.
This is one of my favorite pictures, perfectly displaying the atmosphere of the Tuchola Forest area and its numerous unelectrified branchlines - many of which still remember the Prussian times with their infrastructure - just like the telephone pylons to the right.
On 11.01 the SU42-521 from Chojnice depot was dispatched to work the regional train to Kościerzyna. Here it is seen hauling the R95925, consisting of one 120A type coach, as it is passing the dense spruce forests. Minutes before the train had left Lipusz and only has around 13 kilometers to go before reaching Kościerzyna. Next stop is at Łubiana.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus