Quadruple tracked
The Royal Prussian Eastern Railway, constructed in the second half of the 19th century, used to be one of Germany's most improtant rail lines, which has many interesting quirks to it. One of them is the fact, that around the second world war, there were plans for extending the throughput on the line by making it quadruple tracked, with two tracks heading each way. The traces of that can be seen only in very few spots, just like here, where the embankments were extended to handle all four of the planned tracks.
After world war two, the Soviet forces dismantled the second track on many parts of the former Ostbahn, and to this day the stretch between Gutowiec and Piła remains with just one track. The positioning of the semaphore seen to the right of the frame clearly demonstrates where the second track would be around 80 years ago.
The train is the famous "Skrajnia" with a power generator from the Dozamel factory in Wrocław, heading to the harbour of Gdynia for export (shipping overseas). Here it's headed by SKPL's SM31-021, running as TNS 553003 Kcynia - Kościerzyna and is seen departing from the station in Rytel, having crossed a WMB10 work train. The train is nwo starting its journey towards Czersk, where it would change the direction of travel.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Quadruple tracked
The Royal Prussian Eastern Railway, constructed in the second half of the 19th century, used to be one of Germany's most improtant rail lines, which has many interesting quirks to it. One of them is the fact, that around the second world war, there were plans for extending the throughput on the line by making it quadruple tracked, with two tracks heading each way. The traces of that can be seen only in very few spots, just like here, where the embankments were extended to handle all four of the planned tracks.
After world war two, the Soviet forces dismantled the second track on many parts of the former Ostbahn, and to this day the stretch between Gutowiec and Piła remains with just one track. The positioning of the semaphore seen to the right of the frame clearly demonstrates where the second track would be around 80 years ago.
The train is the famous "Skrajnia" with a power generator from the Dozamel factory in Wrocław, heading to the harbour of Gdynia for export (shipping overseas). Here it's headed by SKPL's SM31-021, running as TNS 553003 Kcynia - Kościerzyna and is seen departing from the station in Rytel, having crossed a WMB10 work train. The train is nwo starting its journey towards Czersk, where it would change the direction of travel.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus