An uncommon guest
The railway line 240 Świecie nad Wisłą - Złotów is, in reality, a mix and match of many different local lines in Northern Poland, which were constructed independently from eachother across the years. The first part of it which was opened was the local line Terespol - Schwetz in 1888, which connected to the Königlich-Preußische Ostbahn (the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway) in Terespol (which later underwent many name changes).
The line gained a bit of importance with the construction of the Celulose and Paper Plant in Świecie in the 1960s, which was a period of major industrial developements in wood processing facilities in this region. The siding to the facility branches out from the last remaining part of the line - Świecie Przechowo - Terespol Pomorski (3,5km of length) at the junction Konopat.
The passenger traffic to Świecie was suspended in 1996 and for the past couple of years the celulose plant has been the only source of traffic on this line. Sadly, almost all of the shipments are fulfilled by the Polish national operator PKP Cargo, which deploys its modernised 6Dg locomotives here. The only bit of variety here comes in the form of Transchem's T448p locomotives, which serve this branchline once every week or two.
Today I was very lucky to photograph this train. Taking into consideration that this service runs so rarely and that it most often comes in to Świecie at night, I had to take the gamble today. Having woken up at 3:30, I took an early InterCity train towards Laskowice Pomorskie and then a regio train to Terespol Pomorski. Having photographed the train with the T448p to Świecie, I moved spots and waited for the return. I hoped the loco would bring some wagons... but I was wrong :p.
Nevertheless, I took this picture of T448p-046 of Transchem, as it was returning from the celulose plant in Świecie as TMS 554014 Świecie nad Wisłą ZCiP - Bydgoszcz Główna Towarowa. The locomotive has passed the now closed junction Konopat minutes ago and will soon arrive at Terespol Pomorski. In the background lurks the panorama of Chełmno - a city on the other side of the valley of Vistula.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
An uncommon guest
The railway line 240 Świecie nad Wisłą - Złotów is, in reality, a mix and match of many different local lines in Northern Poland, which were constructed independently from eachother across the years. The first part of it which was opened was the local line Terespol - Schwetz in 1888, which connected to the Königlich-Preußische Ostbahn (the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway) in Terespol (which later underwent many name changes).
The line gained a bit of importance with the construction of the Celulose and Paper Plant in Świecie in the 1960s, which was a period of major industrial developements in wood processing facilities in this region. The siding to the facility branches out from the last remaining part of the line - Świecie Przechowo - Terespol Pomorski (3,5km of length) at the junction Konopat.
The passenger traffic to Świecie was suspended in 1996 and for the past couple of years the celulose plant has been the only source of traffic on this line. Sadly, almost all of the shipments are fulfilled by the Polish national operator PKP Cargo, which deploys its modernised 6Dg locomotives here. The only bit of variety here comes in the form of Transchem's T448p locomotives, which serve this branchline once every week or two.
Today I was very lucky to photograph this train. Taking into consideration that this service runs so rarely and that it most often comes in to Świecie at night, I had to take the gamble today. Having woken up at 3:30, I took an early InterCity train towards Laskowice Pomorskie and then a regio train to Terespol Pomorski. Having photographed the train with the T448p to Świecie, I moved spots and waited for the return. I hoped the loco would bring some wagons... but I was wrong :p.
Nevertheless, I took this picture of T448p-046 of Transchem, as it was returning from the celulose plant in Świecie as TMS 554014 Świecie nad Wisłą ZCiP - Bydgoszcz Główna Towarowa. The locomotive has passed the now closed junction Konopat minutes ago and will soon arrive at Terespol Pomorski. In the background lurks the panorama of Chełmno - a city on the other side of the valley of Vistula.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus