JVZ in Poland
Having described the situation in Czechia, I only feel like our home country of Poland is an interesting comparisson to make when it comes to single carriage deliveries.
As far as I remember, PKP Cargo officially removed single carriage deliveries from their services in 2011. Since then, the strategy was almost abandoned and the company transports bulk materials almost exclusively. The very few single-carriage deliveries aren't really organised as a system and are a real pain for PKP Cargo, which is why meeting local cargo trains is such a rarity over here.
The trains, as opposed to the classic system, also don't run on year-long schedules, and instead they are ordered on demand, which makes them very irregular. One such train is the local cargo train from Zajączkowo Tczewskie to Starogard Gdański Przedmieście, where PolPharma's pharmaceutical company is located.
By sheer luck, I managed to get a picture of the train on its return journey from as TKS 553048/9 Starogard Gdański Przedmieście - Zajączkowo Tcz. ZTB. The haulage that day was done with the retro-painted SM42-741, due to a defect on one of the modernised 6Dg locomotives - another stroke of luck! The pictured train is about to pass the passenger stop in Rokitki Tcz. with its one tank wagon, made for transporting hihgly concentrated sulfuric acid. Given the fact that the train runs around once a month, or even less frequently, I'm happy that I even managed to see it.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
JVZ in Poland
Having described the situation in Czechia, I only feel like our home country of Poland is an interesting comparisson to make when it comes to single carriage deliveries.
As far as I remember, PKP Cargo officially removed single carriage deliveries from their services in 2011. Since then, the strategy was almost abandoned and the company transports bulk materials almost exclusively. The very few single-carriage deliveries aren't really organised as a system and are a real pain for PKP Cargo, which is why meeting local cargo trains is such a rarity over here.
The trains, as opposed to the classic system, also don't run on year-long schedules, and instead they are ordered on demand, which makes them very irregular. One such train is the local cargo train from Zajączkowo Tczewskie to Starogard Gdański Przedmieście, where PolPharma's pharmaceutical company is located.
By sheer luck, I managed to get a picture of the train on its return journey from as TKS 553048/9 Starogard Gdański Przedmieście - Zajączkowo Tcz. ZTB. The haulage that day was done with the retro-painted SM42-741, due to a defect on one of the modernised 6Dg locomotives - another stroke of luck! The pictured train is about to pass the passenger stop in Rokitki Tcz. with its one tank wagon, made for transporting hihgly concentrated sulfuric acid. Given the fact that the train runs around once a month, or even less frequently, I'm happy that I even managed to see it.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus