ŠRT
3 Class 125.8 locomotives descending towards Haniska with a loaded iron ore train, 2 pulling and one pushing in the back.
The ŠRT (Širokorozchodná trať - Broad gauge railway) was built to serve the Ironworks near Košice with the necessary raw material (iron ore) directly from the (back then) USSR.
Trial operations began in 1966, and up until its electrification (3 kV DC) was completed in 1978, Class T679.5 solo, T469.04 double Sergeis and later T669.5 Bumblebees were used to haul these heavy trains.
With the electrification came the Škoda 67E twin-section locomotives, specifically built to serve the ŠRT, capable of working in pairs to fight the 17 ‰ inclines on some sections with the ~4200-ton freight trains.
In this image, the recently "retrofied" E469.5018/5017 is leading its consist through the snowy lands of eastern Slovakia, near Nižná Myšľa, with the 840m high Bradlo peak in the background.
ŠRT
3 Class 125.8 locomotives descending towards Haniska with a loaded iron ore train, 2 pulling and one pushing in the back.
The ŠRT (Širokorozchodná trať - Broad gauge railway) was built to serve the Ironworks near Košice with the necessary raw material (iron ore) directly from the (back then) USSR.
Trial operations began in 1966, and up until its electrification (3 kV DC) was completed in 1978, Class T679.5 solo, T469.04 double Sergeis and later T669.5 Bumblebees were used to haul these heavy trains.
With the electrification came the Škoda 67E twin-section locomotives, specifically built to serve the ŠRT, capable of working in pairs to fight the 17 ‰ inclines on some sections with the ~4200-ton freight trains.
In this image, the recently "retrofied" E469.5018/5017 is leading its consist through the snowy lands of eastern Slovakia, near Nižná Myšľa, with the 840m high Bradlo peak in the background.