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Turkish railways mototren on its way to Zonguldak meets the Black Sea Coastline near Hisaronü, 1977.
German manufacturers MAN, Düwag and Esslingen delivered 16 Diesel Motor Units between december 1951 and december 1952 to the Turkish Railways which were classified Mototren class 5300 (MT 5300). MAN designed and supplied the mechanical parts for all units. They are similar to German Railways Class VT 08.5.
Skyliner 2-10-0 departing Zonguldak with it's heavy load of coal heading for the line towards Irmak.
A ledge section twists coastward at Bali seeing BR45001 45017 06.45 Ereğli-Armutçuk four-coach workers' train.
Based on the Prussian G8/2 design 45017 is Tublize (Belgium) 2075/28, the first of eight with the majority coming from Nohab.
Class members 45001/17 worked out the remaining line operations during the year, their arrival at the isolated mineral line being it is thought by sea.
15th May 1989
DE24 362 stands at Karabük with train 21818 the "Karaelmas Ekspresi" the 08.10 Ankara to Zonguldak. From its title as a named train it sounds like the premier fast service on this line from the capital to the towns on the Black Sea coast but in reality it was the only train of the day covering the route in its entirety. The section between the junction at Irmak on the mainline from Ankara heading east to Sivas and here at Karabük had just one train a day each way. The route crosses the sparsely populated Keltepe Dağlari Mountains and slow moving freights require banking assistance on this steeply graded route. There were a handful of short passenger workings along the coastal section from Zonguldak to Gökçebey or through to here at Karabük but otherwise the 293kms between Irmak and Karabük was primarily for freight.
TCDD 2-10-0 56162 with the 05.33 Mixed from Erzurum - Kars waits for a crossing at Soganli in March 1984.
In 1982 the Turkish Railways (TCDD) received 15 former Deutsche Bundesbahn V100 diesel hydraulic locos.
On 31 March 1984 I saw two in use on suburban trains in the Izmir era where they had recently replaced 70 year old German steam locomotives.
211-354, still carrying its DB livery, is seen soon after departing Izmir Alsancak station with a train for either Buca or Seydikoy.
Humboldt 2-8-0 of 1912 with an engineers train. One of just 12 of this class built, 45132 was the last in service and the only one to survive. Now to be found at the rail museum at Camlik.
Durch das sanfte Abendlicht Zentralanatoliens brummen TCDD DE24331 und eine unerkannt gebliebene Schwesterlok mit einem Güterzug aus Richtung Ankara in Richtung Kayseri bei Karasenir am 14.06.2014
Vanaf een loopbrug was de binnenkomst van tr 32253 van Izmir naar Denizli fraai te zien.
English: train 32253 from Izmir to Denizli here at the station of Selcuk in Turkey.
Former Danish EA 86.006 with former British 85.005 'Lady of the Lake' and former British 87.023 'Velocity' out of sight on the rear of MDTV 45094 from Turkey to Dimitrovgrad (and onwards into Europe). One day later, the train was seen travelling through Hungary!
The train had arrived from Turkey behind 87023 and was waiting for arrival of the other two machines to assist over the gradients between Septemvri and Sofia. It was rather a shame it was not two British machines at the head of the train but the more powerful 'EA' was needed.
On the ferry slip of İstanbul Sirkeci terminal, diesel loco DH7 001 is busy unloading "Demiryolu II", the train ferry that sails across the Bosphorus, linking the European terminal Sirkeci with its Asian counterpart at Haydarpaşa. In the background, DE11 052 is keeping a close eye. Between the trees are the minarets of the New Mosque, located at the point where the Galata Bridge lands. İstanbul Sirkeci, 19-06-2011.
See www.flickr.com/photos/wesleybalkans/ for the non-railway photos of my stint in Romania and Turkey.
With dark storm clouds in the background, Ankara allocated DE22 065 arrives at Ulukisla on the 'Erciyes Ekspresi' the 16.30 Adana - Kayseri.
DE22 013 after arriving at Izmir Basmane on the 06.15 from Usak. Clearly visible is the work on the platform in preparation for a canopy to be installed, now that TCDD has decided to concentrate its passenger services on Basmane rather than Alsancak station.
Shortly after DE36 012 had arrived on its freight, classmate DE36 018 turned up (with DE24 408 and DE33 010) on another freight heading the same way. The DE36 class of loco in Turkey is a General Electric Powerhaul design built under licence by TÜLOMSAŞ in Eskisehir, and is rated at 3,690HP.
Regaining traction from Capali on the 'Burdur System' of lines is 'Kriegslok' 56503 upon 06.40 Isparta-Karakuyu passenger.
Having crossed into Afyon Province showing snowy peaks, the branch service nears destination at 09.50 and connection with the main TCDD network.
56503 is Henschel 27737/43 of a group of ten delivered to TCDD direct from the manufacturer.
A recent report places 56503 at Alasehir stored without a tender.
35mm / Ilford FP4
20th March 1986
De rangeerlocomotief van Duitse herkomst wacht op de volgende rangeerklus. De machine is de voormalige DB 360 745-4 (Henschel, 1959) en werd in 1989 overgenomen.
Haydarpaşa ligt in het Aziatische deel van Istanbul. Met de ingebruikneming van de vaste oeververbinding werd het station in 2013 gesloten.