A few badly-scanned pictures of railways in Poland, taken when I was touring the country with a PKP Polrail pass in August 2002.
PKP emblem on a steam loco at Wolsztyn.
I’m taking an early holiday ‘cos I know summer comes soonest in Wolsztyn.
A real steam-hauled freight train leaves Wolsztyn on a wet morning. 2002-08-05.
The driver of SU45-205 on the Wolsztyn to Leszno train says says hello. Leszno, 2002-08-05.
A diesel-hauled train at Hel, waiting to depart for Gdynia. 2002-08-06.
A view from the window of the overnight Gdansk – Krakow train, morning of 2002-08-07. Standing in the corridor and leaning out of the window seems a popular way to travel by train in Poland.
A quadlingual sign at Oswiecim. 2002-08-07.
Once on board the train, we began to suspect that buying the cheapest ticket might have been a mistake…
Chabowka, 2002-08-08.
Steam loco Ty51 182 in the railway museum at Chabowka. They’ve got quite a variety of standard and narrow gauge locos there. Entrance to the museum cost PLZ 3, and permission to take photos PLZ 10. 2002-08-08.
Our train from Krakow to Wroclaw, seen on arrival at Wroclaw. Electric locomotive EU06-17 was built in Britain.
2002-08-09.
A tram in Wroclaw. The city has an extensive tram network, and almost every street in the centre seemed to have tram tracks. 2002-08-10.
A tram in Poznan. Gdansk, Katowice and Wroclaw had very similar vehicles.
An EP08 at Poznan. Most electric locomotives we found seemed to be green, but this one wasn’t. 2002-08-10.