Fri 08 Apr 2011

A good day on line 170 north of Zvolen, although I had to move around a bit to avoid the worst of the cloud. The day started and ended at Velka Luka, between Zvolen and Banska Bystrica with the middle of the day spent at Harmanec Jaskyna and Dolny Harmanec on the climb north of Banska Bystrica.

I finally got a shot, several shots in fact, of electric locos on the Zvolen - Banska Bystrica line. The trains that were booked for 240s ran with 240s but the two that were booked for 263s both turned up behind CD 242s. R811 was also a 242 vice 263 when I rode it last Friday.

I was expecting a northbound freight sometime during the afternoon but the motive power was a pleasant surprise, a pair of Prievidza 751s, rather than the anticipated pair of 756s. Another pleasant surprise, after being forced back to Velka Luka by advancing clouds, was getting immaculate 754.054 in full sun, less than a minute before the light finally disappeared for the day.

Velka Luka

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.054 Ex240 07:19 Zvolen os.st. - Praha hl.n. 07:30
754.055 Zr1847 05:47 Zilina - Zvolen os.st. 07:41
750.273 Os7319 08:02 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st. 08:21
736.007
736.019
  SB Freight 08:32
240.028
on rear
754.053
Os7324 08:39 Zvolen os.st. - Banska Bystrica 08:50
240.083 R830 08:48 Banska Bystrica - Bratislava hl.st. 09:04
240.080 Os7321 09:28 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st. 09:45
242.243 (CD) R811 06:37 Bratislava hl.st - Kosice 09:50
750.300 Os7302 10:30 Zvolen os.st. - Vrutky 10:41

Harmanec Jaskyna

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
750.300 Os7302 10:30 Zvolen os.st. - Vrutky 11:31
750.094 Os7303 11:06 Vrutky - Zvolen 12:16

Dolny Harmanec

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
751.192
751.033
banked by
736.004
736.006
  NB Freight 13:22
754.055 Zr1842 13:18 Zvolen os.st. - Zilina 14:11
754.035 Zr1841 13:15 Zilina - Banska Bystrica 14:35

Velka Luka

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.035 Os7327 15:21 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st. 15:41
242.252 (CD) R833 12:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Banska Bystrica 15:55
736.023   NB Freight 16:05
754.069 Os7360 16:03 Zvolen os.st. - Banska Bystrica 16:17
754.070 Os7304 16:42 Zvolen os.st. - Vrutky 17:00
754.054 Zr1843 15:16 Zilina - Zvolen os.st. 17:12