Mon 09 May 2011

The day started well with a couple of hours photography near Strba in superb light. IC501, which should have been 350 hauled, was worked by a 362. Where have all the Gorillas gone?

A very pleasant surprise was getting 140.058 and 753.324 double heading an eastbound coal train. After more than 10 years taking photographs in the former Czechoslovakia, my very first shot of a Bobina! The train couldn’t have gone any further than Svit as both locos returned light 37 minutes later.

By 10:30 the light was getting too head on so I drove south to Stratena on the Banska Bystrica - Cervena Skala - Margecany line for R811. This was the same spot I’d tried on Saturday but this time the sun stayed out for supershine 754.055.

The afternoon was spent on the Zvolen - Kosice line between Hrhov and Tornala. There was a lot of cloud around and not too many trains but I was unusually lucky and got all but one of my shots in full sun. This included three shots of 751.118 on the westbound pick-up, which obliged by stopping to shunt Jablonov nad Turnou and Lipovnik. The afternoon passenger from Kosice was hauled by a spotless and rather noisy 750.221, vice a 754, and made a superb picture leaving Roznava.

All in all an excellent day. Hopefully, I haven’t used up all my good luck for the year.

Strba

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
131.048
131.047
banked by
183.020
  WB Iron Ore 09:12
131.015
131.016
banked by
183.043
  WB Iron Ore 09:21
362.005 IC501 05:52 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice 09:37
362.008 R604 05:26 Humenne - Bratislava hl.st. 09:38
131.017
131.018
  EB Freight 09:45
140.058 (RailTrans)
753.324 (Lokorail)
  EB Coal 09:53
131.036
131.035
banked by
183.006
  WB Iron Ore 10:16
362.016 R601 05:57 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice 10:26
753.324 (Lokorail)
140.058 (RailTrans)
  WB Light Engines 10:29
183.006   EB Light 10:31

Stratena

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.055 R811 06:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice 12:19

Hrhov

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
751.059
751.173
  WB Stone Hoppers 14:25
751.118 Mn81160 11:10 Velka Ida - Plesivec Pick-Up Goods 15:02

Lipovnik

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
751.118 Mn81160 11:10 Velka Ida - Plesivec Pick-Up Goods 15:38

Jovice

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
751.118 Mn81160 11:10 Velka Ida - Plesivec Pick-Up Goods 16:13

Roznava

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
750.221 R934 15:27 Kosice - Zvolen os.st. 16:26

Gemer

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
751.125   WB Freight 17:01

Roznava

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.053 R933 15:53 Zvolen os.st. - Kosice 18:19