Sat 07 May 2011
Sat 07 May 2011
31/07/12 17:08
Another day that started brilliantly and then fell flat. An early start got me to a freezing Hrhov well before the light was on the track. The last shadow to clear was, of course, at the critical spot. As soon as the light was on I became aware of a barely audible rumble in the distance. A freight, and not just any old freight, the eastbound stone hoppers with a pair of 751s, perfectly timed for the best light.
By 07:14 the day was over to all intents and purposes. The next train, railbuses excepted, didn’t appear until after 09:00, by which time the light had gone round too far and I was on the move anyway. Soon afterwards the sky began to cloud over and by 11:00, when the morning passenger left Roznava, it was pretty overcast.
There appeared to be some chance of light in the north so I headed up to Stratena, on line 173. R811, hauled by 754.054, narrowly escaped being photographed in sun. Then it was on to Strba, on line 180, where the afternoon was spent sitting under a big cloud while the field half a mile away, but nowhere near the railway, was in almost continuous sunshine. Out of 10 trains that passed, only one was in sun and I wasn’t in a good position to get it.
On my last visit to Strba, in 2003, 183 hauled freights were a rarity so it was encouraging to find them hauling trains as well as banking them this time.
All the while, Kralova hola, the mountain above Telgart on line 173, appeared to be in sun so I drove down there in the hope of getting a shot of R810. The mountain might have been in sun but the valley, where the railway runs, wasn’t and I went all the way to Brezno before finding a half decent spot that stood a chance of being lit. The shot was in sun but it wasn’t as good as it looked from the train a few weeks ago.
By 07:14 the day was over to all intents and purposes. The next train, railbuses excepted, didn’t appear until after 09:00, by which time the light had gone round too far and I was on the move anyway. Soon afterwards the sky began to cloud over and by 11:00, when the morning passenger left Roznava, it was pretty overcast.
There appeared to be some chance of light in the north so I headed up to Stratena, on line 173. R811, hauled by 754.054, narrowly escaped being photographed in sun. Then it was on to Strba, on line 180, where the afternoon was spent sitting under a big cloud while the field half a mile away, but nowhere near the railway, was in almost continuous sunshine. Out of 10 trains that passed, only one was in sun and I wasn’t in a good position to get it.
On my last visit to Strba, in 2003, 183 hauled freights were a rarity so it was encouraging to find them hauling trains as well as banking them this time.
All the while, Kralova hola, the mountain above Telgart on line 173, appeared to be in sun so I drove down there in the hope of getting a shot of R810. The mountain might have been in sun but the valley, where the railway runs, wasn’t and I went all the way to Brezno before finding a half decent spot that stood a chance of being lit. The shot was in sun but it wasn’t as good as it looked from the train a few weeks ago.
Hrhov
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
751.129 751.036 |
EB Stone Hoppers | 07.14 |
Dvorniky-Zadiel
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
751.206 751.196 |
EB Freight | 09:29 |
Roznava
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.072 | R932 | 09:05 Presov - Zvolen os.st. | 11:01 |
Stratena
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.054 | R811 | 06:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice | 12:17 |
Strba
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
163.056 | Os7806 | 11:20 Kosice - Zilina | 13:49 |
163.10213 | Os7845 | 13:04 Ruzomberok - Spisska Nova Ves | 14:30 |
131.095 131.096 banked by 183.020 |
WB Iron Ore | 14:37 | |
183.035 | EB Freight | 14:45 | |
363.145 | R605 | 09:57 Bratislava hl.st. - Humenne | 14:55 |
183.034 banked by 183.005 |
EB Freight | 15:00 | |
363.133 | IC504 | 13:38 Kosice - Bratislava hl.st. | 15:00 |
163.054 | Os7850 | 14:10 Spisska Nova Ves - Zilina | 15:11 |
163.102 | Os7813 | 12:52 Zilina - Kosice | 15:26 |
131.041 131.042 banked by 183.006 |
WB Iron Ore | 15:33 |
Brezno
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.054 | R810 | 14:52 Kosice - Bratislava os.st. | 17:57 |