Sun 03 Apr 2011

The Banovce - Humenne line has to be among the least photogenic lines in Slovakia. It runs through a fairly featureless landscape and is poled and heavily overgrown. It does have a good service of loco hauled trains but I couldn’t find anywhere worth photographing them.

In the afternoon I moved to the Humenne - Presov line where there were three loco hauled trains booked. This line is also poled and overgrown in places but it runs through hilly country and there are a number of good photo positions. The best shot on the line is of a westbound train crossing the viaduct immediately west of Hanusovce nad Toplou mesto in the middle of the afternoon and Sunday is the only day there’s a loco hauled train in the right direction at the right time. The last of the three trains was a bit of a let down. Instead of expected three coaches with a 754 on each end, it turned up with just a single 754 hauling an 812 plus trailer.

Strazske

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.014 R443 21:17 Praha hl.n. - Humenne 09:13
754.056 Os8906 09:35 Humenne - Kosice 09:45

Michalovce zastavka

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.014 Os8908 11:35 Humenne - Kosice 12:11
754.056 Os8907 11:09 Kosice - Humenne 12:27

Hanusovce nad Toplou

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.085 R1504 14:20 Humenne - Bratislava hl.st. 15:09
754.073 Os9111 15:00 Presov - Humenne 15:39

Hlinne

Loco Train
No.
Train Details Notes
754.085 Os9113 16:36 Presov - Humenne 17:26