Another largely sunny day spent on lines 160 and 170 in the Zvolen area. First destination was Velka Luka on line 170 where there were plenty of passenger trains as well as a couple of freights in the two and a bit hours I was there. The southbound freight was notable for its triple headed 736s.

Another unusual combination was on Os7324. This train is usually hauled by a 240 with the 754 that works R811 forwards from Banska attached to the rear. This time it was 754 hauled with three coaches, a 750 mid train, another three coaches and a 754 on the rear. The reason was almost certainly the 2-hour engineering occupation that was due to start at 10:00 between Vlkanova and Banska Bystrica. The 750 and its three coaches would have been going to Banska to work Os 7305 forward. Not sure why the whole thing was hauled by a 754 and not the booked electric though.

There was no point in staying on line 170 when there would be nothing moving for two hours. Instead I went to Detva on line 160 where virtually nothing moved for two hours. As I was arriving a 750 went east on two really manky coaches, which had to be Os6209, booked for a railbus. Sure enough, a couple of hours later, 750.203 returned with the same two coaches on Os6210, again vice railbus. The eastbound freight I was hoping for didn’t materialise but there was a westbound with a pair of 746s.

At lunchtime I moved to Slatinka where another westbound freight turned up almost immediately with a 746 on the front and a 736 pushing. The afternoon’s passengers were only notable for the amount of graffiti on every single set of coaches.

By 16:00 the same cloud that had caused problems yesterday reappeared (how does it always know where I am?), so I went to investigate some potential spots near Sliac that turned out to be less interesting than they had looked form the train last week.

Velka Luka

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.003	Ex240	07:19 Zvolen os.st. - Praha hl.n.	07:31
754.054	Zr1847	05:47 Zilina - Zvolen os.st.	07:39
736.016 736.020 736.024		SB Freight	07:57
742.286		NB Pick-Up Freight	08:05
750.273	Os7319	08:02 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st.	08:23
754.071 mid train 750.300 on rear 754.055	Os7324	08:39 Zvolen os.st. - Banska Bystrica	08:52
240.122	R830	09:05 Banska Bystrica - Bratislava hl.st.	09:05
240.046	Os7321	09:28 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st.	09:47
242.227 (CD)	R811	06:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice	09:53

Detva

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
750.xxx	Os6209	10:03 Zvolen os.st. - Lucenec	10:33
746.003 746.005		WB Freight	12:04
750.203	Os6210	11:47 Lucenec - Zvolen os.st.	12:35
754.011	Os6211	12:11 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo	12:51
754.082	R932	09:05 Presov - Zvolen os.st.	13:14

Slatinka, W of Zvolenska Slatina

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
746.001 banked by 736.007		WB Freight	13:44
750.185	Os6213	13:41 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo	13:51
736.007		EB Light Engine	14:05
750.181	Os6212	13:17 Filakovo - Zvolen os.st.	14:44
750.203	Os6215	14:42 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo	14:56
736.007 736.005 736.017		WB Light Engines	15:40
754.011	Os6214	14:22 Filakovo - Zvolen os.st.	15:47
754.004	R933	15:53 Zvolen os.st. - Kosice	16:01

Sliac

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.011	Os7304	16:42 Zvolen os.st. - Vrutky	16:50
754.003	Zr1843	15:16 Zilina - Zvolen os.st.	17:13
263.008	R835	14:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Banska Bystrica	17:50
754.071	Os7357	15:57 Brezno - Zvolen os.st.	17:54