Tue 03 May 2011
Tue 03 May 2011
31/07/12 17:09
The day was forecast to be dull and wet and, although it was cloudy, there was no rain in the morning. The sun even threatened to break through on a number of occasions but never quite made it. I went out to Detva to see how the freights ran during the morning. Two eastbound trains were seen and their timings were consistent with those of 63113 and 67271, the only trains booked to run during the period I was there. The first train should have gone to Lucenec but the locos returned, light engine, after just 40 minutes, meaning they couldn’t have gone any further than Lovinobana. I didn’t hang about to see what the second pair did, I had a train to catch.
Plan B for a cloudy day was to ride up to Vrutky and back to check out the photo locations. Ada got into a bit of a tiz and had to phone a friend when I said I was going out via Banska Bystrica and returning via Kremnice. Both routes are 96km according to the timetable, so the fares should be identical. She ended up issuing a ticket via Banska which was accepted without quibble on the train back via Kremnice.
I almost cried off at the last minute when the sun came out at Zvolen but it didn’t last long and by the time we reached Martin it was raining heavily. The deluge continued for the rest of the afternoon.
Concentrating on potential photo locations meant that I missed getting the loco numbers of most of the trains we passed but there were quite a few freights, including a southbound at Harmanec Jaskyna banked by a pair of 746s. There was also a northbound hauled by a pair of 751s, seen at Diviaky on the way back. All the passengers seen appeared to be as booked but I couldn’t tell whether the locos were 750s or 754s.
There were a few potential spots on the section between Banska Bystrica and Turcianske Teplice but it’s pretty flat and uninspiring northwards to Vrutky. The line from Turcianske Teplice south to Hronska Dubrava is extremely scenic but almost totally overgrown.
Plan B for a cloudy day was to ride up to Vrutky and back to check out the photo locations. Ada got into a bit of a tiz and had to phone a friend when I said I was going out via Banska Bystrica and returning via Kremnice. Both routes are 96km according to the timetable, so the fares should be identical. She ended up issuing a ticket via Banska which was accepted without quibble on the train back via Kremnice.
I almost cried off at the last minute when the sun came out at Zvolen but it didn’t last long and by the time we reached Martin it was raining heavily. The deluge continued for the rest of the afternoon.
Concentrating on potential photo locations meant that I missed getting the loco numbers of most of the trains we passed but there were quite a few freights, including a southbound at Harmanec Jaskyna banked by a pair of 746s. There was also a northbound hauled by a pair of 751s, seen at Diviaky on the way back. All the passengers seen appeared to be as booked but I couldn’t tell whether the locos were 750s or 754s.
There were a few potential spots on the section between Banska Bystrica and Turcianske Teplice but it’s pretty flat and uninspiring northwards to Vrutky. The line from Turcianske Teplice south to Hronska Dubrava is extremely scenic but almost totally overgrown.
Detva
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.005 | R930 | 06:06 Kosice - Zvolen os.st. | 09:06 |
736.001 banked by 746.001 |
EB Freight | 09:39 | |
736.001 746.001 |
WB Light Engines | 10:22 | |
736.014 736.019 |
EB Freight | 11:40 |
Slatinka, W of Zvolenska Slatina
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.035 | Os6211 | 12:11 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo | 12:20 |
Zvolen os.st.
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.054 | Zr1842 | 13:18 Zvolen os.st. - Zilina | 13:05 |
240.105 | R832 | 12:40 Banska Bystrica - Bratislava hl.st. | 13:05 |
754.072 | R932 | 09:05 Presov - Zvolen os.st. | 13:23 |
210.007 | Station Pilot | 13:25 |
Sliac
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
750.300 | Os7303 | 11:06 Vrutky - Zvolen os.st. | 13:35 |
Banska Bystrica
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
754.003 | Os7729 | 13:57 Banska Bystrica - Brezno | 13:53 |
736.011 736.015 |
Stabled | 13:53 |
Martin
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
751.200 | Stabled | 14:50 | |
730.619 (*) 725.070 (*) |
Stabled | 14:50 (* track contractors locos) |
Vrutky
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
750.094 | Os7505 | 14:37 Zilina - Zvolen | 15:08 |
Hronska Dubrava
Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
730.621 (*) | Stabled | 17:09 (* track contractors loco) |