I had some specific shots I wanted to get today and failed to get most of them. The day started with an early trip down to Gemer where 752.041, on the Lucenec - Plesivec pick-up, was just missed in superb light. The light died soon afterwards and obviously wasn’t going to come back for quite a while, so it was back to Roznava for breakfast. By the time that was done, the sky was showing the first signs of clearing in the east, so it was off to Hrhov for a shot of 754.072 on R931. A nice enough shot in excellent light but it was the same loco I’d photographed on Friday at the same spot, on the same train, although the stock was graffiti free this time.

By 09:30 the sun had gone too far round and no freights had appeared. I set off to find the pick-up on the Dobsina branch but drew a complete blank. Maybe it hadn’t run today, or it had stopped short and gone back, or I’d missed it on one of the wooded sections. Whatever the reason, I got to Dobsina without seeing a train.

I carried on to Telgart and managed to get a shot of 754.054 on R811 on the upper level of the spiral in full sun. Well at least that was one of today’s objectives achieved.

Back to Hrhov to see if I could get a freight in the straight west of the station with the light on the nose. Four freights were photted, two each way, but nothing went west after 15:00 when the light was far enough round. One of the westbound freights comprised 15 Ukrainian covered hoppers that dwarfed the pair of 751s that hauled them.

Gemerska Panica

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
752.041	Mn83101	01:40 Lucenec - Plesivec Pick-Up Freight	06:33

Hrhov

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.072	R931	05:47 Zvolen os.st. - Kosice	08:37

Telgart Penzion

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.054	R811	06:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice	12:07

Hrhov

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
751.024 banked by 751.118		WB Stone Hoppers	14:02
751.196 751.206		WB Covered Hoppers	14:26
751.024		EB Freight	15:52
751.129 751.036		EB Freight	16:01
754.072	R934	15:27 Kosice - Zvolen	16:06