The day’s first location was near Hronsek, where I finished off the previous evening. Despite having now spent around 2 hours on the electrified Zvolen - Banska Bystrica line, I’ve yet to see an electric loco, everything has been diesel worked so far.

The real target for the morning’s photography was train R811, which runs over the extremely scenic but lightly trafficked line from Banska Bystrica via Brezno and Cervena Skala to Margecany. Indeed, east of Brezno, R811 and the return working, R810, are the only loco hauled passengers. In spite of the train’s leisurely pace, it wasn’t easy to chase due to the state of the roads. As well as the shot east of Slovenska Lupca, I managed another at Helpa and just scraped a third near Dedinky with only a couple of minutes to spare. The line has incredible photographic potential but it needs to be ridden to work out exactly where the photspots are.

Then it was back over the mountains to Lovinobana on the Zvolen - Kosice line for the afternoon. Once again, the weather was excellent all day.

S of Hronsek

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
736.009		NB Light Engine	07:42
750.273	Os7319	08:02 Banska Bystrica - Zvolen os.st.	08:21

E of Slovenska Lupka

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.011	Os7703	09:18 Banska Bystrica - Brezno	09:33
754.054	R811	06:37 Bratislava hl.st. - Kosice	10:29

Lovinobana

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
750.185	Os6213	13:41 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo	14:36
754.052	Os6214	14:22 Filakovo - Zvolen os.st.	15:08
750.032	Os6215	14:42 Zvolen os.st. - Filakovo	15:31
742.286	Mn83302	16:06 Lucenec - Zvolen nakl.st. Pick-Up Freight	16:12
736.010		SB Light Engine	16:17
754.082	R933	15:53 Zvolen os.st. - Presov	16:31
750.148	Os6216	14:42 Rimavska Sobota - Zvolen os.st.	16:44

Mytna

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.005	R934	15:27 Kosice - Zvolen os.st.	18:14