Wonderful video. I went on La Trochita as a tourist operation in 2015. It ran from El Maiten a few kilometers to Ingeniero Bruno Tomae and back. The locomotive looked al lot better than in 1991 but the track was so bumpy that taking photographs from the window was challenging. I have no idea to what extent this is still operating. I attach my video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n8RY0sPUxTY.html
I'm so glad you appreciate the documentation. I actually had a PKP permit for the 1989 filming, a bit easier when political change was in the air. But you're right about 1975 when tight communist-era restrictions were in force. I've always had a suspicion that the priceless 1975 footage at Lublin may have been obtained by striking up a friendship with a lovely Polish girl whose mother happened to be the turntable operator. Strongly denied of course, but one can't help wondering....
34:40 Well, actually the line up to Zakopane is not a branch but an important main line - although still single track. Zakopane is near the Slovakian, not the Czech boarder, and it's the capital of Polish mountain tourism throughout the whole year.
C'est un art la conduite de locomotive à vapeur. Anticiper les patinages, utiliser les sablières. On patine plus facilement sur un rail légèrement humide que sur un rail trempé. Par contre la poignée de sable est déconseillée. Trop abrasif pour les tubes de la chaudière (je l'ai fait quelques fois quand même, mais chut!!!). Excellente vidéo.❤
Excellente explication. J'ai animé un chemin de fer touristique pendant des années. J'ai eu l'occasion de conduire des locomotives différentes. C'est vrai que le tiroir cylindrique est mieux. Plus économique pour la machine. On pouvait réduire les crans de marche sans perdre la puissance.
I wish this included a tour of the steam locomotive repair/building shops complex. I hope as many of these Loco's have been preserved in running order or at least on static display at stations. The narrow-gauge Loco's I hope were preserved too as they are even more rare. The passenger coaches too, I hope many of them have been preserved/used on heritage lines now in 2024. @15:43 The Loco with the additional water tank car is a great catch on film. @16:34 The Signal Station footage is fantastic catch on film. They still have these active in Thailand even now in 2024 on the meter gauge line system nationwide. @18:15 & @ 21:04 Dual Headlights added in a Ditch Light configuration. The old German water tank structures are impressive, and I am sure costly to build, but they have definitely paid off in the long run. Is the dark green color of the coaches another hold over from the WW2 Era or adopted in the post-war Polish Era? @34:16 The Armored Train is a huge AA++ catch on film. @34:30 A Double Header AA++ @41:00 Std Gauge cars being transported on Narrow Gauge Dollies has to be the best catch on fil out of them all 👍👍💯 Watching how these cars are transloaded would have been even more interesting. Overall, Fantastic Historical footage captured for eternity.
Dear 'Sugar Mountain'. Your positive comments are much appreciated. Thank you. The best docos in my portfolio invariably result from local railway staff who are friendly, and very pleased you want to document their railway, providing access that more often than not is offically forbidden! My friend and former colleague Stephen Morris proved the point most effectively with the Lublin turntable lady in 1975. He must have scored a hit there! Where possible I include in my films railway 'furniture' and equipment to give a broader feel to the subject, so I'm glad you liked the signal box at Konotop. I'm pleased to tell you that active heritage steam is a regular feature on Poland's railways today, on the standard gauge notably at Wolstyn, but elsewhere too, and no less than 3 narrow gauges can be sampled with steam; Znin (60cm), Sroda (75cm), Rewal-Podgorlice on the Baltic coast (1m). There are three other 75cm locations as well. As for loco workshops, the classic large centres have gone, such as Pila (formerly Schneidemuhl), due to EU compliance issues, but small efficient engineering firms have stepped in to the breach and one way or another the locos are kept alive! Long may it last. Why not book a flight and enjoy?
Bardzo nostalgiczne nagranie bezpośrednio przed "ostrym cięciem" i "siekierą celińskiego". W 33:22 widać celową polityką wygaszania popytu przez decydentów. Dzięki temu połowy z tych linii kolejowych już nie ma, a budynki poniemieckie niszczeją. Gdyby były później szynobusy i inne podejście do transportu, to polska teraz by znacznie lepiej wyglądała
18:19 Ah, spoken too soon... Not even 5 years after this was recorded, many branchlines already were getting closed (including the one filmed in the next shot and others mentioned), and this would only accelerate and continue to the early 2000's... Our saying for that is "Siekiera Celińskiego" - Celiński's Axe, which is a direct reference to Beeching's Axe. To this day many of those lines are left either disused or taken apart, and even though progress is being made on restoring them, it's slow, in some instances, glacial, even.
British occupied Sri Lanka known as Serendib , sylan and Ceylon in 1815 and Steam and coal railways were introduced in Sri in 1864 Coal Steam engines were in operation until 1970's and Now Sri Lanka Railways have left with 10 Coal Steam engines for Tourism Sarath Dassanaike from Sri Lanka
Many thanks for showing us these wonderful footages. For a periode of over ten years I had the luck of going on the footplate of steam locos in Wolsztyn. This was organized by the Wolsztyn Experience, but unfortunately the chairman of this company , Howard Jones died last year and footplating has coming to a sad end.
There's a lot of passionate Steam railway communities here in Poland, still working on keeping these locomotives operational - all with a use of volunteer work. It's a huge piece of history that's worth preserving. I just 2 days ago I listened to radio interview of a railway club helping with the rehabilitation of prisoners, by getting them to working on the revival of one of the XIX century steam locomotives, teaching the prisoners new skills, such as the use of CNC machines, and giving them quality time outside of the confines of the prison cell, where they can socialise with regular people in a safe environment.
When the present Gdansk main station was opened by the German company the Ostbahn in October 1900 the population of the city was 90% German. And had been for well over a century. Therefore in the historical context it is accurate to give the city's period name. Also, my 1985 edition of The Times (British newspaper) Atlas Of The World, compiled by Bartholomew (Edinburgh), and internationally recognised in the English speaking world, still marks the city as Gdansk (Danzig), with the sea above plain Bay Of Danzig, unqualified. This film was made and written in 1989 and reflects the British perspective on European place names current at the time.
@@ipodman1910 The map graphics are written as Gdansk, over the close ups of the station the narration clearly states 'formerly Danzig', an historical fact. Have you read my original reply? so what exactly do you want to change? If you don't like a film published in 1990, then don't view it. Do you honestly expect a complete re-write, with a new commentary recording, just to suit a nit picker like you? It's insulting to my work.
@@NicholasLera-kd5tj stop mentioning ‚formerly Danzig’. Gdańsk has been a Polish city for centuries and the number of Germans inhabiting it for a short period of time is irrelevant. Unless you claim that London is not an English city anymore.
@@6666600066666 The Środa to Zaniemyśl line is still very much there (now as a heritage railway), I know links from RU-vid comments get removed, so if you google 'sredzka kolej powiatowa' you should find it. Return journey costs 40 PLN (around €10).
This is clearly not your country if you think Poland looks like that in the 21st century. It's very hard to find a steam locomotive outside of a museum.
