ChrisO Wrote:
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> It was a great operation, outlasting other regular
> scheduled steam in Poland by over a decade. Credit
> has to go to Howard Jones and the Wolsztyn
> Experience people for keeping it going all these
> years.
> I was there in the winter of 2006, unforgettable
> experience running commuter trains in the dead of
> winter, especially at 5:30 am! Interesting to run
> the injector and set the reverser in the dark.
> Re. the single ditch light: It is the signal that
> the engine is running light in the yard limits.
> After the train has stopped at the end of it's
> run, the other lights are turned off and then the
> engine uncouples to get serviced.
> The operation in Wolsztyn is still active, but now
> for excursion service through TurKol.
> There is (always?) a chance that regular steam
> passenger will start up again. Money is the issue.
> Keep in mind that the lines out of Wolsztyn (to
> Lezno and Posnan) are really branch lines with
> most passenger traffic handled by diesel rail
> cars.
>
> Chris


Thanks Chris, pictures?