Central Europe tour in July and August 2018






Saarrail 92 80 4185 001-9 (owned by Vossloh Locomotives) pushes empty liquid steel train 61827 from Völklingen Saarstaal (D) to Völklingen shunting yard past Völklingen station on 23 July 2018.




DB 294 805 pushes flat cars loaded with steel beams from Völklingen Saarstaal (D) to Völklingen shunting yard past Völklingen station on 23 July 2018.




Saarrail 62 pushes flat cars loaded with steel beams from Völklingen Saarstaal (D) to Völklingen shunting yard past Völklingen station on 23 July 2018.




Saarrail uses Akiem 37044 to haul liquid steel 'torpedo' train 61826 from Dillingen (D) to Völklingen Saarstaal. Here it passes the impressive Unesco protected steel works at Völklingen on 23 July 2018.




BayernBahn 151 119 hauls ChemOil tank cars from Ingolstadt (D) to Köln Gremberg (D) at laufach on 23 July 2018.




Centralbahn 110 383 transports MVG U-Bahn set 7717 from Krefeld (D) to München (D) at Thüngersheim (D) on 23 July 2018..




It is red. No it is green! DB 193 312 pulls intermodal train XP 47764 from München Nord Rbf (D) to Rotterdam Europoort (NL) at Gambach (D) on 23 July 2018.




Ecco rail used ELL 193 211 to haul a northbound freight train at Gambach (D) on 23 July 2018.




ITB 228 411 awaits its next duty at ITB's Nordhausen (D) depot on 24 July 2018.




ITB 1103 (201 742) departs Woffleben (D) with freight train DGZ 97945 (Woffleben - Nordhausen) on 24 July 2018.




RBB/Captrain 1275 027 and RBB/Captrain 1275 801 haul covered hopper train DGS 88891 from Scharzfeld (D) to Bitterfeld (D) at Woffleben (D) on 24 July 2018.




RBB/Captrain 1275 027 and RBB/Captrain 1275 801 haul covered hopper train DGS 88891 from Scharzfeld (D) to Bitterfeld (D) out of Niedersachswerfen (D) on 24 July 2018.




ITB 228 412 awaits its next duty at ITB's Nordhausen (D) depot on 24 July 2018.




Hector Rail 861 001 arrives at Nossen (D) with tank car train DGS 69301 (Stendell, D - Rhäsa, D) on 24 July 2018. Invisible, Hector Rail 07 (DE2700-07) pushes at the rear.




Hector Rail 861 001 departs Nossen (D) with tank car train DGS 69301 (Stendell, D - Rhäsa, D) on 24 July 2018. Hector Rail 07 (DE2700-07) pushes at the rear.




Hector Rail 861 001 arrives at Rhäsa (D) with tank car train DGS 69301 (Stendell, D - Rhäsa, D) on 24 July 2018. Invisible, Hector Rail 07 (DE2700-07) pushes at the rear.




EGP 221 106 hauls tank cars from Wittenberge (D) to Liebenthal (D) just west of Pritzwalk (D) on 25 July 2018.




EGP 221 106 hauls tank cars from Wittenberge (D) to Liebenthal (D) just east of Pritzwalk (D) on 25 July 2018.




EGP 221 106 departs the industrial siding in Liebenthal (D) with one box car and eight tank cars for Wittstock (D) on 25 July 2018.




EGP 221 106 departs the industrial siding in Liebenthal (D) with one box car and eight tank cars for Wittstock (D) on 25 July 2018.




West of Wittstock (D) EGP 221 106 hauls one box car and eight tank cars from Liebenthal (D) to Wittstock (D) to run around for its return to Wittenberge (D) on 25 July 2018.




hvle V330.6 hauls a chalc train from Blankenburg (D) to Peitz-Ost (D) just west of Köthen (D) on 25 July 2018.




At Bernburg (D) DB 233 322 arrived from the east with a freight train, while DB 261 043 and two silo cars and Transdev DMU 648 286 were already there on 25 July 2018.




Strabag roundnose 1227 007 departs the industrial siding at Bernburg (D) with a cement klinker train towards Köthen on 25 July 2018.




Ascherslebener Verkehrs Gesellschaft used BahnTouristikExpress 217 002 to haul a garbage train from Braunschweig-Watenbüttel (D) to Stassfurt (D) at Eickendorf (D) on 25 July 2018.




hvle 185 583 hauls a westbound silo train at Niederndodeleben (D) on 25 July 2018.




CD 163 077 hauls fast train R 783 from Usti nad Labem Zapad (CZ) to Kolin (CZ) through Polepy (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




CD Cargo 372 013 hauls covered hopper train 48361 (Pirna, D - Lovosice Lovochemie, CZ) at Male Zernoseky (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




CD used ELL 193 298 to haul EC 259 (Leipzig Hbf, D - Praha hl.n., CZ) at Male Zernoseky (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




CD 162 035 hauls fast train R 679 (Usti nad Labem hl.n., CZ - Praha hl.n., CZ) at Male Zernoseky (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




SD 130 047 hauls a coal train from Ledvice (CZ) to Elektrarna Melnik (CZ) at Male Zernoseky (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




CD 460 070 ran Os 3235 (Prerov, CZ - Vsetin, CZ) at Hustopece nad Becvou (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




ZSSK 350 020 hauls EX 120 (Zilina, SK - Praha hl.n.) at Spicky (CZ) on 26 July 2018.




CD 163 040 hauls EC 114 (Krakow Gl., PL - Praha hl.n., CZ) through Oswiecim (PL) on 27 July 2018.




Surprisingly, it was GySEV 471 500 who hauled a northbound long rail train through Oswiecim (PL) on 27 July 2018.




PKP Cargo ET22-881 hauled a westbound mixed freight just east of Chybie (PL) on 27 July 2018.




06 (Industrial Division 2 120 015) + 14 (Industrial Division 2 120 009) ran westbound just east of Chybie (PL) on 27 July 2018.




Aspekt Przedsiebiorstwo Handlowo-Uslugowe 3E/1-006 (3 140 033) hauls a string of gondolas westbound just east of Chybie (PL) on 27 July 2018.




Aspekt Przedsiebiorstwo Handlowo-Uslugowe 3E/1-006 (3 140 033) hauls a string of gondolas westbound through Chybie (PL) on 27 July 2018.




Inter Cargo 183 044 (hired from Bulk Transshipment Slovakia) hauled Rail Polska tank cars for Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) through Chybie (PL) on 27 July 2018.




Inter Cargo 183 044 (hired from Bulk Transshipment Slovakia) approaches Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) with a westbound Rail Polska tank car train on 27 July 2018.




Now this is a colorful line-up at Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) on 27 July 2018. From left to right: Unipetrol 121 073 + Unipetrol 193 052; PKP Cargo EU45-846; CD Cargo 130 005 + CTL 182 057 + freight train, BTS 183 044, AWT 183 718 + AWT 753 739 + AWT 753 738.




Now this is a colorful line-up at Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) on 27 July 2018. From left to right: Unipetrol 121 073 + Unipetrol 193 052; PKP Cargo EU45-846; CD Cargo 130 005 + CTL 182 057 + freight train; AWT 183 718 + AWT 753 739 + AWT 753 738.




From left to right: Unipetrol 193 052; PKP Cargo EU45-846; CD Cargo 130 005 + CTL 182 057 + freight train; Unipetrol 121 073 + Rail Polska tank cars at Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) on 27 July 2018.




CD Cargo 130 005 hauls CTL 182 057 (owned by Koleje Czechie) and a mixed freight train from Petrovice u Karvine (CZ) to Ostrava (CZ) at Ostrava Hrusov (CZ) on 27 July 2018.




PKP IC EP09-018 hauls a colorful IC 406 'Chopin' (Wien/Budapest - Warszawa Wschodnia) at Kozlow (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST44-2056 and PKP LHS ST44-2007 pull an empty ore train past the graveyard of Kozlow (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST40s-26 + PKP LHS ST40s-20 + PKP LHS SM48-070 head two tank cars and an empty rake of iron ore cars from Slawkow Poludniowy LHS (PL) to Hrubieszow (PL) at Kije (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST44-2025 and PKP LHS ST44-2026 haul an iron ore train from Hrubieszow (PL) to Slawkow Poludniowy LHS (PL) at Stawiany (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST44-2025 and PKP LHS ST44-2026 haul an iron ore train from Hrubieszow (PL) to Slawkow Poludniowy LHS (PL) at Dalechowy (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST44-2025 and PKP LHS ST44-2026 haul an iron ore train from Hrubieszow (PL) to Slawkow Poludniowy LHS (PL) at Laczyn (PL) on 28 July 2018.




PKP LHS ST44-2025 and PKP LHS ST44-2026 haul an iron ore train from Hrubieszow (PL) to Slawkow Poludniowy LHS (PL) at Krzciecice (PL) on 28 July 2018.




MAV M62-194 heads train 19707 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) at Tapolca (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-194 heads train 19707 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) at Abrahamhegg (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-194 heads train 19707 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) at Szepezdfurdo (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-194 storms out of Zanka-Koveskal (H) with train 19707 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-194 runs through Orvenyes (H) with train 19707 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV Nosztalgia M61 001 hauls train 1972 (Budapest-Deli Pu, H - Tapolca, H) at Balatonalmadi (H) on 29 July 2018.




FLOYD 450 006 and 450 004 haul tank car train 44283 (with protection silo car) from Rajka (H) to Ferencvaros (H) at Herceghalom (H) on 29 July 2018.




FLOYD 450 007 hauls tank car train 44285 (with protection silo car an FLOYD 609 003 pushing on the rear) from Rajka (H) to Ferencvaros (H) at Herceghalom (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-001 passes a vulcano shortly before Tapolca with train 16907 (Zahony, H - Tapolca, H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV M62-001 rounds a curve at Nemesgulacs-Kisapati (H) with train 1973 (Tapolca, H - Budapest-Deli Pu, H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV C50 GV 5733 heads train R 30858 (Balatonfenyves GV, H - Somogyszentpal, H) at Imremajor (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV C50 GV 5733 heads train R 30858 (Balatonfenyves GV, H - Somogyszentpal, H) at Palmajor (H) on 29 July 2018.




MAV C50 GV 5733 heads train R 30841 (Somogyszentpal, H - Balatonfenyves GV, H) at Somogyszentpal (H) on 29 July 2018.




Rail Cargo Hungary used MAV Start 628 330 to haul a string of empty flat cars from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) at Borgond (H) on 30 July 2018.




Karpat 628 069 hauls some empty flat cars from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) at Borgond (H) on 30 July 2018.




RCH 628 191 (MAV) + RCH 628 305 (MAV) + RCH 431 067 (MAV) accelarate out of Borgond (H) with a freight train from Sarbogard (H) to Szekesfehervar (H) on 30 July 2018.




MAV Nosztalgia M43-1001 takes a MAV generator car from Szekesfehervar (H) to Budapest (H) at Szekesfehervar (H) on 30 July 2018.




Rail Cargo Hungary used MAV Start 628 165 as traction for a tank car train from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) at Zichyujfalu (H) on 30 July 2018.




MAV M62-001 shunts a rake of gondolas at Moha-Rakodo (H) on 30 July 2018.




MAV M62-001 shunts a rake of gondolas at Moha-Rakodo (H) on 30 July 2018.




MMV 610 001 enters Lepseny (H) yard with a tank car train from Budapest (H) to Balatonszentgyorgy (H) on 30 July 2018.




Rail Cargo Hungary used MAV Start 628 210 to haul a coal train from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) at Borgond (H) on 31 July 2018.




Rail Cargo Hungary 628 210 (MAV Start) departs Borgond (H) with a coal train from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) on 31 July 2018.




RCH 628 265 (MAV) approaches Borgond (H) with a tank car train from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) on 31 July 2018.




Train Hungary 60 0734 awaits its departure from Borgond (H) with a tank car train as RCH 628 203 (MAV) enters the yard with a coal train on 31 July 2018.




GySEV 470 005 departs Komarom (H) with IC 947 (Sopron, H - Budapest-Keleti, H) on 31 July 2018.




CER 774 714 departs Komarom (H) with a Pannonia Ethanol train to Pusztaszabolcs (H) on 31 July 2018.




CER 774 714 runs through Kisber (H) with a Pannonia Ethanol train from Komarom (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) on 31 July 2018..




Floyd 659 001 departs Borgond (H) with a tank car train (protected by a box car) from Szekesfehervar (H) to Pusztaszabolcs (H) on 31 July 2018.




MMV 480 015 (rented from Softans) approaches Szekesfehervar (H) with grain train 47999 (Lokoshaza, H - Gyekenyes, H) on 31 July 2018.




MAV 431 111 approaches Szekesfehervar (H) with train O 9006 (Budapest-Deli Pu, H - Szombathely, H) on 31 July 2018.




Floyd 659 001 takes a tank car train from Pusztaszabolcs (H) to Szekesfehervar (H) at Seregelyes-Szolohegy (H) on 31 July 2018.




ZSSK 240 115 departs Velke Levare (SK) with train Os 2015 (Kuty, SK - Bratislava hl.st., SK) on 1 August 2018.




CD 380 005 runs through Zavod (SK) with EC 273 (Praha hl.n., CZ - Budapest-Nyugati, H) on 1 August 2018.




RegioJet 193 205 (ELL) runs through Zavod (SK) with train RJ 1041 (Praha hl.n., CZ - Bratislava hl.st., SK) on 1 August 2018.




ZSSK 362 005 stops at Zavod (SK) with train Os 2019 (Kuty, SK - Bratislava hl.st., SK) on 1 August 2018.




CD 383 002 runs through Zavod (SK) with Railrunner trailer train 41327 (Braunschweig VW, D - Bratislava UNS, SK) on 1 August 2018.




Translog Slovakia 242 274 runs through Zavod (SK) with box cars from Kijfhoek (NL) to Devinska Nova Ves (SK) on 1 August 2018.




Petrolsped 230 067 (hired from CD Cargo) hauls tank car train 47821 (Brno Malomerice, CZ - Bratislava UNS, SK) at Moravsky Svaty Jan (SK) on 1 August 2018.




CD 230 064 heads mixed freight train 44725 (Brno Malomerice, CZ - Bratislava Vychod, SK) at Moravsky Svaty Jan (SK) on 1 August 2018.




PKP Cargo ET41-022 hauls a freight train from Osweicim (PL) to Imielin (PL) at Chelm Slaski (PL) at 2 August 2018.




PKP Cargo EU07-1513 hauls a gondola train from Osweicim (PL) to Imielin (PL) at Chelm Slaski (PL) at 2 August 2018.




PKP cargo ET22-1055 hauls a gondola train from Bierun (PL) to Osweicim (PL) at Nowy Bierun (PL) on 2 August 2018.




Przedsiebiorstwo Uslug Kolejowych KOLPREM S-261 hauls a gondola train from Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) to Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) at Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) on 2 August 2018.




Przedsiebiorstwo Uslug Kolejowych KOLPREM EU07-012 (DLA) and EU07-182 (DLA) haul a steel slab train from Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) to Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) at Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) on 2 August 2018.




PKP Cargo SM31-096 stands with an infrastructure train at Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) on 2 August 2018.




PKP Cargo ET22-761 arrives at Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) with a coal train on 2 August 2018.




PKP Cargo ET42-039 arrives at Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) with a coal train on 2 August 2018.




Przedsiebiorstwo Uslug Kolejowych KOLPREM EU07-399 and KOLPREM 5 140 140 run through Niwka (PL) with a coal train from Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) to Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) on 2 August 2018.




Przedsiebiorstwo Uslug Kolejowych KOLPREM EU07-078 runs through Niwka (PL) with an empty coal train from Dabrowa Gornicza Towarowa (PL) to Dabrowa Gornicza Wschodnia (PL) on 2 August 2018.




ZSSK 752 048 hauls eight gondolas filled with wood logs forming train 81271 (Presov, SK - Nizny Hrabovec, SK) at Sol (SK) on 3 August 2018.




ZSSK 757 022 and ZSSK 757 021 haul night train R 615 (Bratislava hl.st., SK - Humenne, SK) at Brekov (SK) on 3 August 2018.




KDS 750 202 hauls RegioJet night train RJ 1021 (Praha hl.n., CZ - Humenne, SK) at Brekov (SK) on 3 August 2018.




ZSSK 721 098 shunts the coaches of night train R 615 (Bratislava hl.st., SK - Humenne, SK) at Humenne (SK) on 3 August 2018.




ZSSK 757 010 and ZSSK 754 164 haul night train EN 443 (Praha hl.n., CZ - Humenne, SK) at Humenne (SK) on 3 August 2018.




ZSSK 721 098 shunts at Humenne (SK) on 3 August 2018.




UZ M62-1391 arrives at Bustyno (UA) with train D 13 LJ (Solotvino, UA - L'Viv, UA) on 3 August 2018.




UZ M62-1391 mows the lawn at Bustyno (UA) with train D 13 LJ (Solotvino, UA - L'Viv, UA) on 3 August 2018.




UZ M62-1391 with train D 13 LJ (Solotvino, UA - L'Viv, UA) at Sokyrnytsya (UA) on 3 August 2018.




UZ M62-1391 with train D 13 LJ (Solotvino, UA - L'Viv, UA) at Pitvynokgrad (UA) on 3 August 2018..




CFR 79-0514 and 79-0114 await departure as train R 4343 (Satu Mare, RO - Baia Mare, RO) at Satu Mare (RO) on 4 August 2018.




CFR 79-0514 and 79-0114 depart Satu Mare (RO) as train R 4343 (Satu Mare, RO - Baia Mare, RO) on 4 August 2018.




CFR 64 1138 departs Valea Lui Mihai (RO) with train D 1741 (Bucaresti Nord Gara A, RO - Satu Mare, RO) on 4 August 2018.




From right to left: CFR 62 0693; MAV 628 313 with MAV coaches (train R 6812 from Debrecen, H to Oradea, RO); CFR 76 1459; CFR 62 1404 at Valea Lui Mihai (RO) on 4 August 2018.




With the semaphore hanging on, CFR 82 0410 departs Biharia (RO) with train R 6812 (Debrecen, H - Oradea, RO) on 4 August 2018.




Transferoviar 61 404 as train 18484 (Oradea, RO - Cluj Napoca, RO) at Oradea Est (RO) on 4 August 2018.




CFR 64 1357 hauls 3 MAV and 1 CFR coaches as train IR 367 (Budapest-Keleti, H - Brasov, RO) at Oradea Est (RO) on 4 August 2018.




CFR 64 0950 with two MAV coaches and Interregional Calatori 928 482 stand at Oradea on 4 August 2018.




Transferoviar DH2 83 216 departs Oradea (RO) as train IR 15036 (Oradea, RO - Cluj Napoca, RO) on 4 August 2018.




CFR 60 1197 departs Oradea (RO) with train R 4347 (Oradea, RO - Halmeu, RO) on 4 August 2018.




FOX rail 609 008 departs Oradea Est (RO) with P&O Ferrymasters/Transmec Group container train 64468 (Oradea Est, RO - Zeebrugge, B) on 4 August 2018.




FOX rail 609 008 departs Oradea (RO) with P&O Ferrymasters/Transmec Group container train 64468 (Oradea Est, RO - Zeebrugge, B) on 4 August 2018.




FOX rail 609 008 hauls P&O Ferrymasters/Transmec Group container train 64468 (Oradea Est, RO - Zeebrugge, B) at Artand (H) on 4 August 2018.




FOX rail 609 008 hauls P&O Ferrymasters/Transmec Group container train 64468 (Oradea Est, RO - Zeebrugge, B) at Biharkeresztes (H) on 4 August 2018.




FOX rail 609 008 hauls P&O Ferrymasters/Transmec Group container train 64468 (Oradea Est, RO - Zeebrugge, B) at Mezopeterd (H) on 4 August 2018.