When I was travelling to Karvina yesterday, a rather unusual train was standing at the station. It was hauled by an “Iron” locomotive of the Slovak Railway Company (hereinafter SZS) Cargo and had only one passenger coach and no freight wagons. What made it unusual was that I had never seen before a “passenger train” pulled by a locomotive that is used only for freight trains, but SZS apparently does things differently.
On my way back from Karvina, however, there were more trains and locomotives. Specifically, it was this formation. At the front was another “Iron”, this time from CD Cargo, behind it the SZS Cargo “Iron” that had been there in the afternoon, then most likely a brand-new “CityElefant” and after it that same single little passenger coach again. When I arrived, I hurried over to the second platform and started photographing all of it, see the link below.
Even though I used the flash, sometimes not much can be seen; after all, the train was on the middle track and not next to any platform. You are surely wondering what makes me so sure when I say “brand-new train“. I judge it by the fact that, according to my father, the train came from the direction of Karvina/Havirov and was moving at walking pace. Another thing is that it really looked completely new.
After I photographed the leading “Iron” (with the flash, of course), it either uncoupled itself or had already been uncoupled and set off forward.
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