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Pictures from the Niesky area on the KBS 229. This is an east-west line with a good deal of transit traffic to and from southern Poland. In summer 2010 the line was still operated by manual block and had semaphores almost throughout.
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ODEG VT 650.69 running westbound as OE64 to Hoyerswerda arrives at Niesky.
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ODEG VT 650.69 running westbound as OE64 to Hoyerswerda arrives at Niesky.

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  • 232 673 with an eastbound wood chip train waiting for an opposing move in Niesky at tower B1.
  • Old freight shed carrying 60+ year old advertising slogans in Niesky.
  • 108 year-old rails form part of the platform canopy support of Niesky station.
  • ODEG VT 650.69 running westbound as OE64 to Hoyerswerda arrives at Niesky.
  • ODEG VT 650.69 running as OE64 to Hoyerswerda departs Niesky.
  • ODEG VT 650.064 forming OE64 to Goerlitz arrives at Niesky. The timeless arrangement of water tower, railroad workers house, and interlocking tower dates from the second half of the 19th century. The crossing gates are still operated manually from the tower.
  • 233 206 with an empty eastbound coke train for Poland passes W2 tower at Niesky.
  • View across the weed-infested team track area towards tower W2 at Niesky.
  • A number of buildings of the railcar manufacturing plant of "Waggonbau Niesky" are occupied by other industries. Here the old narrow gauge trackage and turntables in the wood treatment plant are still visible.
  • PKP SU46-046 passes tower W1 and an ancient water tower departing Horka Gbf eastbound with an empty coke train.
  • Eko-Trans 242 001 is eastbound at the large junction near Särichen. Semaphores, code lines, non-electrified territory - it doesn't get much better than this...
  • DB-Schenker 233 206 and Eko-Trans 242 001 congregate at the west end of Horka Gbf. The 233 will couple to the loaded coke train for its westbound journey.
  • 294 691 leads a local for Kodersdorf while awaiting departure time across from B1 in Niesky.
  • 233 206 has a medium clear indication as it leads a loaded coke train from Horka through Niesky and past W2's waving operator.
  • PKP SU46-046 arrives at Horka Gbf with a loaded coke train from Poland.
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