Narrow-gauge railway Przeworsk – Dynów

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Przeworsk Wąskotorowy – Dynów
Line of the narrow-gauge railway Przeworsk – Dynów
Course book range : 119 (1986)
Route length: 45.846 km
Gauge : 750 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0.000 Przeworsk Wąskotorowy
   
 4.7 Mleczka
Stop, stop
 8,959 Urzejowice
   
 10.0 Mleczka Zachodnia
Stop, stop
 10,950 Krzeczowice
Station, station
 14.687 Kańczuga
Stop, stop
 Łopuszka Mała
Stop, stop
 18,550 Łopuszka Wielka
Stop, stop
 20.971 Manaster ore
Stop, stop
 25,400 Zagórze k. Kańczugi
Stop, stop
 28,498 Hadle Szklarskie
Station, station
 33,062 Jawornik Polski
tunnel
 35,324 Szklary tunnel (599 m)
Stop, stop
 Szklary Tunel
Stop, stop
 37.256 Szklary
Stop, stop
 42.229 Bachórz Brzozowski
End station - end of the line
 45.846 Dynów

The narrow-gauge railway Przeworsk – Dynów is a narrow-gauge railway in Poland . It runs in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship from Przeworsk to Dynów . It was opened in 1904 to transport sugar beets to the sugar factory in Przeworsk and is still operated as a museum railway today .

history

Before the First World War

Kańczuga Railway Station (2012)

The construction and operation of the narrow-gauge railway was initiated in 1894 during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy by the owners of the land at the time, after Andrzej Lubomirski had built the Przew sugar factory and put it into operation. Initially 44 km of the route and six train station and residential buildings as well as workshops were built in Przeworsk. The commissioning and official opening of the 46.2 km long route and the buildings took place on September 8, 1904. The sugar manufacturer financed the construction and the operating resources and sold them in 1908 to a public limited company based in Lviv with a majority stake in the state.

Initially, 3 steam locomotives ( Krauss , Uv series, C'1 wheel arrangement), 7 passenger cars and 45 freight cars were purchased as operating equipment . After three years, 6 more freight cars were added. In 1910, the railway had 4 locomotives of the same series, 7 passenger cars and 55 freight cars. After another three years, the fleet was expanded to include another 10 freight cars.

The railway mainly transported sugar beets to the sugar factory as well as other agricultural and forestry products, coal, gravel and stones. In the railroad's first full year of operation (1905), only 45,007 passengers were carried, resulting in poor profitability . The situation was improved in the following years by replacing mixed trains with two passenger trains and one freight train. A year later, 62,000 passengers could be carried, in 1908 it was 85,000. Shortly before the outbreak of war, in 1913, 110,000 people used the narrow-gauge railway. They could drive in 2nd and 3rd class cars.

Most passengers (90–96%) drove from 1904 and 1913 in 3rd class cars. Only 2.3 to 6.1% of the passengers used the comfortable 2nd class coaches. The remaining 0.3 to 3.8% of passengers traveled with the military tariff. A 1st class car was not procured until 1913.

In the first full year of operation of the railway (1905) freight and goods with a total weight of 25,847 t were transported. In the following years there was a gradual increase in freight traffic. In 1909 there was a transport volume of 32,000 t. A year later, 44,100 t were transported and 1911 ended with an even better result: 48,900 t.

After the Second World War

In the 1950s, the gauge was nominally changed to 750 mm. Around 1975 the PKP introduced roller stands or trolleys for the transport of standard gauge wagons . In 1986 the steam traction was discontinued. Soon afterwards the regular passenger traffic was stopped.

On September 30, 1991, the narrow-gauge railway and its tunnel were entered in the monument register under the number A-463.

Museum railway operation

Passenger cars

Thanks to an association founded in 2009, the closure of the railway line could be avoided. The Przeworska Kolej Dojazdowa has six Lxd2 locomotives, three of which are operational and are used for museum railroading on weekends.

On the night of June 26-27, 2020, a flood in the village of Hadle Szklarskie destroyed the bridge over the Mleczka and part of the route. Operations have since ceased.

Attractions

Southern tunnel portal

The railway is famous for its 599 m long tunnel, the only one on narrow-gauge railways with tourist traffic in Poland. This tunnel can be protected against snow drifts with wooden gates .

There are interesting steel bridges over the Mleczka River along the way.

The Px -1734 steam locomotive is exhibited as a memorial in Dynéw .

The main locomotives

  • Lxd2 -257 (ready for operation)
  • Lxd2-268 (ready for operation)
  • Lxd2-282 (not ready for operation)
  • Lxd2-334 (ready for operation)
  • Lxd2-335 (not ready for operation)
  • Bxd2-251 (museum piece)
  • Px48 -1734 (museum piece)

  • Diesel locomotive Lxd2-251

  • snow plow

  • Steam locomotive Px48-1734

Web links

Commons : Przeworsk Narrow Gauge Railway  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrzej Bożek: Kolej Lokalna Przeworsk-Dynów. In Świat Kolei, No. 12/2001 pp. 20–23.
  2. ↑ Stanisław szűrő: Informator Statystyczny do dziejów społeczno-gospodarczych Galicji. Koleje żelazne w Galicji w latach 1847–1914. In: Historia Iagellonica, Krakau , 1997, pp. 201-206. ISBN 83-906446-1-4 .
  3. ↑ Janusz Motyka: Trzeba ratować Zabytkowa ciuchcię. nowiny24.pl, March 27, 2008. Accessed July 20, 2020.

Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 59 ″  N , 22 ° 30 ′ 5 ″  E