
Travels 2021 – Part I
On 21. August 2021 by WebmasterCovid is still with us so there have been almost no trips this year. The closure (for regauging) of the scenic interurban between Liberec and Jablonec (CZ) in July allowed a long weekend and also was the testing ground for my new camera (the old one broke down early last year but I still managed

Travels 2020 – Part III
On 20. October 2020 by WebmasterA long weekend in Lodz (PL) to ride museum GT6 #805 and a visit to the rebuilt tramway in Gorzow (PL). In Lodz we visited Rzgow to see the newly installed Konstal #3459 and a visit to ZTiS (the permanent way depot) allowed an inspection of the new workscar #92338. The main workshops at Tramwajowa

Travels 2019 – Part I
On 18. April 2019 by WebmasterPlenty of systems to visit this year in at least 6 countries but we started the tram season early with a “local” visit. Heinschenwalde – January (three ex Bremerhaven trams waiting for the scrap man – ex Wehmingen museum) Lodz – a fond farewell to line 43 (and more) – March Aarhus – March (including

"Helmuts" in Lodz (Update 2019)
On 26. January 2019 by WebmasterLodz is one of my favorite travel destination these days. The “Helmut” cars (this is the local nickname for all ex West German cars that went to Poland) are of special interest to me. Unfortunately, the wounding-down of the Lodz interurban tram companies MKT and TP in 2012 resulted in the scrapping of a number of these

Travels 2018 – Part IV (VDVA Bucharest & Poland)
On 18. October 2018 by WebmasterA short repeat visit to Lodz. In October 2018 VDVA visited Bucharest. You will find photos of trams, trolleybuses and metros here. As usual, we visited quite a number of depots and had some charters (private hires). If you are interested in joining us on these VDVA tours in Europe, visit the www.vdva.de website (we

Travels 2017 – Part XIII (Denmark & Poland)
On 25. November 2017 by Webmaster2017-01-15-14-02-18-44.jpgVarious short trips took us to Denmark and Poland. Travels to the Ukraine (two trips this year) and the www.vdva.de trip to the Baltics & Helsinki are shown in separate posts! Aarhus – November Szczecin (Stettin) – October Museu m Skjoldenæsholm – October Poznań (Poznan/Posen) – September Łódź (Lodz/Lodsch) – July Poznań (Poznan/Posen) – July

Modernised Konstal 105Na trams at Tramwaje Śląskie
On 30. June 2016 by WebmasterWorking on the photos I took during a recent visit to Katowice (and much of the rest of the network) I noticed that it is difficult to find a list of all the modernised cars currently operating there. So I made my own (originally to appear in the German language Blickpunkt Straßenbahn magazine – but

Travels 2016 – Part X (Central Poland)
On 23. June 2016 by WebmasterŁódź (Lodsch) – June Lutomiersk – June Konstantynów Łódzki – June Olsztyn (Allenstein) – June Mrozy -June Warszawa (Warsaw/Warschau) – June

Travels 2016 – Part IX (Southern Poland & Germany)
On 20. June 2016 by WebmasterWrocław (Breslau) – June Kraków (Krakau) – June Katowice (Kattowitz) – June Bytom (Beuthen) – June Chorzów Batory (Königshütte-Bismarckhütte) – June Sosnowiec (Sosnowitz) – June Będzin (Bendzin) – June Czeladź – June June – Gołonóg (Dąbrowa Górnicza)/Bergenkirch (Dombrowa) (PL) Czestochowa (Tschenstochau) – June Hamburg – May Eberswalde – May Niederfinow – May Gorzów Wielkopolski (Landsberg

Olsztyn Tramway First Public Rides : Travels 2015 (photo review) – Part VI
On 11. December 2015 by WebmasterOn December 6 MPK Olsztyn opened its doors to the public to show the new Kołobrzeska tramway depot (which is incorporated into the existing bus depot, though the tram entrance is in Towarowa) and the new trams. Two trams offered public rides from depot to the junction at the railway station (but not letting people