PKP Bash – February 2012 to whip in some PKP “Roarers” and hit the Katowice area where new private operator KS Koleje Slaskie had taken over lots of local routes from PKP but without any units to run them – clever!

Having travelled on EC249 from Berlin to get a SU46 diesel over the border we spent a night in Wroclaw which despite a Saturday afternoon OHL riot was fairly productive before moving on to Katowice. With gen fairly sketchy but a raft of hired in locos available we were soon in mass scooping mode. Railpool Traxx locos were working the majority of services with PKP Cargo providing EU07 and ET22s for some of the branches so once again some “freight only” ET22 passenger action was available, just like every other time I’ve been in Poland!

120118

SU46-037

EP07-1027

163043

EP07-1062

66417

ET22-1054

EP07-1039

EP09-023

EP07-1014

186247

186126

EU07-173

TEM2-210

ET22-958

186276

186274

ET22-1007

640025

EP07-198

186275

EP07-1045

ET22-094

ET22-1106

186274

ET22-1063

170016

EU07-123

182005

EU07-138