Poland (June 2002) Poland (June 2002)Ełk (Lyck) is the eastern depot in polish East Prussia. Until the early 90s several engines of class Ol49 and class Ty2 were in use on the lines to Goldap, Suwalki, Mikolajki and Rudciane Nida. The end came with the electric traction in 1991. The last steam servives were suspended in spring 1992...
Steam never came to a real end at Elk because in 1991 a railway museum was founded. So you can still see steam in use there, but only once or twice a year...
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| Spring 1991: Ol49-4 and Ty2-1258 are servicable stored. In the background the new shed under construction. | Once a big railway-cross Goldap became a small line-end-station after dividing of East Prussia in 1945... | |
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| Ol49-61 leaving Goldap with the morning train to Elk. | Ol49-80 with a train to Mikolajki at Bartosze. | |
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| Ol49-102 on one of the several bridges at the line Mikolajki - Ełk. | Ol49-18 crossing the largest lake of Poland near Okartowo. | |
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| Freight trains: Ty2-1252 on the way to Gizycko near Woszczele... | ...and Ty2-1279 shunting at Olecko. |
| Masurian scenery: Ol49-61 leaving Olszewo... |
