Romania RomaniaViseu de Sus (Oberwischau): No longer daily steam since May 1999. First train (leaving Viseu at 9:00) is a diesel; also a daily railcar. Only 2 or 3 times a week a second train runs into the forest, but only to Faina (maximum) or into the Novat-Valley. At this time it is with steam (764.469), but a second diesel (LDH45-053) is already under repair. The whole line is now a private company (S.C. Viseuforest S.A.) - the days of normaly steam-trains are numbered...
In 2000 a new private company started working on the line too: R.G.Holz Company. It has it's own rolling stock with two diesel locomotives (class LDH18) and 764.408R named "Cozia I". The company is only working on the main line. (October 2001)
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| 764.469 at the station Valea Scradei, km 7. | Handmade: a broken rail needs a repair! | |
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| 764.469 near Valea Scradei (km 9). | 764.436: water stop at km 21,9. | |
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| 764.436 is shunting at Botizu (km 26). | 764.436 at the end of line: Comanu (km 43,5). | |
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| Engines of R.G.Holz: LDH18 and 764.408R "Cozia I" in Faina. | Business as usual 2001: 764.436 in Viseu de Sus. |
| Autumn: 764.436 in the morning haze of Valea Scradei. |
A sound impression of an up-hill train headed by 764.469 (186 kByte) on 17.05.1999!
