Poland: Steam at Wolsztyn Profiled in the Financial Times

TRS · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:10 am

The ability to drive a steam locomotive in regular service was today profiled in the Financial Times.

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/a33b9c53-a08 ... fe99a5f247

If selecting the above link results in an offer to subscribe to the Financial Times, try performing a search for "Steam Engine" in Google News: https://news.google.com/search

I have only once visited Wolsztyn: October, 2004. The attached image depicts Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways: PKP) OL 49-7, 2-6-2 departing Wolsztyn on October 6, 2004.

70000 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:35 am

I believe the new timetable that came in the middle of last month has increased the Wolstzyn-Leszno steam runs on Mon-Fri to three round trips rather than two.
However the Saturday runs to Poznan only run until 13th March and don't resume until November due to major engineering works on that line and the service being replaced by buses!

kew · **Joined:** Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:13 am **Posts:** 134

I had a few wonderful days at Wolsztyn back in 2019 just before it all hit the fan. Glad they're still going.