ST44 / M62 – private operators

 

 

M62-0689 (689/1969), Orlen KolTrans, photographed in Zduńska Wola Karsznice on October 26, 2005...

 

 

...the same machine, photographed in Bolesławiec on April 7, 2006

 

 

...and again at the same location on October 22, 2008. On November 8, 2010, this locomotive was destroyed by fire following a crash in Białystok, to be written off shortly afterwards.

 

 

Yet another picture of the ill-fated M62-0689, taken in Nowa Sól on February 4, 2009. Photo by Michał Korfel (from my collection).

 

 

M62-1186, Pol-Miedź Trans, photographed at the Rudna Gwizdanów station on November 25, 2005. This operator is a subsidiary of KGHM, a large copper mining and processing company.

 

 

M62-1793, Pol-Miedź Trans, Lubin, December 21, 2005.

 

 

Yet another ‘Gagarin’ from Pol-Miedź Trans: M62-1841, photographed at the Lubin Górniczy station on April 7, 2006.

 

 

 

ST44-R002, CTL Rail, photographed at Zduńska Wola Karsznice on March 3, 2006.

 

 

M62-1145, Rail Polska, photographed at the Lubin Górniczy station on June 8, 2006.

 

 

M62-1764 and M62-2990, Rail Polska, double-heading a heavy coal train. Zduńska Wola Karsznice, August 18, 2006.

 

 

M62-1318 (1616/1971), PCC Rail. This machine was used by Soviet railways SŽD and later Estonian railways EVT. Purchased in 2006, it was fitted with TEM2 trucks. Photo taken in Petrovice, Czech Republic, on October 20, 2006.

 

 

This M62-1703 from the Orlen KolTrans fleet is hauling a draft of tank cars and the T448P-053. Photo taken at the Zduńska Wola Karsznice station on February 7, 2007.

 

 

M62-0161 from the Pol-Miedź Trans fleet is a former DR machine (ex V200-027) and has been fitted with the 12ChN26/26 diesel engine; photo taken at the Lubin Górniczy station on April 26, 2007.

 

 

Three ‘Gagarins’, each belonging to a different operator, photographed at the Zduńska Wola Karsznice station on March 16, 2008: M62-1754 (PCC Rail)...

 

 

...M62-1261 (Rail Polska)...

 

 

...and M62-1077 (Lotos Kolej).

 

 

Another picture of M62-1754, taken in Karsznice on April 18, 2008.

 

 

This M62-0837 is used by PCC Rail Coaltran; Konstancin Jeziorna, June 15, 2008.

 

 

 A ‘Gagarin’ with a history. Ex-ČSD T679.1368, then 781 368-6 (Lugansk 1242/1971), initially intended for preservation as a heritage loco in Slovakia, was finally overhauled at the Zvolen railway stock repair works and leased to Lotos Kolej in September 2007. Designated M62-1242, it carries no operator’s logo. Photo taken at the Zduńska Wola Karsznice station on July 14, 2008.

 

 

M62-1663 (Lugansk 1663/1972), PCC Rail, photographed at the Zduńska Wola Karsznice depot on August 13, 2008.

 

 

 

 

Manufacturer’s plate of the M62-1663 has been retained.

 

 

Another ‘Gagarin’ photographed on this occasion: M62-1199 from the Pol-Miedź Trans fleet.

 

 

M62-1200, PCC Rail, Lubin Górniczy, September 18, 2008.

 

 

A lineup of ‘Gagarins’, photographed at the PCC Rail depot in Sosnowiec Jęzor on March 5, 2009…

 

 

… and five individual ‘portraits’: M62-1535…

 

 

…M62-1754 (once again)…

 

 

…M62-1239 (Lugansk 1359/1971)…

 

 

…M62-1726…

 

 

…and M62-1601 (Lugansk 2242/1975).

 

 

ST44-1194, photographed at the same location on April 14, 2009.

 

 

Pol-Miedź Trans again: M62-1208, Lubin Górniczy, July 6, 2009.

 

 

M62-590, operated by Orlen KolTrans, is probably an ex-Hungarian (MÁV) locomotive. Photo taken near Warszawa Okęcie station on September 4, 2009.

 

 

Another picture of the M62-590: Wrocław Psie Pole station, February 17, 2010.

 

 

M62M-006, Rail Polska, photographed at the Turoszów station on December 15, 2009.

 

 

This M62-1286 is owned by Hagans Logistic, based in Toruń. Photo taken in Zduńska Wola Karsznice on April 6, 2010.

 

 

M62-2990, Rail Polska, Zduńska Wola Karsznice, July 12, 2010.

 

 

M62-1841 from the Pol-Miedź Trans fleet, photographed at the Kłodawa station on September 20, 2010.

 

 

M62-1208 from the same operator, Bolesławiec station, October 6, 2010.

 

 

M62M-015, Rail Polska, rebuilt from M62-1764, photographed in Długołęka near Wrocław on September 9, 2011.

 

 

Modernized M42M-009 and ‘old’ M62-2987, the same location and operator, November 17, 2011.

 

 

Another locomotive from the Rail Polska fleet, but leased to Lotos Kolej: M62M-011, photographed at the Turoszów station on the next day.

 

 

Back to Długołęka: M62M-005, photographed on November 19, 2011.

 

 

Manufacturer’s plates on the M62M-005: this locomotive was rebuilt from the 35-years old M62-1596 in 2007 at the Rail Polska workshops.

 

 

M62M-005 and M62M-006, photographed at the same location on February 29, 2012.