Category: Airports

PESA ACATUS PLUS series EN64 is a family of electric traction units of the Bydgoszcz PESA, designed as a development version of trains named Acatus II and as an alternative product for the elf model. Acatus Plus is, among others, operated by regional transport and Małopolskie railways. A total of 13 pieces were created: 9…

Airport railway station. 2019 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

The railway siding connecting the airport in Balice with the Mydlniki station was built in 1951. Most of the goods, especially fuel, were delivered and delivered by trains. The line was single-track, non-electrified. There were four unguarded railway crossings on the route.

An important railway route Warsaw – Kalisz runs through the town of Łask. The construction of this railway line began when Poland was under partitions. The Waszawsko-Kaliska Railway was built by the Warsaw-Vienna Iron Road Joint Stock Society in the years 1900–1902. The trail was opened on November 15, 1902 as broad-gauge (1,524 mm). In…

Słomczyn is a small village near Grójec. It is 6 km from Słomczyn to Grójec, and 50 km to Warsaw. A long time ago, there was a military airport in Słomczyn. Now Słomczyn is known from the largest stock exchange in Poland. It used to be a car market, and now (2021) it is the…

Ujazd airport was founded by the German army during the occupation of Poland in 1941, i.e. in the year when brothers; the Germans and Russians looked at each other. Although it is equally probable that this area was included in the plans of the Polish Army in 1938 as an airport planted.

After the disbandment of the 66th LPSz at the Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport, the 2nd Security Battalion was created. It was subordinate to the 60th Radom Air School Regiment. The airport was used mainly by the 3rd School Squadron under the command of Lt. dipl. pil. Zenon Mackiewicz. This state of affairs continues until the end…

Only after the socio-economic transformations of 1989, local authorities began to carry out an inventory of the so-called "Regained Territories". Official letters regarding the legal owner of Kętrzyn Airport started circulating. The Ministry of National Defense completely got rid of the rights to the facility. The Kętrzyn Commune, as the sole owner, put the airport…

Photo description: The Ty23 series steam locomotive was a Polish heavy steam locomotive, which was developed by Polish engineers and produced in the period 1923 – 1934. Ty23 means a freight locomotive with the "y" axle arrangement, which was approved in 1923. The axis system is 1’E, i.e. 1-5-0 (oOOOOO), and the Polish designation is…

Kaniów airport is a civil, public airport with limited certification. The owner of the airport is Bielski Park Techniki Lotnicza Sp. z o.o, and the administrator of Bielski Park Technologiczny Aviation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Sp. z o.o. ICAO code for the airport is EPKW. The coordinates of the Kaniów airport are 49 ° 56′27.10 ″…