Kujawy 2000 Railtour, Issue 140
Bob Walters writes:
I was interested to see John Cowburn and Andrew Smith's account of this railtour, as I had previously (and since) been on several trips on the Gniezno section, but only as far as Anastazewo. I can vouch for the atmosphere and interesting happenings on these narrow gauge trips. The derailments bring to mind one trip I and six others made from Gniezno on 28th September 1999. We left Gniezno with our train headed by PX48-1754, consisting of a passenger coach, brakevan and two 50 tonne coal wagons on rollwagen transporters. We left the coal wagons at Witkowo and proceeded on to Powidz, where we picked up a pw crew and their equipment. Reaching a level crossing on a sharpish bend near Stare Ostrowo, we left the pw crew and their equipment whist we went on to Anastazewo where the loco ran round the coach and van and we had our picnic with the traincrew on the old station platform. On the return trip, Px48-1754, now tender first, stopped at the crossing to pick up the pw crew, who were still hard at work on the track. We discovered that they were fitting tie bars between the rails to maintain the correct gauge on the bend – obviously there had been trouble here! One guy was digging out turf beside the rails, whilst
