Logging sunset

Romania


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Logging sunset

The sun is fast disappearing behind the mountains as the afternoon load of timber waits above Valea Scradei on the Wassertalbahn in northern Romania.

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08 Oct 2006

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Heading to work

The morning empties and coach for logging staff is climbing the valley above the junction at Novat on the Wassertalbahn, Viseu-de-Sus, Romania.

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Above Novat

The morning empties and coach for the loggers is climbing the valley above the junction at Novat on the Wassertalbahn, Viseu-de-Sus, Romania.

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Water pickup

A logging train takes on water from a trackside pond. The Wassertalbahn running from Viseu de Sus in Northern Romania fetches timber down from the extensive forests on the border with Ukraine. The locomotive is 764-421 (Resita 1126 of 1954).

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10 Oct 2006

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Evening at the wood store

At the end of the day 764-421 stands outside the woodshed at Viseu de Sus.

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Up the valley

The morning empty log bogies and a coach for workers heading for their logging camp heads towards Valea Pestilor on the line out of Viseu de Sus.

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13 Oct 2006

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Timber yard

A corner of the timber yard operated by R.G. Holz Ltd at Viseu de Sus, Romania. Timber is brought down to the yard for processing via a long narrow gauge railway which stretches up into the mountains close to the border with Ukraine.

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11 Oct 2006

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Crew meet

Train crews discuss tactics at the terminus of the Novat branch on the Wassertalbahn logging railway in Romania.

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08 Oct 2006

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Cozia

Uphill train passing the siding at Cozia on the Wassertalbahn, Viseu de Sus.
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