Poland

Diminutive diesel locomotive Lyd-1 253 at Pleszew Miasto, with the 13.23 to Pleszew Wąsk, on 22 April 1991.
EU07-068 arriving at Warszawa Zachodnia on 26 April 1991
In the early nineties, steam locomotives were still used on a few ordinary passenger trains in some areas. Here Ty42-22 departs from Korsze in north-eastern Poland, with the 17.05 to Bartoszyce, on 25 April 1991.
Narrow-gauge Px48-1726 at Zaniemyśl, with the 10.15 to Środa on 23 April 1991. This rural route to the south-east of Poznań may have seemed like a museum railway, but was in fact just an ordinary railway serving the local community. Speeds were very slow, and the increasing level of car ownership in Poland meant that the line could not survive, and it finally closed in June 2001.

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