Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: 2-6-2

We were double-headed by DR Class 50 2-10-0 50 3648-8 and Class 23-10 2-6-2 35 1097-1 from Dresden to Freiberg on the Sunday of the 15th Dresden Steam Festival. The driver in the cab of 1097-1 was checking out the Dresden platform activity while waiting to depart.

DR Class 23-10 2-6-2 35-1097 powers around the sharp curve on the section south out of Meissen to Nossen with a Dresden Steam Festival special to Rosswein. This was originally a main line to Leipzig but after the Second World War one track of the line was dismantled to provide reparations to the Soviet Union. The heavy rain held off for a while fortunately but there was still a steady drizzle.

A real winter scene as Polish Railways 2-6-2 Ol49-23 gets up steam for its imminent departure from Poznan station on the 08.10 back to Wolsztyn. I had driven it on the 04.16 commuter train from Wolsztyn.