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Day 3: The leaning Krauss 0-6-0 in the middle will be the photographic subject today, while we will be chasing from the Reşiţa. Dogs seem almost as common as trees in Romania |
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Speeding through the yard |
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Rail cutting |
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Apples and the Reşiţa at the compulsory shop stop where we all get out and support the local business. |
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Kids at the shop stop. |
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Derelict house at the shop stop. Not surprisingly, the houses used to be all made of wood, but are now blocks, polystyrene board insulation and plaster, topped with bright red, orange and yellow free-market paints. |
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More Shop Stopping |
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The Krauss gets away from the shop stop |
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Trailing brakeman |
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Johnny Appleseed |
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All shapes, sizes and colours of locals |
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Wooof. Grrrr. Don't take pictures of my sawmill. |
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Vari-gauge track from the communist era |
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The Krauss in action |
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There's one guy in our team not taking pictures, which is odd on these trips. David is here in the hope of getting a chance driving the steam trains - having done so in about 64 countries... |
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Not the safest place to hide, puss |
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Oooo! Horsecart catches DB by surprise |
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Trainspotters in their natural habitat |
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The Krauss beside the river |
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Swingbridge |
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Riverside between Valea Scradei and Novat |
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And again from the same spot. Lazy bugger. |
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The donut seller's place at the fish farm water stop |
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Thomas is tempted by the Dunkin Donuts lady, as are we all |
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Mike, Jonathan, Leonart, Christian, Peter, Michael and Thomas In the luxurious United Nations Club Car |
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Remains of a tree at Novat |
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At the junction of Novat Delta, we head across the bridge, around the tight curve, and up the branch line |
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Horses of courses |
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And again for good measure |
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Moooo. No, that's not right |
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Kerstin's new pony |
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One last picture |
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OK, maybe one more. Screwed this one up a bit. With trains you always expect you'll have more time to prepare... |
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Logs by the river |
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Hiding down low to avoid getting in everyone else's picture |
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The official driver |
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The unofficial driver - David makes it to the cab |
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Romanian track gang hard at work |
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Coming back towards Novat |
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| In modeling lingo, this is called 0-5-0 shunting. Those of us onboard, offer our verbal support. |
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| Leading a horse to water and making it drink |
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| Novat meet |
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| Novat with more horses in the background picking up log-ends. The tranquility of the flowing river and gently hissing steam only broken by the never ending sounds of wood-ripping chainsaws and barking dogs |
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| Kraus Kab |
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| Coasting back towards Valea Scradei |
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| And again. Things seem to be panning out |
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| The nose of the Reşiţa bouncing along the track |
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| The Krauss near Valea Scradei |
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| The rocky road to Dublin |
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| A fancy looking house |
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| Mariuta's keeper |
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| Cozia getting some work done to her nether regions. Her funnel looks a little skewiff as well... |
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| I just love workshops |
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| Tres beauties |
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| To continue our forestry lesson, after unloading from the trains by wire lifters, the logs are rolled... |
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| ...by gravity and fellows using these things... |
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| ...onto a chain conveyor belt |
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| They then run through a mill that chops the logs to standard lengths and then these fellows grab them... |
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| ...and then they are ready for dispatch. |