
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Howard Jones of the Wolsztyn Experience on the 25th June 2023 after a long illness.
Howard was instrumental in continuing the use of steam from Wolsztyn shed in Poland on scheduled services and in facilitating footplate courses for the last 20 years. It was through this that thousands of visitors got to experience this unique operation and I will be forever grateful to Howard for the many happy memories I have from my visits to Wolsztyn.
Unfortunately, the depot has been without an operable steam loco for the last 8 months and shortly before Howard's passing it was announced that the Wolsztyn Experience would close the business in August this year.
In happier times from my last visit to Wolsztyn, Ol49-69 passes the signal box as it works away from Nowawieś Mochy with train no.77228 11:41 Wolsztyn to Leszno on a crisp 28th February 2022.