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2 March 2024 - Between Žilina and Vrútky, on the line #180 Žilina – Košice, the Regiojet 1003 Prag – Kosice (Praha hl.n. 7:50 - Košice 16:12) exits the Strečno Tunnel II under the Baniska mountain, while a freight train is crossing Tunnel III.

This area of the Vah River is narrow and meandering. The line was initially single-track. The first tunnel was the tunnel on the right (now tunnel III). It was 22 m shorter with a level crossing right at the tunnel exit for the road that is now above the tunnel portal. When the line was double-tracked a new tunnel was bored on the left and the main road I/18 was rebuilt above the line.

The locomotive is a multi-system Bombardier TRAXX MS 3 built in 2021, number 388 214.

Photo © JM Frybourg – 240302-5279

Between Vrútky and Žilina, the IC 522 follows the Váh River. It is about to enter the Strečno III Tunnel (Starý Strečniansky tunel) under the Baniska hill. This is at about Km 323 of the line 180 Košice – Žilina. The ZSSK Class 350 locomotive, number 007 is in charge.

No, this is not a “standard shot”, with a green landscape, a blue sky, “sun in the back”, etc. Not that I overlook or despise standard shots, I do my share of them. But contrary to some guardians of orthodoxy who pretend to dictate what a “good” railway picture is, I advocate that trains run 24/7, under any weather, all year round. Shooting pictures only when the weather is fine, and the landscape perfect represents a tiny fraction of the much more diverse railway scene.

Photo © JM Frybourg – 240302-5341

742.297 ZSSK + 361.126 ZSSK, Považská Bystrica - Nosice (R 710 Považan), 23.06.2024

Photo © JM Frybourg – 240301-4860

Strečno Rafting

Strečno Rafting

Sztrecsény (Strečno) vára alatt, a Vág völgyében robog a 007-es Gorilla egy Kassa-Pozsony IC-vel.

350 007 na IC 520 z Košíc do Bratislavy, fotené pod hradom Strečno, v údolí rieky Váh.

A 131 023/131 024 pályaszámú zöld Dvojička vágódik be a Vág mentén Rózsahegyre egy Csaca-Tiszacsernyő vonattal.

Zelená Dvojička 131 023/131 024 s nákladnym vlakom Pn 55107 (Čadca - Čierna nad Tisou) prichádza do Ružomberka.

Strečno and Varín (Slovakia), view from Strečno Castle

Rzeka Biały Wag, Hlavná, Ważec, 4 sierpnia 2022 r.
Historia wsi Ważec sięga 1280 r. Leży nad Białym Wagiem, jednym z dwóch cieków źródłowych Wagu.
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The White Váh (Biely Váh) river, Hlavná, Važec, August 4, 2022
The history of Važec village reaches 1280. It lies on the White Váh river, one of two source streams of the Váh river.

Posledné kilometre I.
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