European Railroad Discussion > Slovakia Part 4

The 5th day of the roadtrip was focused on following the 5-foot gauge iron ore railway that extends from the giant US Steel Works just south of Kosice to the Ukraine border.  We managed to catch quite a few trains on the wide gauge line, which is operated by ZSSK, and is used mainly to bring iron ore from the former Soviet Union to the steel plant.
1)  Vario Tram on the interurban line from Kosice to the US Steel Works plant south of Kosice.
2)  Class 361 on westbound train at Nizna Mysla, crossing under the 5 foot gauge line.
3)  Class 131s meet on eastbound and westbound trains at Ruskov.
 

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4)  Eastbound train on the 5-foot gauge line at Ruskov.
5)  Westbound wide gauge train at Slanec.
6)  A different westbound on the wide gauge at Kalsa.
 

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7)  Pushers on rear of westbound wide gauge train.

On Day 6, 86235 left from Kosice via train back to Vienna to catch a flight back to the UK, and I continued on to Hungary and Romania by car.  I posted shots from that part of the trip last year, but I did see a few more trains within Slovakia before crossing over into Hungary,
8)  Kosice Tatra trams at train station - 619 is a T6A5, and 523 is a KT8D5.
9)  KT8D5 at train station.
 

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10)  KT8D5 leaving train station.
11)  Last ZSSK train of the day - eastbound Class 131s at Slovenske Nove Mesto.
 

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Thanks once again for sharing these photos and for the good explanations of what they are.

Gordon

The small colorful trolleys look pretty friagle.

Regards, Jim Evans 

Thanks for these photo's