Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways

Coal Mine KWK Juliusz
Kazimierz

Gauge : 750mm and 600mm
Status : Ceased 2015

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KWK Juliusz The 750mm narrow gauge railway linked 3 shafts of a coal mine in Kazimierz. Its primary purpose was to transport waste material to a tipping site away from the colliery but also provided a passenger service between the sites for miners. In the main colliery there was also a 600mm line serving the stockyard for the movement of pit props and equipment.
The mine had closed by 2015, and in 2018 demolition had started (See; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQjijupGEHk), with site clearance due by the end of 2019.


Date: March 2002	Date: March 2002	Date: March 2002
The small loco shed and workshops at the sie of the colliery with WLs150 No.2 outside.	2 Wls150 locos were present in the main colliery (although others may have been present). No.4 (7219) waits while the side tipping wagons are loaded.	No.1, a Wls50 loco in the stockyard. It was stated that a second loco worked in the yard, but it was not seen.


Date: March 2002	Date: March 2002	Date: March 2002
Two battery electic locos out of use in the stock yard. Type LDAG05.	In the stockyard there were short sections of dual gauge track where the 750mm and 600mm gauges ran alongside.	The total length of the 750mm gauge railway linking the pits was about 5-7km. Each day a train to transport the miners is laid on at the changeover of the shifts about midday.


Date: March 2002	Date: March 2002
No.4 on one of the short journeys to drop off the miners after the shift.	Overall view of the NG yrd. The loco shed was round the corner to the right.

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