04 September 2016

Corvin Castle, Reșița railway museum and to Oravița
DSC2733 This was the view from my hotel window across to Corvin Castle in Hunedoara. : Romania DSC2735 Corvin Castle, shortly after opening time but still too late for the sun to be on the frontage. Once again post editing comes to the rescue! : Romania DSC2736 Water and the bridge over it to the castle's entrance. : Romania
DSC2737 Corvin Castle is surrounded by industrial decay. In Communist times Hunedoara was developed unsympathecially around the castle on purpose. : Romania DSC2738 Outside Corvin Castle but within the grounds. : Romania DSC2741 Being a castle there had to be a display of torture and death! : Romania
DSC2742 The main courtyard of Corvin Castle. : Romania DSC2743 Like the sign says. : Romania DSC2746 Looking up at Corvin Castle. : Romania
DSC2748 And another view up. : Romania DSC2750 A bed chamber, looks like it could have been cold! : Romania DSC2751 The chapel. : Romania
DSC2754 Excellent stained glass. : Romania DSC2755 More stained glass in the chapel. : Romania DSC2756 Tower and spire view. : Romania
DSC2758 Converging verticals..... : Romania DSC2759 What appears to be restored stonework. : Romania DSC2760 A view across Hunedoara. : Romania
DSC2762 A view down from high up on Corvin Castle. Once there would have been a steel works to see beyond the trees in the middle of the photo. : Romania DSC2764 The paint may have faded but you get the idea. : Romania DSC2765 The impressive Corvin Castle. : Romania
DSC2766 Signs of building work through the ages. : Romania DSC2767 One of several round towers. : Romania DSC2769 Courtyard view. : Romania
DSC2770 Patterned tiles with coloured light from a stained glass window. : Romania DSC2772 A statue of Ioan, whoever he was. : Romania DSC2773 In the main hall in Corvin Castle. : Romania
DSC2774 Long tables and uncomfortable looking chairs. : Romania DSC2775 Corvin Castle. : Romania DSC2776 A corner tower. : Romania
DSC2779 An old fireplace. : Romania DSC2781 A good view over Hunedoara and beyond. : Romania DSC2784 Tower fineal and industrial decay. : Romania
DSC2785 More fineals. : Romania DSC2786 Levels at Corvin Castle. : Romania DSC2787 Framed by an archway. : Romania
DSC2788 Presumably the locals were a great deal shorter once?! : Romania DSC2791 More torture equipment. : Romania DSC2792 Doesn't look like much fun.... : Romania
DSC2794 And that looks pretty uncomfortable as well! : Romania DSC2795 Corvin Castle. : Romania DSC2800 The entrance gate and a Communist era car. : Romania
DSC2807 Corvin Castle from a side road in Hunedoara. : Romania DSC2812 In the hills between Hunedoara and Hațeg. : Romania DSC2813 In the hills south of Hunedoara. : Romania
DSC2816 In the distance the Carpathians are making a reappearance. : Romania DSC2820 Rising out of the plains near Hațeg. : Romania 20160904 150952 When a road sign to Beograd (Belgrade) points west you know you are in Eastern Europe. This was taken in Reşiţa. : Eastern Europe
DSC2847 Reşiţa, home of Romanian locomotive production, has an open air museum with an excellent selection of locos on display. : Romania DSC2823 Kobel chimney, dome and safeties. : Romania DSC2827 Made in Reşiţa in 1872 when the spelling was different. : Romania
DSC2843 Locomotive No.28 is a MAVAG (Budapest) product of 1900. : Romania DSC2850 Only one loco was obscured by foliage, things were better than I had expected. 131.003, with an auxiliary oil fuel tank on top of the water tank, is one of several Reşiţa built exhibits. : Romania DSC2851 Reşiţa doesn't actually indicate which works in the city built a loco, but the works plate does. : Romania
DSC2853 Cabside detail on 131.003. : Romania DSC2855 50.378 is a Reşiţa built copy of a Prussian G10 dating from 1930. However.... the cabside and tender numberplates identify the loco as 50.115. So, take your pick! : Romania DSC2857 The tender plates on (apparently) 50.115. : Romania
DSC2859 Reşiţa version of a German 2-10-0 Class 50, this loco being 150.038 built in 1955. : Romania DSC2863 Maker's palte on 150.038. : Romania DSC2841 Some of the 150s were fitted with double Kylchap exhaust systems but 150.038 isn't one of them. : Romania
DSC2870 The tender of 150.038. On top of the water tank and behind the coal space is the oil tank for the oil over coal firing system popular on locos in Romania. : Romania DSC2867 Perhaps the star of the museum in Reşiţa is 142.072, a 2-8-4 express passenger loco. The 142 were copies of the Austrian class 214 (later class 12). : Romania DSC2871 The class 142s were fitted with poppet valves as per the Austrian locos they were (more or less) copied from. : Romania
DSC2874 Feedwater pump and heat exchanger on the running board of 142.072. : Romania DSC2834 The 142's have interesting chassis with holes cut to prevent the ends of stays rubbing. : Romania DSC2833 The business end of 142.072. : Romania
DSC2875 A side view of the impressive 142.072. : Romania DSC2880 Naturally the Prussian P8 4-6-0 type made it to Romania. This loco, 230.128, is a Romanian copy of a P8 being built in Reşiţa in 1935. : Romania DSC2885 Made in Reşiţa but in a different workshop to other locos in the museum. : Romania
DSC2886 Worksplate on 230.128. : Romania DSC2891 An Austrian 0-10-0 in Reşiţa museum. 50.025. In Austria these locos were class 80. It was built in 1921 at StEG Wien. : Romania DSC2835 The class 50 has a very long piston rod and valve rod which both require intermediate support bearings. : Romania
DSC2837 50.025 at Reşiţa museum. : Romania DSC2895 Industrial 2-8-0t CFU 29, built in Reşiţa in 1952. : Romania DSC2898 Last hope spark arrestor! : Romania
DSC2901 CFU 14, an industrial 0-6-0t built in 1954. : Romania DSC2907 CFU 14, maximum speed 40 kph. : Romania DSC2839 Looking down the line of locos at the open air Reşiţa museum. A museum which features free WiFi! : Romania
DSC2840 Narrow and standard gauge exhibits at Reşiţa museum. : Romania DSC2913 There absolutely had to be one of these! CFF 764.493. An example of the "standard" 760mm 0-8-0t to be found throughout Romania. This one dates form 1959. : Romania DSC2917 764.493 and, behind, 50.025. : Romania
DSC2821 More narrow and standard gauge exhibits. : Romania DSC2919 Another popular narrow gauge type is represented by 0-8-0t 704.404. This 760mm gauge loco dates from 1944. : Romania DSC2921 Chimney, dome with worksplate and safeties. Even the water tank has a cast capaciity notice on it. : Romania
DSC2923 704.404 with Kobel type spark arresting chimney. : Romania DSC2928 704.404 with P8 copy 230.128 behind. : Romania DSC2924 760mm gauge 704.402 "Principesa Elena", built in 1925. This 0-8-0t was out shopped fitted with superheating, not that common a thing on narrow gauge locos. : Romania
DSC2927 "Principesa Elena" from the front. : Romania DSC2932 The oldest locomotive on display at Reşiţa museum is also the first locomotive built at the works. 0-4-0T ‘Resicza’ dates from 1872. : Romania DSC2936 760mm gauge tender loco 704.209 was built in 1917 by StEG in Wien. : Romania
DSC2937 764.001, built in 1952 in Reşiţa, represents a class of 244 locos. : Romania DSC2940 764.001 at Reşiţa museum. : Romania DSC2944 764.103, an enlarged version of the previously seen 764.001 type. Again, 244 of this class were built. : Romania
DSC2945 A side view of the G10 copy with two numbers.... : Romania DSC2947 Locos at Reşiţa museum. : Romania DSC2951 Oraviţa station with 50.065 on display. : Romania
DSC2952 Oraviţa is an important place in Romanian railway history. : Romania DSC2954 Commemorative signs at Oraviţa station. : Romania DSC2955 And another commemorative sign, this one for the 150th anniversary of the Oraviţa to Anina line. : Romania
DSC2956 Oraviţa station. : Romania DSC2957 0-10-0 50.065 on display at Oraviţa. This 0-10-0 was built by StEG (Wien) in 1921 for the Austrian kkStB as a class 80. This locomotive was employed on special trains to Anina but these are now handled by diesel instead. : Romania DSC2960 50.065 is fenced in for protection. Behind is Oraviţa depot. : Romania
DSC2964 50.065 has a pair of air pumps to cope with the demand for air on the long descent from Anina. Interestingly each pump is of a different type! : Romania DSC2967 Cabside view of 50.065. The handles and rods running diagonally operate the two blowdown valves fitted, one on the throatplate and the other on the boiler barrel. : Romania DSC2969 Valve rod support. : Romania
DSC2972 Oraviţa station looking east. No service trains run here anymore, only the daily tourist train to Anina. : Romania DSC2973 Oraviţa depot, sadly the buildings are not in great condition. : Romania DSC2978 At the western end of the depot was diesel electric loco 73 0001. : Romania
DSC2979 The coaches used on the tourist service to Anina. : Romania DSC2980 Oraviţa station. : Romania DSC2982 Track maintenance vehicles at Oraviţa. : Romania
DSC2989 A view from my hotel room balcony. The hills in the distance are over the border in Serbia. : Romania