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The picture I have made at platform in Warsaw-Vienna Railway station in Sosnowiec.

The Warsaw-Vienna Railway (Polish: Kolej Warszawsko-Wiedeñska) was a railway system which operated in Congress Poland, a part of the Russian Empire, from 1845 until 1912, when it was nationalized by the Russian government. The main component of its network was a line 327.6 km in length from Warsaw to the Granica (English: Border) station (today Maczki, located in a suburb of Sosnowiec) on the border with the Austrian Empire, from 1867 known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There the line reached the Austrian railway network, offering connections i.a. to Vienna (hence the name of the line). It was the first railway line built in Congress Poland and the second in the Russian Empire, after a short stretch of about 30 km between Tsarskoye Selo and Saint Petersburg which opened in 1837. The line used the standard European gauge (1435 mm), as opposed to all other railways in the Russian Empire which used the broad gauge (1524 mm), hence it formed a system physically separated from other Russian railways.

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bracasha75 (21900) 2008-04-25 2:54

Hi Artur
Nice B&W image and good Transportation image
Why not so even the railroad is there
Good one
Cheers,Braca

JanD (14582) 2008-04-25 3:13

Czolem Arturski!
Nie wiedzialem, ze melexy jeszcze gdzies jezdza. Ostatnio widzialem je na polu golfowym pod Warszawa. Dobra ascetyczna kompozycja.
Pozdrawiam!

jasmis (50044) 2008-04-25 3:58

Prosty przekaz w tonacji B&W. Nieprzegadany, oszczędny, mówi wiele.
Pozdrawiam.

jlynx (11380) 2008-04-25 3:59

Kiedy¶ by Ciebie pogonili soki¶ci, za wykonywanie zdjêæ na terenie dworca k,olejowego. Prosty kadr bez zbytniego kombinowania, dobra perspektywa i ¶wietna delikatno¶æ gradacji pó³tonów w kadrze.
Pozdrawiam,
Jurek

serp2000 (9305) 2008-04-25 4:21

Privet, Artur,
By a legend, the width of a track of roads is width of a palm of tsar Nikolay 1. He expected the war and if to make identical rails through, an hour German armored trains will be near Petersburg.
Good shot!TFS!
Have a nice week-end!
Greetings,
Serghei

tedesse (13120) 2008-04-25 7:12

Witaj!
Ciekawy kadr w b&w,³adna perspektywa,dobra ostro¶æ.
Pozdrawiam
Tadeusz

Gustaw (21670) 2008-04-25 8:00

Go¶ciowie pewnie woleliby ¶migaæ takim melexem po polu golfowym. A tu tylko peron dworcowy. Ale nie nosi³o siê teczki... A do Katowic to musz± skrêciæ w prawo!
Pozdrowionka.
Marek

Fis2 (45545) 2008-04-25 13:49

Hej Artur!
Dobre! Pewnie tym melexem szybciej do Katowic niz pociagiem ;). Fajny kadr, ciekawe twarze.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

emka (21177) 2008-04-26 0:28

Witaj Arturze,

Dworzec w Sosnowcu,
przejeżdżałam, jadąc do Katowic ;). Jakis mały ruch, na tym dworcu. Kierunek do Katowic rzeczywiście wygląda zabawnie w tym zestawieniu. Końcowa stacja tej kolejki warszawsko-wiedeńskiej jest w Wilanowie, niedaleko pałacu. Faktycznie, teraz nie ma kłopotów ze zdjeciami na dworcach. Kiedyś zabroniono mi robić zdjęcia w Muzeum Kolejnictwa. Pozdrawiam. miłego weekendu

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jurek1951 (25880) 2008-04-26 1:05

Witaj Artur,
widac kolej sie modernizuje kiedys mieli takie fikusne wozki akumulatorowe na stojaka sie nimi jezdzilo,pozdrawiam
Jurek

stego (22350) 2008-04-26 20:33

Witaj Artur,
Very nice compo, making clever use of the graphics of the railways and the station to produce an catchy image, with much dynamism and depth, that is also a nice daily life capture. The little car with the workers is very well placed and exposed. Somehow, I find that railways combine well with B&W. The only thing less great is the over exposed BG, but in this particular case that may not be so bad, as it concentrates the attention on the car and the men.
Regards, José.