STEAM SAFARY/ RAILFAN TOURS

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STEAM SAFARI/ RAILFAN TOURS

"The variety of the railway is the key to the variety of our tours …"

This page can be of interest for the railway fans of still alive steam locos; for the railway photographers; for fans of narrow gauge lines and locomotives; for historic tram lovers;at last for fans of industrial railways and works;for pathfinders of unexplored railway lines. These trips take place by the comfortable charter "Dzherelo" train with a great variety of the railway technics and the enterprises visited.

Here you can find enclosed only a few such programmes. Each year they get renewed on the clients request. We will be glad to hear your vergion of the programme which can be something special for you, for your club or tourist company. Contact us: e-mail:dzherelo@alfacom.net

First of all the list of steam locos we provide with 2001 programme:

And narroe guage (750 mm.) : GR – 3 locos,K-159, Kv-4, on the NG lines.

TOUR  009

STEAM LOCO TOUR

7.03 - arrival with Warsaw train. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train

8.03 - narrow gauge line Gaivoron-Roodnitsa (750 mm) with n/g steam loco GR (0-4-0) N228. Depot Gaivoron

9.03 - Vapnyarka-Khristinovka with steam loco FD (2-10-2) N20-2714. Depot Khristinovka

10.03 - Vinnitsa-Gretchany with steam loco SO (2-10-0) N17-4371. Depot and miseum in Gretchany

11.03 - Ternopol-Tchertkov with stean loco L (2-10-0) N 3535. Depot Ternopol and Tchertkov

12.03 - Tchertkov-Kolomiya with steam locos L N 3535 + Er (0-10-0) N 797-86. Depot Kolomiya, shunting with steam loco "b" (0-4-0)T N 2137

13.03 - Gelyatin-Rakhov with steam loco Em (0-10-0) N 735-72

14.03 - Rakhov-Delyatin with steam loco Su (2-6-2) N 251-56

15.03 - Kovel-Sarny with steam loco P36 (4-8-4) N 0064

16.03 - arrival in Kiev approx. at 7.00, at 7.45 - departure by train for Berlin (all flights are later on).
 

TOUR  010

TO RUSSIA AND UKRAINE BY STEAM LOCOS

15.03 - arrival in Kiev. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train. Transfer to Donetzk

16.03 -arrival to Donetzk. Visit museum of transport, loco depot, Ov plinthed. Komendantskiy reserve. Overnight transfer to Russia border at Likhaya

17.03 - FD20-1562. Likhaya - Morozovskaya-Likhaya-Bataisk

18.03 - SU250-64 (or S017-2724) Bataisk-AtamarinZernograd-Salsk, visit loco depot.
Transfer to Tikhorezk

19.03 - P36-0218. Tikhorezk-Kavkazskaya-Rassevatka-Stavropol, visit local r/w club.Svetlograd, visit depot. Transfer to Kavkazskaya

20.03 - LV-0333. Visit loco depot. Double-headed with P36-0218 to Tikhoretsk. Visit loco depot. Return to Bataisk. Depart for Rostov West, visit museum.

21.03 - P36-0218. Visit electric-loco repair works, children railway with Gr-185. Transfer to Novocherkask, visit electric loco building works. Transfer to Rostov. Steam off and normal loco on for journey into Ukraine

22.03 - Arrival to Volnovakhaya. Visit depot. Steam loco Er 0-10-0 to Kamish Zatya-Fedorovka, visit reserve at Kamish-Zarya. Overnight to Kiev

23.03 -Arrival in Kiev. Transfer to airport.

TOUR  011

UKRAINE - A GRAND STEAM RAILTOUR AT EASTER

22.03 - arrival in Kiev. Transfer to "Slavutich" hotel. Accommodation. Welcome dinner at the hotel restaurant

23.03 - sightseeing Kiev. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train, transfer to Vapnyarka

24.03 - FD 2-10-2 transfer to Zyatkovtsy with 5-6 runpasts. Overnight transfer to Tchertkov

25.03 - L 2-10-0 transfer to Chernovtsy, visit loco depot, transfer to Kolomiya with diesel

26.03 - Freight train trip across the Carpathian mountains Kolomiya-Delyatin-Rakhov.
Delyatin-Rakhov section with a mixed train + Er + Em with 10 runpasts

27.03 - Rakhov-Delyatin with Su backed by Er + Em with 6-7 runpasts

28.03 - Chervonograd-Lvov with LV 2-10-2 with 3 or 4 runpasts. Sightseeing programme in Lvov, ride the historic tram and visit both loco dep[ots. Overnight transfer to Kovel

29.03 (Good Friday) - Kovel-Sarny with double haulage P36 0050- P36 0064, 7-8 runpasts

30.03 - Sarny-Korosten with double haulage P36, 7 runpasts

31.03 (Easter Sunday) - Korosten-Zhitomir with 0-10-0 SO or YEA,g6-6 runpasts

01.04 (Easter Monday) - Transfer to Kiev. Programme in Kiev (metro system, funicular railway, tram charter rides. Optional visit to Opera house for evening performance.

02.04 - Free time in Kiev. Transfer to airport.

TOUR 012

"IGE BAHNTOURISTIK" IN UKRAINE"

11.05, Saturday - arrival in Kiev. Sightseeing. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train.
Overnight transfer to Tchvetkovo.

12.05, Sunday - arrival to Tchvetkovo, visit steam loco & diesel reserve. Transfer to Khristinovka with FD, runpasts, visit loco depot.

13.05, Monday - Transfer to Vapnyarka with Su, runpasts. Overnight transfer with electric loco to Shepetovka

14.05, Tuesday - arrival to Shepetovka, visit  loco depot. Transfer with freight train  plus one passenger car with SO to Gretchany, runpasts. Visit loco depot and r/w museum in Gretchany. Overnight transfer to Kolomiya

15.05, Wednesday - visit the Kolomiya loco depot. Transfer to the Carpathian mountains with Er + Em Kolomiya-Delyatin-Rakhov, runpasts. Overnight in Rakhov.
Night photo of steam locos Er, Em, L.

16.05, Thursday -transfer through the Carpathian mountains with three steam locos L + Er + Em, runpasts. Overnight transfer Delyatin-Kolomiya-Tchernovtsy with diesel

17.05, Friday - arrival to Tchernovtsy, visit loco depot. Transfer to Tchertkov with L. Su, Er with runpasts and super runpast via the Dnestr river. Overnight transfer to Ternopol-Gretchany-Zmerinka-Kazatin-Kiev with diesel and electric loco. Farewell banquet

18.05, Saturday - arrival in Kiev. Visit Darnitsa depot. Bus transfer to airport. Flight home.

TOUR 013

TO THE EASTERN UKRAINE BY COMFORTABLE "DZHERELO" TRAIN AND STEAM LOCOS

15.06, Saturday - arrival in Kiev. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train. Welcome dinner.
Overnight transfer to Tchernigov

16.06, Sunday - arrival in Tchernigov, bus sightseeing. Visit loco depot and steam loco reserve. Steam loco L transfer to Bakhmach. Overnight transfer to Khristinovka

17.06, Monday - Visit loco depot. Steam loco FD transfer to Tchvetkovo, visit reserve (Er and SO). Overnight transfer to Nikolaev

18.06, Tuesday - Tram sightseeing, visit loco depot, tram depot, ship building enterprise. Overnight transfer to Apostolovo

19.06, Thursday - Transfer Apostolovo-Dnepropetrovsk South with Er, runpasts.
Overnight transfer to Lugansk

20.06, Wednesday - Visit tram depot. Tram/bus sightseeing Lugansk with visit diesel repairing works. Overnight transfer to Donetsk

21.06, Friday -Visit the railway museum, children r/w, tram depot. Tram transfer between the mine waste banks. Farewell dinner. Overnight transfer to Kiev

22.06, Saturday - arrival in Kiev. Accommodation "Rus" hotel. Visit Kievo Pecherskaya Lavra. Transfer to airport. Flight home.

TOUR 014

RAILWAY TOUR TO BALTIC COUNTRIES AND KALININGRAD REGION (RUSSIA)

25.06, Tuesday - Accommodation "Dzherelo" train. Sightseeing Kaliningrad. Transfer to Pionerskiy Kurort-Primorsk-Novyy Baltiysk-Kaliningrad Severnyy

26.06, Wednesday - Transfer to Polessk-Sovetsk-Pagegiai (Lit)-Silute-Klaioeda-Skuodas-Liepaja (Lv)

27.06, Thursday - Free time in Liepaja (tram). Transfer to Alsunga-Ventspils 1, visit narrow-gauge line, fish-men museum. Transfer to Ventspils 1-Riga Pass

28.06, Friday - arrival in Riga, visit tram depot, tram museum

29.06, Saturday - Sightseeing by retro tram. Visit the locomotive building works. Transfer to Parnu-Tallin

30.06, Sunday - Arrival in Tallin. Programme in Tallin

01.07, Monday - Free time in Tallin. Transfer to Ipiki (LV)- Puikule-Saulkrasti-Riga-Daugavpils

02.07, Tuesday - Daugavpils-Sapeliai (Lit), visit the narrow gauge r/w,, visit loco depot
Transfer to Panevezys-Petrasiuai. Farewell dinner at "Dzherelo" train

03.07, Wednesday - Visit the narrow gauge museum in Siauliai. Transfer to Kaunas.

TOUR 015

CRIMEA STEAM EXPRESS II

19.09, Thursday - Arrival in Kiev. Accommodation "Dzherelo" train. Transfer to Tsvetkovo with two Su steam locos. Welcome dinner

20.09, Friday - visit loco reserve (Er class). Transfer to Pomoshnaya with two Su, visit loco depot and city tour. Transfer to Rakhovka with two Su

21.09, Saturday - Transfer to Odessa with FD+SO. Accommodation the "Black Sea" hotel. Evening visit the Opera House

22.09, Sunday - Sightseeing. Transfer to Nikolaev with FD+SO. Nikolaev-Ostryakovo - with two Er

23.09, Monday - Transfer to Evpatoria with two Er. Sightseeing with a meter-gauge tram. Tranfer to Sevastopol. Accommodation Sevastopol hotel

24.09, Tuesday - Sightseeing. Transfer to Balaklava with Er, the scene of the "charge of the light brigade". Bus transfer to Yalta, accommodation the "Oreanda" hotel

25.09, Wednesday - Enjoy town and optional town tour, followed by a cruise on the Black Sea. After lunch visit to the Massandra Winery for wine tasting

26.09, Thursday - Visit the Livadia Palace, the place of the historic Yalta conference 4-11 September 1945. Bus transfer to Sevastopol, Depart with two magnificent P36. the pinnacle of Soviet steam power. Transfer to Lozovaya.

27.09, Friday - Two P36 haulage to Poltava. Accommodation hotel. Sightseeing

28.09, Saturday - Depart for Shors with two P36. Visit loco depot and reserve Transfer to Nezhin with two L

29.09, Sunday - Arrival in Kiev with two L. Enjoy a city tour, farewell lunch. Bus transfer to airport for flight home.