Regional Rail Express - 10: Jibou (50 p.)

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ronik24

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Hi,



To the previous part of the series:
Regional Rail Express - 9: Valea lui Mihai (50 p.)
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum...nal-rail-express-9-valea-lui-mihai-50-p.13631


Videos for this part:




July 30 2018

I arrived from Baia Mare at Ulmeni Sălaj. 641 363 departed with IR 1746 Baia Mare - Bucharest punctually at 5:48 a.m. in slight morning fog.
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R 4043 Jibou - Baia Mare was met here. The class 76 DMU - a modernized former German DB class 614 - departed punctually as well, at 5:51 a.m.
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The sun rose above the layer of mist coming from Someș River. Ulmeni (German: Ulmendorf, Hungarian: Sülelmed) nowadays is part of Maramureș region - like Baia Mare - , but historically belongs to Sălaj district, in Hungarian: Szilágy.
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I expected the departure of R 4045 Jibou - Baia Mare at 6:37: Sulzer 620 741 accelerated hauling three carriages (departure on video at minute 6:25).
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Moon and wagon weighbridge were passed.
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The herd of cattle sadly came by the level crossing two minutes too early.
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I walked past lovely houses towards the Someș bridge.
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At the level crossing of Strada Petre Dulfu, I finally caught some cows being led to graze alongside the road by a gentleman on folding bike.
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The railway bridge to the right, to the left the road led to a car ferry currently being replaced by a new road bridge.
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The ferrymen were busy in morning traffic - but will soon be jobless...
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Pedestrians and cyclists chose the railway bridge anyway.
The first sleeper train was scheduled to arrive at 8:01, seasonal IRN 1945 from the Black Sea town of Mangalia to Baia Mare and Satu Mare. I placed the external microphone for video in a bag on the ground and waited for the train at the level crossing. Suddenly, two young German shepherds ran across the tracks and in a flash one had the strap of the microphone bag in its mouth. To the amusement of some locals in the distance, I quickly grabbed the video tripod and ran after them. Luckily, these were timid juvenile dogs and soon let the bag drop so everything could be recovered. I missed R 4042 to Jibou, then the IRN approached hauled by GM 65-1300 still sporting the old numbering scheme.
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I picked up my thankfully still complete luggage and explored Ulmeni, including its church with wooden tower.
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Daily IRN 1641 Bucharest - Baia Mare was supposed to arrive at 8:50 a.m. Why were the waiting passengers disappointed upon arrival of RE 4096 Baia Mare - Jibou at 9:30? Well: probably they did not have access to http://appiris.infofer.ro/MyTrainRO.aspx which would have told them that IRN 1641 was an hour late, the only connection to principal city Baia Mare until noon.
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The question: would RE 4096 wait here? I had planned to take it to Jibou.
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There was no passing loop for the next ten minutes before reaching Benesat. And really, we stayed put until 9:49 when the sleeper train finally arrived. In the meantime, I had taken a seat inside the Desiro DMU and found a creative perspective for the meeting.
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After ten o'clock, we had arrived at Jibou junction (Audio pronounciation can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibou ), now in Sălaj district with nearby capital Zalău.

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Double Desiro IR 1545 arrived at 10:19 from Satu Mare. My train RE 4096 from Baia Mare was coupled to it and continued ten minutes later as triple composition to Dej and Cluj.
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A former German class 628 in old livery was stabled at the depot, ex GDR "Ferkeltaxe" railbuses stood further to the back. R 4451 from Zalău Nord arrived as a Desiro - now I was of the opinion that the railbuses probably were not in scheduled service any more.
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I purchased "Rom"-icecream and drinks at the nearby petrol station supermarket, then boarded the 11:55 R 4047 double Desiro towards Baia Mare. My destination: Benesat.
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I planned a hike up the hill above the rocks in the background but could relax for two hours in the shade before that - better than running around in 90 degree heat.
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At three o'clock, I had this view of the village with two churches - at least one brand new - and a freight train which just had arrived from Jibou.
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Beautiful Romania: nature is often all around you.
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Clouds were forming - showers had been predicted that afternoon - , but IRN 1944 Satu Mare - Mangalia arrived on time at 3:45 p.m. in sunlight.
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The panorama: Someș River breaking through the hills at the Maramureș / Sălaj border to the left and flowing along the background. Lakes with sand or gravel pits in the centre, Benesat and the plain towards Jibou to the right.
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The semaphore signal was set to clear, the IRN stopped as scheduled at 3:47.
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Half an hour late - out of some reason the express had overtaken it at Ulmeni - R 4044 to Jibou returned as the loco-hauled composition at 3:59 p.m.
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Lorries constantly went back and forth between the pits and the station.
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I walked downhill past the cemetery.
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And caught R 4092 to Jibou.
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Back at the station in time, as showers came while the gravel train was loaded by a wheeled loader.
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R 4046 arrived punctually from Baia Mare at 5:25 in sunlight as it rained in the background.
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We waited to meet R 4097 to Baia Mare in the rain, then continued to Jibou with partially open doors.
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A view at the DMU returning to the depot from the hazienda-like, large station building of Jibou.
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The following images were taken by compact camera only, some are Ultra HD video screenshots.

My sleeper train was supposed to arrive at seven, but wait - a local train came shortly before: finally, a "Ferkeltaxe" at 6:50 p.m. as R 4423 from Dej Călători!
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New UIC-number on a rusty front - at least the sides looked better.
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Panoramic function of the compact camera.
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The "Ferkeltaxe" accelerated towards the depot.
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This required reversing twice.
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My IR 1642 towards Bucharest approached at 7 o'clock sharp and provided the perfect video scene together with the railbus entering the depot.
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Already 15 hours on the road, I was looking forward to a single sleeper compartment. Luckily all windows had been opened.
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During the ride, the temperature was quite convenient, in the evening it became cooler.
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We punctually awaited IR 1745 Bucharest - Baia Mare at the first station from Jibou towards Dej, Surduc Sălaj. All comfortably captured from my compartment.
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We continued into the evening towards...
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... Someș River, which we followed in daylight to Dej. After the change to electric engine, I soon went to sleep as it would be quite an early start again next day...
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