Program
Everything will begin at noon with a ceremonial ride of the TKt48-18 steam locomotive - the main star and attraction of the picnic - on the Steam Locomotive Route.
Later a short presentation of the locomotive will take place on a railway turntable. During the weekend, it will be possible to take a ride in a train set pulled by the locomotive across the siding area of the Museum. It will also be an opportunity to meet those who took part in the repair of the locomotive. The Museum also plans to organise an exhibition "Railroad transport yesterday and today". Historic steam locomotives will be presented together with the rolling stock that is used on Polish railroads nowadays. Around 4.00 p.m., a blues music concert will take place in the stylish interior of the former locomotive shed.
Opening hours of the Museum:
Summer season (May-September)every day from 10:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m.
Entrance ticket to the Museumadults: 11.00 PLN/person*children and school-age youth: 9.00 PLN/persongroup ticket (minimum 8 persons): 10.00 PLN/person
The price of the ticket includes independent sightseeing of the exhibition of the rolling stock gathered in the railway siding area of the Museum and the locomotive shed.
TKt48-18 steam locomotive
The TKt48-18 locomotive was produced as part of the "first series” in the Józef Stalin Metal Plant in Poznań in 1951. It has the manufacturer’s factory number 1544. The locomotive is fitted with a steam boiler made in the Boiler & Mechanical Equipment Plant in Sosnowiec in 1955. In 1995, the locomotive was transferred to the Open-Air Museum of Steam Locomotives in Jaworzyna Śląska, where it fell into ruin after its withdrawal from use. In 2006, it was subjected to a major repair and returned to railway tracks of Lower Silesia. The locomotive is used for organising occasional retro rides and film productions, such as “Afonia i Pszczoły” (Afonia and the Bees) – a film by Jan Jakub Kolski from 2006 or “Letnie Przesilenie” (Summer Solstice) – a film by Michał Rogalski from 2013.
On the 23rd of September 2013, a major repair of the Jaworzyna steam locomotive began, including, among others, a replacement of essential parts of the locomotive boiler and a repair of the locomotive running gear. Part of the works was financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
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