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• Afyon Eğirdir
• Konya

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Afyon - Eğirdir

57005 at Karakuyu 8 March 1977. Arriving at the junction station of Karakuyu we find a 2-10-2 awaiting a banker before heading up the hill towards Dinar

57005 at Karakuyu 8 March 1977. A strong northerly wind spoilt this shot but gives the viewer an idea of the location of this lonely junction

Banker at Karakuyu 8 March 1977. Difficult to identify the banker but I believe it was a 0-10-0

57005 and banker at Karakuyu 8 March 1977. And heading away towards the summit tunnel

56509 at Dinar 8 March 1977. My only picture at Dinar, a Kriegslok heading east I think. Another early numbered loco with smoke deflectors, could it be that only the early ones were so fitted?

General view of Eğirdir 8 March 1977. One of the main aims of this year trip was to get the Eğirdir viaduct picture. This is the train leaving the station. Between the train and us was an army camp so we didn't investigate the station area until the following day after we had the next shot in the bag.

General view of Eğirdir 8 March 1977. Some twenty or so minutes after leaving Eğirdir (15-30) the train has completed a huge loop to appear a few hundred feet above the station

44000 crossing viaduct Eğirdir 8 March 1977. Perhaps the best location in the whole of Turkey

Another ex Prussian 0-8-0 leaving Eğridir with the weekly train to Gümüşgün. 8 March 1977

44069 at Gümüşgün 8 March 1977. An 0-8-0 resting in the late afternoon light

44069 at Gümüşgün 8 March 1977. Close up detail of the 0-8-0

44069 at Gümüşgün 8 March 1977. And a different departure shot

44069 near Gümüşgün 8 March 1977. Last two pictures of the day and the local heads away from Gümüşgün

Sunset near Gümüşgün. 8 March 1977

44069 near Gümüşgün 8 March 1977. The end of a good day photography

44018 heads south away from Karakuyu. 9 March 1977

44000 near Gümüşgün 9 March 1977. Starting the next morning in the same area as the previous day.

Former Prussian G8 0-8-0 near Keçiborlu. 9 March 1977

44000 ex Prussian G8 0-8-0 heading for Karakuyu near Keçiborlu. 9 March 1977

44000 near Keçiborlu 9 March 1977. Yet another 0-8-0 of German origin.

55044 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. One of the few 0-10-0s that we saw on line working climbs up the hill from Karakuyu towards Dinar

55044 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. I must have been fit in those days because this is the same train nearing the tunnel at what I assume is the summit of the climb

55044 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. Nearer picture after the previous one

55044 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. And the rear three quarters picture of the train approaching the tunnel

44018 + 57000 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. An overloaded eastbound working had to await the assistance of the loco off a westbound working to help it climb away from Karakuyu towards Gümüşgün. Looking at the exhausts it looks as though they are pulling in opposite directions.

44018 + 57000 near Karakuyu 9 March 1977. A big train completely dwarfed by the snow dusted hill behind

44018 near Keçiborlu 9 March 1977. The first of a sequence of three as the train rushes through a small rock cutting

44018 near Keçiborlu 9 March 1977.

44018 near Keçiborlu 9 March 1977. And the last of the trio

44069 at Gümüşgün 9 March 1977. At Gümüşgün we find another 0-8-0 preparing its train for departure to Burdur

44069 at Gümüşgün 9 March 1977. And eventually sets off

44069 near Gümüşgün 9 March 1977. Quite a good sized train for a little branch line

44069 on the Burdur branch 9 March 1977. With Lake Burdur as the backdrop the train drifts down the branch

44069 on the Burdur branch 9 March 1977. Third and last picture on the Burdur branch before we turned round and went looking for 44018 again

44018 at Eğirdir 9 March 1977. And we finally found it on the approaches to Eğirdir

44018 at Eğirdir 9 March 1977. A quaint little station with an overall roof

44018 at Eğirdir 9 March 1977. Since the departure was not until the following day, we decided to head east. Does anyone know if the loco stayed at Eğirdir overnight or did it return light engine to somewhere else?

Konya

56157 on Konya shed 10 March 1977. We move east now to Konya for a brief look at the roundhouse and a 2-10-0

56514 + 56137 on Konya shed 10 March 1977. Two more 2-10-0s catching the weak sun

56157 + 56514 + 56137 on Konya shed 10 March 1977. And a third view of the locos round the turntable.

46053 at Konya 10 March 1977. One of the big 2-8-2 Henschel built locos from 1937

34015 at Konya 10 March 1977. The only other picture taken at Konya depot before we decided to stop pushing our luck was this 1911 built 2-6-0 by Borsig