SP45 and SU45 – no longer in use

Many SP45s and SU45s can be found at various depots; although formally not written off and included in PKP rosters, they haven’t seen any service for a long time and the fate of most of them seems doomed.

SP45-015 (HCP 017/1971) in a very poor condition, photographed at the Gdynia Grabówek depot on May 31, 2005.

Derelict SU45-013 (HCP 015/1971), Warszawa Odolany depot, March 15, 2004; this locomotive probably has already been scrapped.

SU45-052 (HCP 054/1973)...

...and SU45-074 (HCP 076/1973), photographed at the Kamieniec Ząbkowicki depot on May 4, 2006.

SU45-242 (HCP 244/1976)...

...SU45-249 (HCP 251/1976)...

...and SU45-062 (HCP 064/1973), photographed at the Czeremcha depot on June 2, 2006...

...and forming a part of the lineup of six withdrawn SU45s.

 SU45-036, photographed at the Węgliniec depot on July 16, 2008.

Czeremcha depot again: SU45-030 (HCP 032/1972), July 24, 2009.

The same locomotive, photographed during the next visit to Czeremcha on July 17, 20111…

…together with four other: SU45-060…

…SU45-027…

…SU45-243…

…and SU45-242.

Some photos from my collection. SP45-110, Olsztyn, July 23, 1999 (photo by M.Plewka)…

… and two more, photographed on the same occasion: SP45-065…

…and SP45-072 (authorship not confirmed).

Two photos taken at the Kamieniec Ząbkowicki depot on May 3, 1997: SP45-153 (with ST43-172)…

…and SP45-177.

SP45-234, Zbąszynek, August 21, 1998 (photo by Rafał Roskosz)…

…and SU45-176, photographed on the same occasion.

SP45-009, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki depot, date unknown (photo by M.Plewka).

SU45-043, location and date unknown.

Withdrawn, but still in good condition: SU45-215, Grudziądz depot, November 19, 2009. Photo by Sławomir Fedorowicz (from my collection).