This year we broke all records in the number of renovation works and repairs of buildings in the Shed. During summer first repairs were conducted on the roundhouse roof above stands 1 to 3 (sponsored by National Heritage Ministry) and 7 to 9 (sponsored by the Łódź Voivodship Conservationist’s Office). Since mid-November, company Marbudex completes the repairs of the last 300 square meters of the roof above stands 4 to 6. This stage of repairs was possible thanks to the generous support of the taxpayers who offered their 1% of income tax to PARE as well as the City Council of Skierniewice which offered 50000 PLN to complete the required works.

The new calendar of events in Skierniewice Shed for 2015 is ready! We intend to keep the arrangements introduced in 2014:

• The duration of Open Days (starting 2^nd May 2015) will be held one hour longer – Engine Shed will be open to visitors till 3:00 PM and the last guided tour will start at 2:00 PM.
• The Railway Night of Museums (16^th May 2015) will be held till midnight.
• Evenings in the Shed will take place irregularly – according to the availability of organizers and speakers – and will start at 8:00 PM.
• Due to the weather conditions in November, the exhibition of contemporary rolling stock will take place during the Children Day.
• We are also planning to celebrate the 170^th anniversary of Warsaw-Vienna Railroad. Main events will take place in mid-June. Further details will be provided soon.

We reserve the right to change the schedule of the events.

Traditionally, we invited our fans to celebrate the Railwayman Day in Skieniewice Shed on the Saturday closest to this holiday (this year on 22^nd November). We prepared attractions for all our guest – tourists, as well as the retired employees of Skierniewice’s Shed. A part of the event was the exhibition of contemporary rolling stock – diesel engine class SM31-088 from PKP Cargo, catenary maintenance train of type PS.00-23 from PKP Energetyka and emergency service vehicle “Unimog” from PKP PLK.

At 12 o’clock a special event took place – battery shunter AEG 4184 from 1928 was presented for the first time to the public after its renovation sponsored and carried out by Warsaw Trams.

As each year, we were visited by the pupils of Elementary School № 4 and scouts.

Thanks to one of our visitor – the owner of YouTube channel Filmy Mariusza – those who could not visit us can have a glimpse at the events on this day.

In the afternoon a meeting for retired employees of the Shed took place.

On this day we were visited by 230 people, closing the 2014 tourist season with a total of 6100 visitors. Some of our guests took the opportunity to travel back home free of charge thanks to the special offer provided by Przewozy Regionalne. Catering was provided by Atmosfera pizza house.

A service for railwaymen’s benefit took place on Sunday, 23rd November at 12.30AM in St. Jacob’s Church in Skierniewice.

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On 25^th November fall the day of the patron saint of the railwaymen – St. Catherine of Alexandria. From this occasion we would like to invite our fans to visit the Skierniewice Shed during the Special Open Day on Saturday, 22^nd November, from 11.00AM to 2.00PM

Programme

• 11.00AM to 2.00PM – exhibition of the contemporary track repairs rolling stock, exhibition of railway traffic and safety devices
• 12.00AM to 12.45AM – presentation of the two new exhibits from the PARE collection
• Starting 1.30PM – meeting for retired railwaymen (private event).

Free admission!

We would like to remind that during this open day, due to the ongoing roof repairs, there will be no sightseeing of the roundhouse’s interior.

Catering for the visitors will be provided by Atmosfera pizza house.

Przewozy Regionalne has prepared a special deal for all the visitors of Skierniewice Engine Shed on that day. One can travel back on this day to his departure point without a charge after having the one way ticket stamped with the stamp of PARE (more info at the entrance to the Shed).

A service for railwaymen’s benefit will take place on Sunday, 23^rd November at 12.30AM in St. Jacob’s Church in Skierniewice.

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The collecting group: M. Balicka, J. Kurowska Ciechańska, A. Karczmarczyk – SKM , J. Kaźmierczak , P. Mierosławski, M. Moczulski, A. Paszke, W. Sitkiewicz – WKD.
Fot. G. Moczulski

During the two days of the 40^th collection at Old Powązki Cemetery, devoted to save the monuments of this necropolis, more than 245 thousand złotys was gathered. The collection was held by 250 volunteers –  6 of them were members of PARE and invited guests from SKM and Warsaw Commuter Railway (WKD). This collecting group was the most distinctive – each of the collectors was dressed in historical railway uniforms. The collection lasted from 10.00 o’clock till dusk on the All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Traditionally, one could find us by the restored grave of engineer Stanisław Wysocki, the builder of the Warsaw-Vienna railroad.

Collectors were visited by the President of the Committee of Powązki Restoration, J. Kisielewski.
Fot. J. Brykowska

Offerings were also collected to the money box by the grave of Jerzy Waldorff, the originator of the collection. Thanks to his efforts, over the 40 years more than 1300 historical graves were restored.

After the collection, Marek Moczulski and Maria Balicka were interviewed by the Radio RDC.