Posted 10 years ago
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(2304 items)
- Republic of Poland / Postage Stamps / "Pafawag Traincars"
- Issued September 18, 1985 / Collector Issues (cancelled) original gum
- Scott# 2694 / Denomination: (5) zloty / "Pafawag Boxcar"
- Scott# 2695 / Denomination: (10) zloty / "Pafawag 201 E Locomotive"
- Scott# 2696 / Denomination: (17) zloty / "Pafawag Two-Axle Coal Car"
** Pafawag (Panstwowa Fabryka Wagonow) (English: National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wroclaw. The factory opened in 1833 as Linke-Hofmann-Werke, Breslau, and became one of the major production centers for rolling stock in Europe. After the end of the Second World War much of the factory had been destroyed, and the city of Breslau became part of Poland.
In 1953 the factory was renamed Pafawag Rolling Stock Company and introduced the EP-02, the first Polish electric locomotive after World War II. -- The company was bought by Bombardier Transportation in 2001 and the Wroclaw plant was merged with another Bombardier plant based in Lodz to form Bombardier Transportation Polska Sp. z o.o.
- The current plant manufacturers the bodyshells of Bombardier locomotives as well as other sub-components for the Bombardier Transportation group.
