The CFF Viseu de Sus (Mocanita Viseu de Sus) 87-0032-0 seen at Novicior

Novicior used to have a short branch line up a side-valley of the Vas-ér (Vaser). Now only some short spurs remain. As the track is facing-point uphill it was fairly complicated to put a set of empty trucks on the spurs, especially since the passenger cars were directly behind the locomotive. It would have been simpler to set out the logging cars on the way back but the train was way too heavy anyway, so getting rid of all weight as soon as possible was a priority. The locomotive slipped and stalled a number of times until this point and as we got deeper into the mountains and the slope of the river became greater, even with reduced weight, it happened a number of times. There were points where we had to push back a little to gain momentum.