Fablok is a Polish manufacturer of locomotives, based in Chrzanów. Until 1947 the official name was First Factory of Locomotives in Poland Ltd., Fablok being a widely used syllabic abbreviation of Fab
Fablok SM42-610 locomotive
Steam locomotive 52.855, built in 1944 by the Oberschlesische Lokomotivwerke Krenau
Group photo of Fablok employees celebrating the production of Indian locomotive class WP #5000, in 1959.
Klemens Stefan Sielecki was a Polish engineer and technical director of the first Polish Locomotive Factory Fablok in Chrzanów in the post-war years until 1964.
Fablok
…built under license from Metropolitan-Vickers. In 1935–1936, Fablok produced five Luxtorpedas (fast railcars) for PKP under the guidance of engineer Klemens Stefan Sielecki. They were based on the Austro-Daimler's design, but substantially modified. Two experimental fast steam locomotives were built in 1937. One of them…
Klemens Stefan Sielecki (1940's)
Klemens Stefan Sielecki at the age of 22 during his studies at Lwów Polytechnic (1925)