Luxtorpeda – a popular name of the famous Polish railcar from the 1930s.
Fablok Luxtorpeda at Zakopane station (1930s)
Austro-Daimler Luxtorpeda at Kraków station (1930s)
Fablok Luxtorpeda on the way to Zakopane (1930s)
Model of the Luxtorpeda at the Warsaw Railway Museum
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 Fabryka Lokomotyw, among others as the company's telegraphic address. It is now named "BUMAR - FABLOK S.A.". Fablok is located in the town of Chrzanów in Lesser Poland. As of 2009, Fablok no longer builds new locomotives.
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.