Elegant livery, clean inscriptions – In this nearly twenty-year-old photo, it seems like we see a completely different vehicle. The 1000 Series Malaxa railcars belonged to Depot Arad for decades and could have been seen on any of the railway lines around Arad. At the turn of the millennium, there were no private companies operating rail services, and Romania’s entire railway network was run by state-owned CFR vehicles. During this period, many people still traveled on the regional network around Arad and Timișoara, so during peak hours, locomotive-hauled trains consisting of traditional passenger cars were in operation. Railcars were primarily used in the late morning hours in the opposite direction to the main passenger flows. The 1017/1019 pair in the photo arrived from Arad, and after a short rest, they are heading back to Arad from the Valcani terminus. Next to the motor car is Romania’s iconic passenger car, the 1310 Dacia, a modernized version of the Dacia 1300, which was based on the Renault 12 design. (Valcani, Romania, 3 June 2005, 10:41 EET)