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More Czech Pictures Added - April 2008
11/06/08 17:02
The remaining pictures from my April 2008 Czech trip have been added to the photo galleries. These cover diesel worked lines in the north of the country, notably Sumperk - Jesenik, Jaromer - Trutnov and Liberec - Zawidow.

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Hanusovice - Sumperk/Zabreh photos,
Hanusovice - Jesenik photos,
Lipova Lazne - Javornik photos,
Liberec - Turnov photos,
Jaromer - Trutnov photos,
Liberec - Cernousy photos,
Liberec - Ceska Lipa photos,
Czech Pictures Added - April 2008
18/05/08 18:56
These pictures are from the first part of my April 2008 Czech trip and include new galleries covering the Ostrava - Valasske Mezirici and Olomouc - Sumperk lines as well as additions to the Brno - Jihlava, Zdar nad Sazavou - Tisnov and Brno - Veseli nad Moravou galleries. Pictures from the other lines visited will be added later.

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Brno - Jihlava photo gallery
Zdar nad Sazavou - Tisnov photo gallery
Brno - Veseli nad Moravou photo gallery
Ostrava - Valasske Mezirici photo gallery
Olomouc - Sumperk photo gallery

Czech Trip Report (A Bagful of Brejlovics) - April 2008
30/04/08 10:52
The main aim of this 20-day trip was to fill in some gaps in my coverage of Czech diesel worked lines. In the event. I couldn't resist revisiting some old favourites as well. My travels took me to the Brno area then on to Ostrava for class 754s, to the Jesenik line for class 749s, 751s and old railcars, more 754s around Trutnov and finally the 753 hauled freights around Liberec.

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Czech Pictures Added - Sept/Oct 2007
04/11/07 19:11
Pictures from my recent Czech trips added to the following photo galleries:

032 Jaromer - Trutnov
037 Liberec - Cernousy
140 Karlovy Vary - Chomutov
210 Praha - Dobris / Cercany
301 Olomouc - Nezamyslice
Czech Trip - Czech Miscellany - Sept/Oct 2007
20/10/07 16:14
This report covers a two week photographic trip to the Czech Republic in autumn 2007, visiting four rather different diesel and electric lines across the country. I started with the loco hauled weekend trains on the scenic line from Praha to Cercany before moving on to Olomouc where some old class 141 electrics are enjoying a new lease of life. Next on the agenda was the Jaromer - Trutnov line with its diesel hauled fast passengers. The trip ended with an old favourite, the Karlovy Vary - Chomutov line, my first visit there since electrification.

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Czech Trip - Swimming with Goggles - September 2007
12/09/07 23:45
Class 753 diesels disappeared from most parts of the Czech system several years ago but Liberec depot has kept a handful in service for working freights on the scenic line to Zawidow in Poland. This report covers a short trip to the area in late summer 2007.

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Czech Trip - Mezimesti & Trutnov Lines - June 2007
07/07/07 10:45
It had been a couple of years since I’d visited the Tyniste nad Orlici – Mezimesti line in the north of the Czech Republic but an increase in the number of freight trains prompted a return visit in June 2007. There was also the opportunity for a first visit to the nearby Jaromer – Trutnov line, which now has regular loco hauled fast passenger trains and turned out to have a lot of photographic potential. The weather wasn't brilliant so there aren't too many photos this time round.

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Mezimesti photos
Trutnov photos
More Czech Pictures
02/06/07 11:12
Pictures from the Letohrad - Lichkov, Dolni Lipka - Hanusovice and Hanusovice - Jesenik in April 2007 added to the photo galleries.

Line 021 Letohrad - Lichkov photos
Line 025 Dolni Lipka - Hanusovice photos
Line 292 Hanusovice - Jesenik photos
Czech Trip - Diesels in the Northern Hills - April 2007
06/05/07 09:40
A final visit to the scenic Letohrad - Lichkov line before electrification work started. This was one of the few routes left with diesel hauled heavy freight traffic and recent vegetation clearance had made it a real photographic treat. Four days were also spent on the splendid Hanusovice - Jesenik line, which has seen a resurgence of loco haulage this year.

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Czech Trip - Moravian Murk - February 2007
27/02/07 21:24
This report describes a short spur-of-the-moment trip to the Czech Republic. The intention was to spend 3 days on the Brno - Jihlava line, a route with a reasonable level of locomotive haulage, nice scenery and plenty of open locations suitable for low winter sunshine. In the event there was no sun so most of the time was spent travelling around.

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Czech Trip - Return to Ramzova - August 2006
23/08/06 22:47
The Hanusovice – Jesenik line in Northern Moravia is a gem of a railway running over the hills just south of the Czech / Polish border. As well as the excellent scenery there are several loco hauled passengers, regular visits by a couple of classes of vintage railcar and one of the most spectacular diesel freight operations it has been my privilege to witness for a long time.

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Hanusovice - Jesenik photos
Czech Trip - A Pomeranc in Praha - June 2006
29/06/06 18:06
Praha is the hub of the Czech rail system and sees a variety of classes working heavy freight and passenger traffic on the electrified main lines radiating from the city. A few less heavily trafficked lines are still diesel worked and see some loco haulage. The capital's main station, Hlavni Nadrazi boasts an impressive overall roof and there are pleasant photographic locations on a number of lines in the greater Praha area. This report describes a photographic trip to the city in late June 2006.

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Praha photos
Kladno - Rakovnik photos
Czech Trip - Ceska Trebova - June 2006
16/06/06 23:55
This report covers a short trip to Ceska Trebova from 07 to 11 June 2006. This is one of the Czech Republic's major rail centres, located at the junction of the electrified main lines from Praha (Prague) to the major cities of Brno and Ostrava. It has marshalling yards, a large shed, a locomotive works and plenty of passenger and freight trains worked by a wide variety of electric locomotives.

The most scenic sections of the Praha - Ostrava main line lie either side of Ceska Trebova, making it a natural target for the photographer. However, my recent trips there have all suffered from poor weather and two have been notable for not producing a single decent photograph. Fortunately this time was different and there were some good sunny breaks as well as long cloudy periods.

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Ceska Trebova photos
Praha photos
Czech Trip - Jesenik, Letohrad and more - April 2006
12/05/06 14:35
The Hanusovice - Jesenik line had been on my to-do list for some time and two weeks holiday at the end of April finally provided a suitable opportunity for a visit. This line features class 749 and 751 diesels and old railcars of classes 831 and 851. The middle of the trip was spent avoiding the rain in Ceska Trebova by travelling around and photographing the loco hauled passengers and heavy freights on the Letohrad - Lichkov line.

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Hanusovice - Jesenik photos
Turnov - Jaromer photos
Nymburk - Kolin photos
Letohrad - Lichkov photos
Czech Trip - Snowtime! - January 2006
28/01/06 14:29
This report describes a week long trip to photograph Czech diesels and electrics around Ceska Trebova in January 2006. This was my first real winter trip to the Czech Republic and I wasn’t really sure what to expect in terms of weather. After a few days of overcast and not particularly cold weather the skies cleared and the temperatures plummeted to below -20°C. The last three days were excellent for photography with snow and sunshine.

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Pardubice photos
Ceska Trebova photos
Letohrad - Lichkov photos
Czech Trip - Brno to Jihlava - July 2005
05/08/05 14:22
The secondary main line from Brno to Jihlava has long been one of my favourite Czech lines and a return visit was becoming overdue. The combination of a bit of freight, an eclectic mix of class 754 and class 742 diesels and vintage class 850 railcars on passenger trains and pleasant rural scenery make this one of the country’s most attractive lines for photography. Previous trips had been dogged by poor or indifferent weather but this time the sun shone solidly for 3 days in a row, going some way to make up for the disappointment of my recent visit to a soggy Ceska Trebova.

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Brno - Jihlava photos
Czech Trip - Ceska Trebova - July 2005
13/07/05 14:20
This should have been a photographic trip but turned into an opportunity to explore a number of lines looking for photo positions to use in the future. To say it rained from the moment I got off the plane to the moment I left would be an exaggeration, but not a big one. There were a couple of very short breaks in the cloud but the sky remained resolutely overcast virtually the whole time and the rain fell continuously for hours on end.

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Czech Trip - Domazlice - June 2005
28/06/05 14:18
Midsummer is a difficult time for photography. The sun gets far too high in the middle of the day for really satisfactory pictures and is at its best very early morning and in the late afternoon and early evening. To make the most of the photographic opportunities you need to find a north - south line with heavy traffic early and late. The Plzen – Domazlice line was an ideal candidate with a very sparse midday service but more trains in the rush hours, many hauled by Plzen's photogenic blue, white and yellow class 754 diesels.

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Plzen - Domazlice photos
Czech Trip - Praha - June 2005
07/06/05 14:05
Report from a very wet weekend trip to Praha. In between the downpours there were a few sunny breaks and a surprising number of photos, especially around Hlavni Nadrazi with it's superb overall roof. There are quite a few interesting workings around Praha at weekends including 749s on most Cercany trains and a smattering of 141 turns, including some expresses, not to mention all the other loco hauled trains with classes 150, 151, 162, 163, 350, 362, 363, 371 etc.

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Praha photos
Czech Trip - Liberec Area - May 2005
24/05/05 14:02
The last concentration of class 753 diesels is at Liberec, where they work freights on the Nymburk - Mlada Boleslav - Turnov - Liberec - Frydlant v C - Zawidow route. I'd had little luck photographing these trains in the past but had managed to get a couple of decent shots on the previous trip. That left me eager for more, so it was back to Liberec at the first opportunity.

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Liberec - Cernousy photos

Czech Trip - Liberec, Mezimesti, Kyjov - May 2005
06/05/05 13:45
A longer trip to the Czech Republic to photograph diesel workings in some of the country's most scenic areas. This trip covered three very different operations starting with the class 753 hauled freights in the Liberec area, moving on to the single track secondary route from Nachod to Mezimesti, with its class 714 and 742 worked local passengers, before finishing with class 754 hauled passengers on the double track line from Brno to Veseli nad Moravou.

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Liberec - Turnov - Jaromer photos
Liberec - Cernousy photos
Tyniste n/O - Mezimesti photos
Brno - Kyjov - Veseli n/M photos
Czech Trip - Tisnov Area - April 2005
19/04/05 13:21
By April it was time to return to the Czech Republic for some diesels and electrics. As a gentle reintroduction to the country, I started off with a visit to the hills around Tisnov, west of Brno, an area I'd explored in poor weather last summer. Time was split between the diesel worked secondary line to Zdar nad Sazavou and the electrified main line.

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Tisnov - Zdar nad Sazavou (diesel) photos
Brno - Zdar nad Sazavou (electric) photos

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