14 May 2010
31/07/12 17:55 Filed in: 14 May 2010
The day dawned dull and wet and was forecast to stay that way. I left Usti behind 163.257 on R715 towards Kolin to look at some spots. It was good to see 121.055 at Polepy as I was beginning to wonder whether any of these old engines were still in traffic. Any hope that the weather might brighten up soon faded so I decided to spend the day investigating some new lines and covering some new track.
At Vsetaty I changed to 854.035 on R1139 to Neratovice where 809.434, on Os19510, was waiting to take me over the first bit of new track to Kralupy nad Vltavou. This line sees regular freight traffic but I didn’t find any inspiring photo positions.
My plan was to continue from Kralupy to Slany, Louny, Postolprty and Zatec but the train from Kralupy was a bus so I had to replan. Conveniently, there was a connection from the next northbound express at Lovosice that would take me to Postolprty on the train I’d intended to connect with at Louny. 162.038 left Kralupy on time on R774 and all went well to Roudnice nad Labem where EC171 was seen heading south with a 123 (or possibly a 122) dragging the dead 371 and train. We crawled from Roudnice to Lovosice, taking well over 30 minutes to cover the 18km, instead of the booked 13 minutes. The connection at Lovosice wasn’t held so I had the best part of an hour’s wait.
753.773 pased the station with a southbound freight while I was waiting. I wonder where that came from or was going?
The next train to Postolprty, Os16922, left with 809.140 at the front. At Louny, the 809 was swapped for 810.653 but otherwise the journey was uneventful. 809.495 took me on to Zatec zapad on Os6515 and back all the way to Most on Os6516. Apart from the 2km from Zatec to Zatec zapad, the whole route from Lovosice to Most was new track. The line from Zatec to Most was of interest as it’s electrified and it’s double track much of the way, implying that it was once an important line. Few sources of freight traffic seem to remain with the power station at Pocerady being the only rail connected industry of note. No electric locos were seen. In fact the only locos seen en route from Lovosice to Most were an unidentified 742 at Louny and 742.088 at Pocerady.
From Most I took R609 to Bilina with 363.129 and changed onto Os16519 to Usti nad Labem with an 810. This train takes the more direct line, via Uporiny, rather than the slightly longer route via Oldrichov, Duchcov and Teplice used by most passenger trains. The line via Uporiny is double track and electrified but there don’t appear to be any sources of traffic online between the outskirts of Bilina and Trmice, the last station before Usti nad Labem. Although I didn’t see any freights, the infrastructure appeared to be in good condition and well used, so maybe the line does see some through freight traffic. Viamont have a depot at Trmice, stuffed with diesel locos of various classes. A little further on, Usti nad Labem depot’s scrap lines contained a number of ex-Liberec 753s but 187 and 301, which I’d seen in action in October last year, weren’t obviously among them.
It was still raining when I got back to Usti.
At Vsetaty I changed to 854.035 on R1139 to Neratovice where 809.434, on Os19510, was waiting to take me over the first bit of new track to Kralupy nad Vltavou. This line sees regular freight traffic but I didn’t find any inspiring photo positions.
My plan was to continue from Kralupy to Slany, Louny, Postolprty and Zatec but the train from Kralupy was a bus so I had to replan. Conveniently, there was a connection from the next northbound express at Lovosice that would take me to Postolprty on the train I’d intended to connect with at Louny. 162.038 left Kralupy on time on R774 and all went well to Roudnice nad Labem where EC171 was seen heading south with a 123 (or possibly a 122) dragging the dead 371 and train. We crawled from Roudnice to Lovosice, taking well over 30 minutes to cover the 18km, instead of the booked 13 minutes. The connection at Lovosice wasn’t held so I had the best part of an hour’s wait.
753.773 pased the station with a southbound freight while I was waiting. I wonder where that came from or was going?
The next train to Postolprty, Os16922, left with 809.140 at the front. At Louny, the 809 was swapped for 810.653 but otherwise the journey was uneventful. 809.495 took me on to Zatec zapad on Os6515 and back all the way to Most on Os6516. Apart from the 2km from Zatec to Zatec zapad, the whole route from Lovosice to Most was new track. The line from Zatec to Most was of interest as it’s electrified and it’s double track much of the way, implying that it was once an important line. Few sources of freight traffic seem to remain with the power station at Pocerady being the only rail connected industry of note. No electric locos were seen. In fact the only locos seen en route from Lovosice to Most were an unidentified 742 at Louny and 742.088 at Pocerady.
From Most I took R609 to Bilina with 363.129 and changed onto Os16519 to Usti nad Labem with an 810. This train takes the more direct line, via Uporiny, rather than the slightly longer route via Oldrichov, Duchcov and Teplice used by most passenger trains. The line via Uporiny is double track and electrified but there don’t appear to be any sources of traffic online between the outskirts of Bilina and Trmice, the last station before Usti nad Labem. Although I didn’t see any freights, the infrastructure appeared to be in good condition and well used, so maybe the line does see some through freight traffic. Viamont have a depot at Trmice, stuffed with diesel locos of various classes. A little further on, Usti nad Labem depot’s scrap lines contained a number of ex-Liberec 753s but 187 and 301, which I’d seen in action in October last year, weren’t obviously among them.
It was still raining when I got back to Usti.
| Loco | Train No. | Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 163257 | R715 | 08:47 Usti n/L zapad - Kolin Passenger | 08:42 Usti n/L zapad |
| 163092 | Os6408 | 06:57 Lysa n/L - Usti n/L zapad Passenger | 08:48 Usti n/L zapad |
| 123012 | NB Car Carriers | 08:50 Usti n/L-Strekov |
|
| 163094 | R710 | 07:15 Kolin - Usti n/L zapad Passenger | 09:02 Sebuzin |
| 121055 | NB Light Engine(s) | 09:21 Polepy |
|
| 854035 | R1139 | 07:52 Tanvald - Praha-Vrsovice Passenger | 10:00 Neratovice |
| 854032 | R1140 | 09:16 Praha-Vrsovice - Tanvald Passenger | 10:00 Neratovice |
| 753752 751148 |
Stabled | 10:24 Kralupy n/V |
|
| 162019 | R779 | 09:24 Decin hl.n. - Praha hl.n. Passenger | 10:39 Kralupy n/V |
| 371005 | EC378 | 05:50 Wien Pratestern - Ostseebad Binz Passenger | 11:03 Kralupy n/V |
| 162038 | R774 | 10:50 Praha hl.n. - Decin hl.n. Passenger | 11:19 Kralupy n/V |
| 123xxx? 371xxx |
EC171 | 11:47 Roudnice n/L |
|
| 162053 | R613 | 08:12 Cheb - Praha hl.n. Passenger | 11:54 Hrobice |
| 122016 | NB Hoppers | 12:06 Bohusovice n/O |
|
| 753727 753736 |
SB Hoppers | 12:15 Lovosice |
|
| 162037 | R610 | 11:31 Praha hl.n. - Cheb Passenger | 12:28 Lovosice |
| 371002 | EC173 | 06:15 Hamburg Alt. - Villach Hbf Passenger | 12:30 Lovosice |
| 123025 | NB Hoppers | 12:41 Lovosice |
|
| 753773 | SB Freight | 12:43 Lovosice |
|
| 122016 | NB Hoppers | 12:45 Lovosice |
|
| 122008 | SB Empty Stone | 12:46 Lovosice |
|
| 742xxx | Stabled | 14:30 Louny |
|
| 742088 | Stabled | 16:03 Pocerady |
|
| 742190 | WB Freight | 16:23 Pocerady |
|
| 363129 | R609 | 14:12 Cheb - Praha hl.n. Passenger | 16:30 Most |
| 163095 | Sp1696 | 15:47 Usti n/L hl.n. - Chomutov Passenger | 16:34 Most |
| 743005 742372 |
Stabled | 16:45 Bilina |
|
| 740505 740509 720604 753723 730631 730612 |
Stabled | 17:22 Viamont depot, Trmice |
|
| 122001 122044 |
Stabled | 17:25 Usti n/L Depot |
|
| 751080 750079 753352 753073 753141 |
Dumped | 17:25 Usti n/L Depot |
