It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the whole trip was planned around today. Early on a Friday afternoon there are three extra loco hauled workings east of Nesovice, ideally timed for the light on a line where almost every other train runs at the worst possible time. Everything else had to fit around spending Friday afternoon between Nesovice and Nemotice. Obviously the success of this plan relied on there being some light.

The day started well enough with fog lifting and a watery sun shining through. With no loco hauled trains on the Brno - Veseli line until after midday, I headed east to Hradkovice on the Stare Mesto / Veseli to Vlarsky prusmyk line and photographed 754.041 and 754.066 on the Luhacovice trains (still not going to Luhacovice - see 08 September’s entry). Prototype 842.002 was also seen.

Heading back towards Nemotice for the early afternoon, the light got progressively more watery until it dissolved completely into the clouds. Red and yellow 750.022 worked the first of the additionals, Sp1727 to Bylnice and another red and yellow beast, 754.062, was on the second and third, Os4143 to Nemotice and Os4148 back. A third red and yellow engine, 754.044, took me by surprise when it appeared on Os4113, which I was expecting to be a railcar but then Os4145, which I thought should have been loco hauled, turned up with an 854+054+954 set. Looking at the notes in the 13.6.2010 timetable update, I wonder whether this isn’t a diagram change as 4113 is marked as having first class accomodation (= 854+054+954) every day except Friday.

850.021 was out again, this time on Sp1730. On a related note, I realised that all the 020 trailers that used to be common on trains east of Brno seem to have disappeared and 050 trailers are now the norm. I can’t remember seeing any 020 trailers at all this trip. I’m sure they used to appear on the Jesenik line as well.

With no prospect of the light improving, I left for Ostruzna shortly after 16:00.

Popovice u U.H.

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.041	R702	08:50 Ujezdec u Luhacovic - Praha-Smichov	08:50

W of Havrice

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
842.002	Os4306	07:54 Vlarsky prusmyk - Stare Mesto u U.H.	09:13
754.066	Ex527	05:11 Praha hl.n. - Ujezdec u Luhacovic	09:26
814.132	Os4335	09:23 Uherske Hradiste - Bojkovice	09:50
742.345		EB Light Engine + Brake Van	09:57

Hradkovice

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
810.628	Os4336	09:45 Bojkovice - Uherske Hradiste	10:15
842.002	Os4309	10:06 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Bylnice	10:37
754.066	Ex526	10:28 Ujezdec u Luhacovic - Praha hl.n.	10:43
842.031	Os4308	10:02 Bylnice - Stare Mesto u U.H.	11:18
754.041	R705	06:44 Praha hl.n. - Ujezdec u Luhacovic	11:18
810.628	Os4337	11:23 Uherske Hradiste - Bojkovice	11:43

Nemotice

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
854.012	Os4114	11:35 Uherske Hradiste - Brno hl.n.	12:41
854.013	Os4111	12:15 Brno hl.n. - Uherske Hradiste	13:23
750.022	Sp1727	12:50 Brno hl.n. - Bylnice	13:34
842.033	Sp1728	12:33 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Brno hl.n.	13:50
754.016	Sp1729	13:28 Brno hl.n. - Stare Mesto u U.H.	14:19

Nesovice

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
854.201	Os4116	13:35 Uherske Hradiste - Brno hl.n.	14:52
754.062	Os4143	13:47 Brno hl.n. - Nemotice	14:57
754.044	Os4113	14:14 Brno hl.n. - Uherske Hradiste	15:20

Brankovice

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.062	Os4148	15:11 Nemotice - Brno-Zidenice	15:21
850.021	Sp1730	14:33 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Brno hl.n.	15:47
854.012	Os4145	14:47 Brno hl.n. - Nemotice	15:54