Thu 24 Mar 2011
Thu 24 Mar 2011
31/07/12 17:08
With BA staff balloting for yet another strike and Czech Airlines no longer serving the UK, it was off to Gatwick to catch easyJet’s 06:30 departure to Praha. We left on time and arrived 10 minutes early at 09:15. Everything went smoothly at Praha, where I collected my hire car and was on the road before 10:00. After checking into the Hotel Sokolsky Dum in Slavkov u Brna (booked through Booking.com), the rest of the day was spent photographing on line 340, east of Brno, in glorious sunshine.
340 is still a difficult line to do due to the poor timing of the trains but when the sun shines, at least you have a chance. I was lucky that both the Nemotice workings had attractive locos (754.041 and 754.045). It was disappointing to see that 754.067, previously one of the most photogenic locos on the system, had lost its supershine blue and yellow livery and joined the ranks of the corporate bland while drab queens 754.007 and 754.008 remain in traffic in weathered grey and green.
340 is still a difficult line to do due to the poor timing of the trains but when the sun shines, at least you have a chance. I was lucky that both the Nemotice workings had attractive locos (754.041 and 754.045). It was disappointing to see that 754.067, previously one of the most photogenic locos on the system, had lost its supershine blue and yellow livery and joined the ranks of the corporate bland while drab queens 754.007 and 754.008 remain in traffic in weathered grey and green.
Brankovice
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 854.025 | Os4111 | 12:15 Brno hl.n. - Uherske Hradiste | 13:16 |
| 842.031 | Sp1728 | 12:34 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Brno hl.n. | 13:47 |
| 754.037 | Sp1720 | 13:28 Brno hl.n. - Stare Mesto u U.H. | 14:15 |
| 754.041 | 4143 | 13:47 Brno hl.n. - Nemotice | 14:49 |
| 854.012 propelling |
4116 | 13:34 Uherske Hradiste - Brno hl.n. | 14:54 |
| 754.041 | 4148 | 15:11 Nemotice - Brno-Zidenice | 15:14 |
| 854.201 propelling |
4113 | 14:14 Brno hl.n. - Uherske Hradiste | 15:21 |
| 842.015 | Sp1730 | 14:34 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Brno hl.n. | 15:47 |
| 754.045 | 4145 | 14:47 Brno hl.n. - Nemotice | 15:48 |
| 754.045 | 4150 | 16:11 Nemotice - Brno-Zidenice | 16:15 |
| 754.008 754.067 |
Sp1731 | 15:28 Brno hl.n. - Stare Mesto u U.H. | 16:16 |
Marefy
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 854.012 | 4115 | 16:14 Brno hl.n. - Uherske Hradiste | 17:01 |
| 854.025 propelling |
4118 | 15:34 Uherske Hradiste - Brno hl.n. | 17:06 |
| 754.007 | 4149 | 16:47 Brno hl.n. - Kyjov | 17:30 |
| 842.031 | 4152 | 17:11 Nemotice - Brno-Zidenice | 17:33 |
Krizanovice
| Loco | Train No. |
Train Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 754.041 | Sp1733 | 17:28 Brno hl.n. - Bylnice | 17:58 |
| 754.037 | Sp1732 | 16:34 Stare Mesto u U.H. - Brno hl.n. | 18:03 |
