A glorious sunny day from start to finish, which should have been a warning that things were going to go wrong.

To cut a long story short, 754.039 failed somewhere at the west end of the line, either on the outward leg with the 06:07 from Ceske Budejovice or the return 09:17 from Nove Udoli. It was rescued by 754.022 which worked the 08:07 train west and returned on Os8115/4 hauling three coaches, the dead 754.039 and three more coaches. The rescue operation delayed Os8115/4 by more than an hour and the knock on effects were still being felt by the end of the day.

There were two 749s out during the day, 749.051 and 749.252 working the 10:07 and 14:07 trains from Ceske Budejovice respectively. It was good to see 051 again as it’s undoubtedly Ceske Budejovice’s best looking Grumpy. At Volary 751.232 and 751.316 were stabled in the station area, waiting for freight traffic to resume after the May Day holiday.

dep Kajov

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.022	Os8109/8	08:07 Ceske Budejovice - Nove Udoli	09:13

W of Mezipotoci

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
749.051	Os8113/2	10:07 Ceske Budejovice - Nove Udoli	11:31

E of Horice na Sumave

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
754.022	Os8115/4	11:17 Nove Udoli - Ceske Budejovice	13:41

W of Horice na Sumave

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
749.051	Os8119/8	13:17 Nove Udoli - Ceske Budejovice	14:48

Volary

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
751.232 751.316		Stabled	15:40

E of Stozec

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
749.252	Os8121/0	14:07 Ceske Budejovice - Nove Udoli	17:18

Stozec

Loco	Train No.	Train Details	Notes
749.252	Os8127/6	17:17 Nove Udoli - Ceske Budejovice	17:54