Category: Trains

Only 3 of 6 Tracks Left – SZDC Outdid Itself – Cesky Tesin Station Reconstruction

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Warning: the images in this post were lost during an outage in 2016. Missing images are automatically replaced with a funny placeholder by the Broken Image Placeholder plugin. The most important pedestrian link between the center and the rest of Cesky Tesin is now completely closed because of groundwater, which, since the ongoing reconstruction, stays …

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Koleje Czeskie Hauls Persing 163 Kasia (Katka), or Railways Without Borders

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⚠️ Note: the images in this post were lost during an outage in 2016. Missing images are automatically replaced with a funny placeholder by the Broken Image Placeholder plugin. The locomotive of the Polish subsidiary of CD Cargo is hauling a Czech locomotive from the days when Czechs deliberately ran trains in Poland and vice …

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30-Year-Old Class 460 Unit Gets a Modern Upgrade

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https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOWhP1Lu-eqItpDGOkd0KuNI3cKp7pmWStD4bUfe9T-ECCEqbtWiicKX-mHSHSafg?key=NnQ2VGtVVzNJdXBjRFM2djM1eGhGYi1LM0E5cnVn Is it straight from the factory, or is Czech Railways renovating 45-year-old trains? There was even an audible signal, slightly different from the one in the 471, and even the door handles were different, touch-operated, but above all they were more sensitive – no extra force was needed, it worked very gently, almost by …

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There’s a Mess Everywhere, but RegioJet Won’t Put This in Its Company Newsletter

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⚠️ Note: the images in this post were lost during an outage in 2016. The Broken Image Placeholder plugin automatically replaces missing images with a funny placeholder. A few unflattering news stories from the last few months or days about RegioJet: Stewards caught scabies ( https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/doprava/svrab-v-regiojetu.A160921_151901_eko-doprava_rny ) A man ran to catch his train and …

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Tearing Down the Overhead Wires Once Isn’t Enough, Better Do It Again … Jancura’s Yellow Convoy

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👻 The domain ran out like prepaid credit on an Oskar phone. That’s what you get when Jancura, a self-proclaimed authority on absolutely everything to do with trains and railways, claims that 15-year-old retired locomotives from Italy are in much better condition than the 3-year-old ones at Czech Railways, then couples them with 8-10 carriages …

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By Double-Decker over the Polanka Link, or Riding a Line That (Doesn’t) Exist

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⚠️ Note: the images in this post were lost during an outage in 2016. The Broken Image Placeholder plugin automatically replaces the missing images with a funny placeholder. I’m heading to Cesky Tesin via Vitkovice. The station announcement says the train will be diverted, so I figured it could only go via the main station, …

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The Renovated Trinec Railway Station, Almost a Showcase (and in Another Sense a Costly One) for Czech Railways

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⚠️ Note: the images in this post were lost during an outage in 2016. Missing images are automatically replaced with a funny placeholder by the Broken Image Placeholder plugin. I recommend taking a look at the photos. I find it nice, but maybe someone will come along who will tear it to shreds: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNx7k9gUJQ0n0C15P468y19pLsaEQrhpWi2CzRyJ4CNpxy8czV5MxJ6k5D1yBNZzw?key=OVFRbXBQVUlxWDJxQTRseXVYamx6UHVLdHZRSlVR I …

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