RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2020 There seem to be quite a few of us interested in Czech railways. Should we have a sub-group? Don't know if this video has been referenced before on RMweb: 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2020 And a cab ride view of the same layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I would suggest it should cover Czech and Slovak Railways plus Czechoslovakian before separation. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2020 A bit more of a museum style layout but still some good scenes. Not sure how that French CC7100 got there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taigatrommel Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I think that's the club layout at Liberec depot, right by the station and a good excuse for a mini bunk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted March 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2020 Bayerisch Eisenstein, on the German border 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Seeing as everyone seems to be posting prototype photos, here is a Czech Pendolino at Poprad Tatry, Slovakia, on its way from Košice to Prague on 1st August last year. Edited April 10, 2023 by giz Date added 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 So Poprad Tatry hasn't changed much, then? From my first visit, 1973. (I have been back a couple of times since). 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Still some older locos about. Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) A bit further back, a 183 at Spišská Nová Ves in 2008. I think it is the same type as the 1973 photo. Still used for banking heavy trains through the mountains. These are the beasties that haul the trains that the 183s bank Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) The large structure above Poprad Tatry station is the terminus of the Tatranská elektrická železnica (Tatra Electric Railway), a metre gauge line that runs up into the Tatra Mountains to Štrbské Pleso. This operated using Stadler GTW units. Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) This is the other end of the TEZ at Štrbské Pleso, a winter sports resort. There is also a branch to Tatranská Lomnica. Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I was in the Ostrava area last October and saw two beasties - the first at Ostrava-Kuncice And a couple of days later at Cesky Tesin I also travelled on a passenger train hauled by a 742, if only for a short hop from Ostrava-Stred to Kuncice. I can't remember whether it was the service to Frenstat or Valasske Mezirici. Photo taken at Stred. Graham 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Beasties? Here's some from 2002. The "usual" beastie - 131 029-1 at Strba (the mainline junction for the rack line to Strbske Pleso). September 2002. Broad gauge beasties - two doubles on the 1520mm gauge at Trebisov - 125 818-5 (paired with 125 817-7, I don't have the identities of the second pair). September 2002. Industrial beastie - MUS (brown coal) 127 609-6 at Most (Czech Republic), July 2002 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 How about an OO-gauge version of the Velime Test Track? Quote The Velim test center (Czech: Zkušební centrum Velim) is a railway rolling stock testing facility at Cerhenice, close to the city of Poděbrady in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has become one of the main testing locations for new types of rolling stock designed for use in Europe, and has been a fully accredited European test centre since March 1995 The two standard gauge test circuits were built in 1963, and are located between the villages of Vrbová Lhota, Ratenice, Cerhenice, Velim, Pňov-Předhradí and the southern suburbs of Poděbrady. The village of Sokoleč lies completely inside the larger circuit. small circuit 3.951-kilometre long with a maximum allowed speed of 90 km/h. large circuit 13.276-kilometre long with a maximum allowed speed of 230 km/h for tilting trains and up to 210 km/h for conventional trains. https://wiki2.org/en/Velim_railway_test_circuit Advance Warning to the Rivet Police: We are not doing round-and-round racing, How dare you suggest such a thing! We are doing proper modelling of endurance testing at the maximum allowed speed of 230 km/h. That's my alibi and I'm sticking to it. (Whisper: How big a shed do we need for this?) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Seeing as EddieB has mentioned the rack railway from Štrba to Štrbské Pleso, here is a photo of one of the rack EMUs. Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) The 131s seem popular, here's another one from last August Edited April 10, 2023 by giz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: How about an OO-gauge version of the Velime Test Track? How big a shed do we need for this? Assuming it was circular, 13.276-km circumference would mean 4.225km diameter. In HO, that would be 48.5m diameter (160 feet). So, it would fit nicely on half a premier league football pitch. Quite a big shed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Well, they can't play football at the moment, so why not make use of the pitches for something else? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted April 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Ian Morgan said: Assuming it was circular, 13.276-km circumference would mean 4.225km diameter. In HO, that would be 48.5m diameter (160 feet). So, it would fit nicely on half a premier league football pitch. Quite a big shed. Measuring off google maps, it's an oval - 2.82km side-to-side and 5.04km end-to-end (approximately!) - so 32m by 58m in HO. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Far too much SG! So here's a couple of 760mm NG to balance things! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Going back to the original post, I would support a Czech Group, but I think we should include Slovakia as well. Any chance, @AY Mod? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted April 18, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 18, 2020 Seems to be viable, leave it with me until the next time I have a bout of organisation. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2020 I'd be up for this. I'm currently in Bohemia doing the branchline thing........ Rob. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2020 My particular interests are CSD, 1985-1989, Bohemia. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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