Neils WRX Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Bank account warning!!! Trix are producing a Albtros… very, very, very tempted. Especially as it’s one that’s currently going. www.trix.de/ueberraschungsmodell Neil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I'm with CloggyDog in that I'd pick TT over H0 for modelling Czech Railways. There's a lot of "space" around stations over there, especially in the countryside, and TT allows you to model that in a reasonable space. Previous issues of CM have had my Czech layouts in TTe which illustrate that point. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted April 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2023 On 19/01/2014 at 06:26, roundhouse said: Must try this place next time we are in Prague! http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g274707-d1996048-Reviews-Vytopna_Railway_Restaurant-Prague_Bohemia.html having enjoyed a good pizza (and a few beers) there back in 2017, disappointed to see it's turned into a steak house (with very little for us vegetarians), so we didn't bother last week :( Looks like the beers are still delivered by train, so the more carniverous of you may still enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2023 35 minutes ago, CloggyDog said: having enjoyed a good pizza (and a few beers) there back in 2017, disappointed to see it's turned into a steak house (with very little for us vegetarians), so we didn't bother last week :( Looks like the beers are still delivered by train, so the more carniverous of you may still enjoy! Yes the trains still deliver drinks. A friend was in there over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Trainspotting in the Czech Republic; I've made several trips in the past, mainly around the Breclav/Brno/Ostrava region and thoroughly enjoyed them. I'd like to go back this year but would prefer new territory. Breclav is great - lots of trains with a good mix of traction and stock - are there any other similar rail locations that could keep me amused for a couple of days? Thanks Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) How about České Budějovice and around? It's a shame that the JHMD is still moribund but there's that 1500vDC branch line of the line south from Prague if you want to see something different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tábor–Bechyně_railway Plus you are on the border with Austria. Edited April 3 by Hobby 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Experienced Prague and the Czech Republic for the first time last week. Using the Prague XXL ticket that covers the city plus zones 1-4 I was able to get quite a variety of haulage in. An interesting trip, was an 850 DMU to Vsetaty. A wait there for a 750.7 diesel back to Neratovice. 809 railbus to Kralupy and then returning on a 371 electric back to the middle. As well as other moves in and out of hl.n. station, lots of loco hauled options are around so got in class 150, 162 and 362. The ticket cost around £5 for 24 hours! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Thanks for the suggestions. I have been through Ceske Budejovice on a train when on hols with SHMBO - not a trainspotting trip! We also did the trip to Bechyne. I was thinking more of a busy junction location, though maybe I should consider exploring the Prague area. (I have been on Prague main station for a few minutes and my impression was that it was passenger only, so I assume I'd need to get out and about to the freight lines). Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan88 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I would imagine České Budějovice would be a good one as there is international traffic particularly to/from Linz (especially freight), or Plzeň with international traffic to/from Germany, with potential from both to travel to nearby satellite stations where lines split. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4 Of course, the beauty of popping to České Budějovice is that you may like to pop to the Budweiser Budvar brewery and take in a tour of the 'facilities'........... Rob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan88 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 The same goes for Plzeň though as they have the Pilsner Urquell brewery, also open to tours and 'sampling'. You'll probably find you're never far from a brewery in any major Czech city or town 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I used to visit South Moravia regularly and stayed in a village pension. There was a brewery a few yards down the road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4 Hopefully popping over for a few weeks in August to catch up with family. A visit to the Bernard brewery is planned as are a few purchases to expand the CSD stable. Top of the list is a MTB 820.......or two. Rob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan88 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Does České Budějovice have any decent model shops? Tempted to do a day trip the next time I visit my Mum in Austria as its a 1 hour 20 min drive, or half an hours drive to Gmünd and an hour on the train from there (and only €6.20 each way). Last time I visited I didn't have the time for any border crossing, and the time before that the border was closed because of covid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 5 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5 4 hours ago, Stefan88 said: Does České Budějovice have any decent model shops? Tempted to do a day trip the next time I visit my Mum in Austria as its a 1 hour 20 min drive, or half an hours drive to Gmünd and an hour on the train from there (and only €6.20 each way). Last time I visited I didn't have the time for any border crossing, and the time before that the border was closed because of covid. I did find one. About a ten minute walk from the station, passing the former headquarters of the Gestapo during the war according to the plaque on the wall of the building. The shop building was entered at street level through a very non descript single door before you climbed some stairs to a long corridor at the end of which was a sign alongside a plain door which you opened to reveal a model shop. Small but quite a bit of stock within. Very nice lady within who spoke a little English. Fortunately, the Memsahib was with me so no issue with comms. And I can't remember the name..........and no, I hadn't been to the brewery first. So not a particularly helpful update from me I'm afraid other than to suggest there was one approx ten years ago. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Rob, how long ago was that re the model shop? We went in around 2019 and there was only one, and it had little, if any, railways. There used to be one down a little alley which was really good but that had shut up shop a few years before the 2019 visit. TBH model railway shops are becoming fewer and fewer, as opposed to model shops which tend to concentrate on the East European fixation with anything military. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan88 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) I posed the question on an Austrian forum and someone pointed out Happy Model have a branch there: https://www.happymodel.cz/kontakty/#CeskeBudejovice Edited April 5 by Stefan88 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 That's the one we went to, there wasn't much railway stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 5 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5 8 hours ago, Hobby said: Rob, how long ago was that re the model shop? We went in around 2019 and there was only one, and it had little, if any, railways. There used to be one down a little alley which was really good but that had shut up shop a few years before the 2019 visit. TBH model railway shops are becoming fewer and fewer, as opposed to model shops which tend to concentrate on the East European fixation with anything military. Hi H, I reckon 2011 and yes, it was down an alley/corridor and right at the end, on the left. I'll probably order from AMB and get things delivered to the in laws. If I take s controller and circle of track, I could even play trains when I get there ! Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I thought it was on the right, but I could be wrong! Sounds like the same one, it's gone now, more's the pity! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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