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Shop Masinky.CZ is one I could recommend :-) I didn't follow this thread for couple of months, nice to see how you progress since that time!

Good to hear you successfully removed the chasis. I was out for a week, so not have time to come here. Take care once returning metal spring back. Yes, Plux22 is needed. Plux16 might work too, but you might miss indepnedent light control feature. And the price is almost equal.. I have both sound and non sound, if needed. I recommend to work a bit on the lights and put something better in between the plastic light feabers - I've put some piece of black foam during tests before shipping, but I'm not sure if it is enough. By default from production, there is nothing and red light might lit when only white one is on.

Working on interior lights for 810 / 010. This is a sample of front/rear light, full interior in DCC will be available early in 2015.

http://www.pojezdy.eu/eshop/320-h0-nakladni-vozy

Time is changing here, sometimes too fast. Reconstruction is ongoing and speeding up these days. Lack of investments of previous governments, which preffer roads, is now a bit different. As goverment has money for transportation infrastructure and nothing is prepared on the road and highways to start with, those money are going to be spent in railway system, where lot of projects were preprared in the past, but put on hold due to lack of funds. Let's see.... As a consequence, unused and abandoned structures (old station warehouses, watch houses etc) are dissapearing from the track neighbourhoods. Also, as a part of track renovation, stations are going to be simplified - former tracks for collecting wagons are removed and from 4-8 tracks in the station, we have now two main ones and time to time, with nothing or one or two spare...

If you made a stop in Kácov, try their local brewery and beer Hubertus ;-) http://www.pivovarkacov.cz/index.php?id=pivovar They still use traditional production, not lower cost high grade process as most of the big facilities.

Well, I'll add few words too Those kits are same as Bramos is using - we both bought from the same source of plastic moulds. Time to time, there are also available painted kits - the chasis in full color with pad printed texts and logos. Feel free to ask, I do not keep that in daily offer. I also expect the kit of interior to go out for production soon (ok, soon means in a few months due to personal reason of author of that kit) and kit for DCC lights too.

Yeah, a lot were going to smelters at the end of last century. That's a pity that some of old shape wagons (like Px/Pao/Smmp - former military flat bend wagons for tanks) but newly renovated were displaced in thousands that time, ending in smelters, and now, they seems to be again reconstructed from those remaining forgotten in the middle of nowhere.

Interesting note about track Bechyne - Tabor - that was first electrified track in Czech Republic, elektrified since 1903 by DC 1.5kV. It's a first track in central europe originaly designed and built as electrified rail. Also interesting could be that original system designed by Frantisek Krizik was using three wires - two on trolleys like for trolley bus ( + 700 V DC and - 700 V DC ) and ground wire on track. It was changed in 1938 to standard two wires system.

Those "brake" vagons are still in service, although not attached to each train as in the past. They were designed as baggage cars with space for train leader and crew. Built in '47 and '55 under marking "Ds" (changed in 1983 to Daa), equipped by steam heating pipes. Since they were replacing on passanger trains by newer models, they become used on cargo trains. As there is no steam heating on cargo trains, they were equipped by stoves (you could see smoke pipe on top) and marked as Daa-k ("k" stands for "kamna", czech word for coal stove) or by diesel agregate later on. They are used with local cargo trains on CD or CD - Cargo (both companies has some) for the train crew. Not really used for braking.

Yes, they usually Pragomodel has those items from Bramos in stock. If needed I could check with them prior your visit, as I sit in the office accross the highway just close to them. BTW I could also ship to you by mail if needed, but it costs a fortune... 10 - 15 Pounds per package as it is large and heavy

Perhaps this could help? http://pojezdy.eu/eshop/h0-osobni-vozy/1379-h0-stavebnice-pipojneho-vozu-010-k-motoraku-810.html There are also pre-colored version available but that's question for request and check. There is also something for hardcore modelers - full interrior details I'm working on the interrior light for 010/M152 right now. There is example how it looks like on Bap/Bpjo : http://www.pojezdy.eu/view.php?nazevclanku=osvetleni-vozu-bap-bmto-v-meritku-h0-bramos&cisloclanku=2013020001

Hello there, maybe another interesting link for kit's of boggies for Czech models : http://www.pojezdy.wz.cz/ Inspired by English guys from http://www.clag.org.uk/

You welcome I've tried to follow this topic but it seems it does not send an email when there is new post, so if you would need some more information about Czech stations and railroads, drop me a mail and I'll reply. Contact page is in my profile. Also in case you will have some difficulties to get special kits from small local producers, I think I could help. I meet most of them regulary once a month.

I've update a bit link with the ocean name, as it is more linked to the RR called from the ocean.. Union Pacific RR, Western Pacific RR, Central Pacific RR and many others. That's more precise.

The "right" name is "Posázavský Pacifik" in case you like it with Czech specials :-)

Beatifull station, I like it! In case you need some sound for Czech models, you could get in touch with me (in case of whole decoder) and I could manage it. Other easy option could be www.artol.sk - a Slovakia company providing sounds. They could also send a sound with a license code for some ZIMO decoders (don't know for the others).

Ian, yes, they did so. It's also documented on satelite pictures here : http://www.mapy.cz/#!x=14.180767&y=49.790060&z=17&l=15 Perhaps good to highlight there is a timber mill next to the station, having own loading track and area. The begging of this timber mill is going to far history, as built by Colloredo–Mansfeld manor, although I'm not sure it starts on the today location but current one is there at least for a long time. For fans of modern era (2009 +), there is also available photoetched timber wagoon kit - original details could be found there : http://www.parostroj.net/katalog/nv/formular.php3?ind=192 They were build from the Gbkks (produced in late '80), as CD had thousands of them without use. Interesting change of the outer look, isn't it? http://www.parostroj.net/katalog/nv/clanky/Rekonstrukce_Gbgkks/Gbgkks.jpg For about city name, it's perhaps a missunderstanding. It was called Dobris for the centuries (well, in very far history, it beguns with Dobricha). That nickname I've mentioned is used for the railroad itself and is coming from second decade of last century as given by hikers who love it because of wild nature, sceneric views of some part of the railroad and adventures they were looking for during the weekends, leaving city of Prague with daily life behind them. The name is matching the railroad to US wild west stories and westerns due to it. That's why "pacifik" as many US rialroad named by the name of Pacific ocean (Western Pacific RR, Union Pacific RR , Central Pacific RR etc). Posazavsky is an adjective comming from river Sazava, as RR is passing along this river on edges between the river and rocks, using also many bridges and tunels. It was so popular that people were leaving the Branik station even on the roof of the cabs and train had to stop before first tunnel to ask them to get of it before :-) Trains were so loaded during weekends with nice weather that In some parts of the way train were not able to go up by steam engine power and hikers were asked to get of and help with their manpower for a short time. Well, that's a century ago, romantic time of the steam :-) As a last, you could see how a nice kit of coal loading looks like. It is not suitable for CD era, as it was removed from the station in '70 or '80, I'm not sure exactly. Just a kuriozity.

Hello folks, nice to see another Czech layout in UK! Perhaps, you might find usefull following links related with Dobris (in case you don't found them yet). They are written in Czech, but Google could help with online translation (be carefull it is not correctly done time to time). Some documentation about Dobris and "Posazavsky Pacifik" - that's a historical nickname of the railroad track passing Dobris http://www.pacifikem.cz/?inc=210_dob_foto A lot of pictures for main station building, which was build according to a standardized plans ( type 16/H ) could be found here http://www.k-report.net/budova-16h/popis-foto/?pismeno=D They were built on many local tracks in former Austria-Hungary monarchy in the last decade of 19th century and first decade of 20th. You could find them in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Ukraine, Romania and Poland. Due to the fact they were not built on main tracks and they kept their local, provential improtance, they are mostly in original shape without large modfications (with few exceptions, of course). I hope, you will find this useful! Let me know if you would need some more information about Dobris or Czech railroads.