Zlínský kraj
151 027 arrives rapidly into Horní Lideč with a Slovakian EuroCity.
460 061 enjoys a short pause in Horní Lideč as it awaits to be overtaken by a Slovakia-bound EuroCity train. An interesting feature of smaller Czech junctions that is now fading into oblivion is small boards showing the direction of the train placed directly on the platforms.
754 067 is seen stabled in a side road in Bojkovice. The loco will haul the visible formation on the following day. It is hardly visible in the photo, but the last carriage is, in fact, a class 810 railbus - a typical feature in this part of Czechia.
810 units are still the mainstay of Czech branch lines. On a hot morning one of them is hauling two 010 trailers from Velké Karlovice to Vsetín.
Back in 2011 Bylnice still had beautiful semaphores. A morning train from Vlárský průsmyk is slowing as it’s about to enter the platforms.
The station master of Vlárský průsmyk station has left her office to meet the terminating service. In approximately 10 minutes the DMU will make the return run to Bylnice with just a single request stop in Svatý Štěpán.
Vlárský průsmyk has this unique feeling of being located in a very remote spot. The formal border with Slovakia is in proximity of the station, however since both countries joined the Schengen Area in December 2007, all the border infrastructure is now defunct. There is only a handful of dwellings nearby, however, typically for Czechia, there’s also an inn.
Vypravci of the Bylnice station presenting the ‘vyzva k pohotovosti’ hand signal, whilst the guard replies with ‘souhlas k odjezdu’. In 2013 the despatching procedure has been greatly simplified, and the procedure is now always triggered by the train driver.
Brejlovec in Uhersky Brod. These locos naturally got their nicknames (‘four-eyes’) from the looks of their fronts.
Pictures of you, pictures of me remind us all of what we used to be. Czech class 814 was formed of two or three class heavily modernised 810/010 vehicles. Here 814 103 meets its non-modernised fellow 810 628.
When it rains, it pours, at least in August in Central Europe. 814 103 awaits its next duty which will be a stopping train to Újezdec u Luhačovic.