Czech Narrow Gauge Slezske Zemske Drahy gets new engine
| July 29, 2009 05:00AM |
A totally rebuilt engine and believed to be the last narrow gauge engine built arrived on Slezske Zemske Drahy for the summer season. It is an absolutely fabulous machine as the attached photos show and it operates the a scheduled Ceske Drahy (Czech State Railways) on Saturdays and Sundays at 1145 from Tresmesna ve Slezsku returning at 1445 from Osoblaha.
There are very few railways in the world operating schedule steam still and Czech Raliways supports - and I mean supports - a large steam program with about 20 engines in service all over the republic.
Some 500 photos of this unique railway - the last state run narrow gauge in the Czech republic can be found on:
www.railwayinternational.com.
Do come and visit us.
Michael Grimes
There are very few railways in the world operating schedule steam still and Czech Raliways supports - and I mean supports - a large steam program with about 20 engines in service all over the republic.
Some 500 photos of this unique railway - the last state run narrow gauge in the Czech republic can be found on:
www.railwayinternational.com.
Do come and visit us.
Michael Grimes
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