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ex-CSD#498.022 Passing Krivoklat |
| Description: |
This was also on the day of the Krivoklat steam excursion, and this was our locomotive, ex-CSD #498.022. The 498 Class was supposedly the fastest Czech steam locomotive class of all time with a speed record of 162Km/h in 1964, set by #498.106 "Albatros." This locomotive is often mistaken for #498.106 "Albatros," and is even misrepresented in the literature promoting steam trips in the Czech Republic, partly because the locomotives are sisters in the same class. This three-car train, incidentally, was NOT our train, as our train was closer to 42 cars, if I'm remembering right. 498.022 didn't stop this time, as it had to go fetch the rest of the train before backing into the station again. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2007 Upload Date: 8/28/2007 4:11:37 AM |
| Location: |
Krivoklat, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD #498.022 Running Around At Beroun |
| Description: |
Trains running from Krivoklat to Prague have to be turned at Beroun, as the track layout forms a wye there. While there, I got this great shot of 498.022 pulling up for a hitch. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2007 Upload Date: 8/28/2007 4:30:32 AM |
| Location: |
Beroun, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Under Branicky Most |
| Description: |
I noticed the composition of these photos at the same time that I noticed that I could get more shots of CSD 498.022 before I left Branik. Incidentally, the Branicky Most, the bridge overhead, is a railway bridge that carries freight traffic across the River Vltava, and helps to keep Branik a busy station most of the time, even if the station itself only hosts local passenger services, a few freights, and a few excursions like this one. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:29:47 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
CSD 498.022 Under Branicky Most, Picture 2 |
| Description: |
I had high hopes for these photos from the very beginning, and now that I can see them with my own eyes they're some of my favorite color photos of the year, dramatic in their own special Czech way. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:29:59 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Under Branicky Most, Picture 3 |
| Description: |
This is a closer crop of Picture 2. I'll reiterate that these shots capture the feel of the Czech Republic's rail system exceptionally well, and indeed they remind me of some of the prettiest photos (and movies) shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:30:11 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Under Branicky Most, Picture 4 |
| Description: |
I took this as 498.022 was pulling back into Nadrazi Branik as an unidentified 810 Class railbus was departing south. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:30:23 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 at Branik |
| Description: |
I took this after I was able to get a bit closer to 498.022, basically by running at it as it moved. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:30:33 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 at Branik, Picture 2 |
| Description: |
This was at the time that 498.022 was back further on the bridge out of Branik, but I don't know exactly what order this one is in. I'm fairly certain that the previous shot was of it pulling out, and this was after it was stopped or nearly in place before heading back in. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:30:44 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Builder Plate |
| Description: |
This is 498.022's builder plate, indicating that it was built at Skoda's Plzen works in 1947. The winged arrow logo above it is the Skoda logo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:30:52 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Drivers |
| Description: |
I wasn't able to get a proper "firearms" view of the drivers on 498.022 because of all the people around, but I was able at least to get this shot. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:31:07 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SBS Injector On ex-CSD 498.022 |
| Description: |
This is was an injector looks like in the Czech Republic. :-) This one was made in Brno, as you can see stamped on it, although I don't know if SBS is a manufacturer or a model of injector. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:31:41 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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210 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 at Branik, Picture 3 |
| Description: |
This was after 498.022 had buffered up to the train again and was being coupled for the trip out. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:31:54 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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222 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Piston Valve Assembly On ex-CSD 498.022 |
| Description: |
The title is self explanatory. Otherwise, it only makes sense to explain this in response to questions, which would as often as not pertain to steam locomotives as Skoda 4-8-2s. :-) |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/2007 Upload Date: 9/10/2007 3:32:02 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 |
| Description: |
This was taken on the October 16th, 2010 ex-CSD 498.022 excursion during a layover at Beroun, during which the locomotive was turned. Here its already coupled tender forward ready to head to Rakovnik, where it will be turned again. I took all still photos on the 16th with my cameraphone, as the batteries in my Nikon died at Beroun (actually, they had probably been dead for weeks). I did some proper photography the next day, which I hope to eventually include in an NRHS show. The video that I shot on the 16th, however, will be yet another NRHS show. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:50:40 PM |
| Location: |
Beroun, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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367 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," |
| Description: |
This was taken after arrival in Luzna, where the Albatros was serviced (mostly watered), before being turned for the return to Prague. Here its still sitting as it arrived. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:54:02 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 2 |
| Description: |
Here the Albatros is seen switching its train into the sidings before uncoupling and running into the museum for servicing. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:56:43 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 3 |
| Description: |
This was the scene as the Albatross cylinder cocks were blown for the run into the museum. Even on a very short move, this is an important procedure on a steam locomotive, as even a little bit of water in the cylinders can blow them up, which is dangerous and extremely expensive, especially for a non-profit organisation. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:57:24 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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149 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 |
| Description: |
Heres a shot taken after departure from Rakovnik, in single track territory (which actually began soon after leaving Beroun), with the locomotive running boiler forward again. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:52:23 PM |
| Location: |
Rakovnik, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ex-CSD 498.022 Blurred |
| Description: |
This was a lucky blurred shot that I got in a rock cut. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 6:53:01 PM |
| Location: |
Rakovnik, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 2, |
| Description: |
This was one of a number of cameraphone shots I took as #498.022 was being turned at Beroun during the return trip. In this photo, you can see the profile of the Kylchap double-blastpipe chimney a bit better than usual, although its a bit dark. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 8:16:39 PM |
| Location: |
Beroun, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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194 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," at Nadrazi Praha-Branik, Picture 2, |
| Description: |
This was at the end of the trip at Branik, where the train terminated. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 8:20:59 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 4, |
| Description: |
As #498.022 rolled out of the museum and began switching the train together for the return trip to Prague, I followed it and shot some pictures. This was my first shot. That water spout over on the left wasnt used since the locomotive had been watered at the spout in the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 7:29:22 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 5, |
| Description: |
This was my second shot, as the locomotive pulled forward, pushing a cut. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 7:30:07 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Picture 6, |
| Description: |
From the front end of the train, it was possible to get closeups of the Albatross boiler front, as the locomotive was coupled on the train backwards. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 7:35:08 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
Ex-CSD 498.022 in the CD Muzeum |
| Description: |
This was just a head-on shot of the Albatros that I took on a whim. Here its seen still on the service track in the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/18/2010 2:57:46 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
CSD 498.022, the "Albatros," Being Watered at the CD Muzeum |
| Description: |
Heres the Albatros being watered for its return trip to Praha Branik. This water spout is the one located within the museum grounds, next to the coal bunker. In the lower left corner of this photo you can also see an ashpit, which might double as an inspection pit. Its cramped, though, so probably they would be better off using one in the shops. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/18/2010 2:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
Luzna u Rakovnika, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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| Title: |
Oil/electric Light on Ex-CSD 498.022, the Albatros, at Nadrazi Praha-Branik |
| Description: |
While I was taking some parting shots of #498.022, I noticed that the taillights and the headlights (really ditchlights in modern terms because of their position) appeared to have been converted at some point to electric power, or maybe they had been either oil or electric all along (that could also be a gas fitting, but it looks like oil to me, and railway lights more often were oil than gas in the old days). Therefore, I felt the need to take this photo. I originally marked this down as a headlight (which means ditchlight), but now that Im thinking back on it I think this was one of the taillights, before it was extinguished (the train arrived in Branik with #498.022 running in reverse). |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 8:21:59 PM |
| Location: |
Prague, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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168 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoke |
| Description: |
This must have been roughly at departure time, although I cant remember just by looking at this whether we were already moving when I took this. You can see #498.022 smoking a lot, probably to build a head of steam. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 12/21/2010 8:19:29 PM |
| Location: |
Beroun, CZ |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
Station,Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSD 498.022(4-8-2) |
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166 Comments: 0 |
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