The steam locomotive 498.1, also known as the "Albatros", is rightfully considered a legend. The best engineering work from clever heads at Skoda machinery, where it was born as...
The Swedish manufacturer Nydqvist och Holm AB might not sound familiar. But its acronym – NOHAB – surely will. This was the place, where new locomotives – based on American EMD...
The Swedish manufacturer Nydqvist och Holm AB might not sound familiar. But its acronym – NOHAB – surely will. This was the place, where new locomotives – based on American EMD...
The Swedish manufacturer Nydqvist och Holm AB might not sound familiar. But its acronym – NOHAB – surely will. This was the place, where new locomotives – based on American EMD...
M152 railcar, which was renamed in 1988 to Class 810. Vehicle of many contradictions. Popular and cursed at the same time. Vehicle of many nicknames such as “Skleník”...
Slovenská Strela – cherry-coloured beauty with a golden roof, born in July 1936. The ancestor of today’s Pendolino that turns the head of many railway workers for...
“Kafemlejnek” or “Třistadesítka” are nicknames for the small 0-6-0 tender locomotive with a bulbous chimney and a high steam dome just behind the chimney....
Powerful, universal, versatile, but most importantly reliable. These are all features of a locomotive called “ESO” (Ace). This locomotive can deal with...
“Vršovický Čtyřkolák” or for someone simply “Dvojka”. Locomotive, which was created in 1936 by the reconstruction of Class 434.0148. During its long steam life,...
“Malá sestra od Bobiny” (Little sister of Bobina) for some people, “Kapesní Bobinka” (Pocket Bobinka) for the other. This small likeable locomotive earned these nicknames...
“Brejlovec” (Goggles), “Brejlák” or for our Slovak-speaking neighbours “Okuliarnik”. All these are nicknames for a diesel, box-type four-axle locomotive with electric power...
