Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: water spout

Ages ago, I commented on the loss of the water spouts from Cercany with the new corridor reconstruction, but a few weeks ago, I spotted this water spout back in the service tracks. I don't know if this is one of the original ones, or if this one has been installed to replace the one from the platforms (it could be the old one, only moved), but there it is.

A few years ago, I shot a photo of the still-surviving Cercany water spout, but now it seems to have been removed. This was the hole where it once stood. I thought that I had posted the old photo to Flickr, but it seems to be missing. I'll have to search for it.

I took this one in Hradec Kralove, a city in the far east of Bohemia, just on the border with Moravia. These are all Class 130 electrics from the 1970s, built by Skoda, and they're not particularly fast or impressive, although it should be noted that they still are important in Kralovsky Kraj, the region in question, working locals and freights, out of line with the norm of EMUs handling local services. Notice the water spout between the units on the right!!!! Ceskoslovenske Drahy (the old pre-1993 operator) didn't get rid of steam until 1982, and many of their steamers are still in mainline excursion service, so a lot of the steam infrastructure is still in place, up to and including roundhouses and steam shops!!!