Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Bechyne

I almost forgot this one. I took two shots while going over the bridge into Bechyne (which crosses the River Luznice), and two on the trip back to Tabor, and this was one on the way back. Of the four, I thought this one came out the best, which I think was no small feat given how bad the light was. The sky is my favorite detail, but larger versions of this shot have nice detail on the town, too.

Here 113003-8 is running around for the trip back to Tabor.

This is the station at Bechyne, which is surprisingly complete for such a small town. On the other hand, it is a terminus.

Here's an alternate shot on the wye, with better sky detail. It is interesting how much of a difference exposure control makes.

This was maybe the most important station on the route...it actually had a passing siding!! Generally, this line was one of the crudest electric railways that I've ever been on, but there were passengers on the train, to be sure, and there is something charming about primitive branchlines, even if modernization would encourage more "normal" (non-railfan) people to ride.

Here the train is entering the wye at Bechyne Zastavka, a request station that is the last on the line before Bechyne. The wye serves two purposes, however. A locomotive that can only be easily run in one direction can be turned around on it, it's true, but the Class 113 is a unidirectional locomotive, there's a passing siding at Bechyne, and most importantly, there's a freight customer on the wye.

I took a number of black and white landscapes on the way to Bechyne, simply because Tri-X was what I had in my camera, and not all of them were bad. This is one of my favorites.