Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Cakovice

One of the more surprising things I spotted on this trip were these wooden freight vans, or boxcars in American terminology. These went out of service in the U.S. in the 1950's, for the most part, and in most of Europe by the 1980's, but if you really scout around Eastern Europe it still is sometimes possible to find them.

#740561-6 is no longer painted for Ceske Drahy, so I assume that it is no longer an official CD unit. If I had to guess, it's most likely been bought or leased by a construction contractor.

The first stop on this trip, while not a change, was Cakovice, a suburb of Prague which I had visited by bus before, but not by train. It's a fair-sized station with a yard, that nevertheless has not yet been electrified.