Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: 324.391

Ex-CSD #324.391 in the CD Muzeum, Picture 2, Luzna…

14 Dec 2010 505
Here's a second shot of 324.391. This is just the numberplate, but at least the photo is decent.

Ex-CSD #324.391 in the CD Muzeum, Luzna u Rakovnik…

14 Dec 2010 408
#324.391 is a little bit harder to research than the other locomotives at the museum, but the museum has a bit of information on their website. It was built in 1908 by StEG (the predecessor to the OBB) at Maschinenfabrik Wien, but ended up on the Buštěhrad Railway, which was nationalised into CSD in the 1920's. Because it had worked for a smaller railway, when it ended up on CSD it was too antiquated and small to be anything but a shunter (switcher), having only 175kW (235 horsepower) and being capable of only 50Km/h. Given how little power it had, it's amazing it could even do 50Km/h with even a light load. In spite of this, it survived into the 1960's in Karlovy Vary, and survived even longer as a stationary boiler, although it is no longer operable. Like some other locomotives at the museum, it actually is the property of the Narodni Technicky Muzeum in Prague.