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Looking for a source for schedules on Czech steam excursions. An exhaustive search on the net has come up dry so far. Any ideas?

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Main line or narrow gauge?

The Albatros klub own the only operational fomer CSD class 498.1 Mountain, possibly Europe's most modern steam locomotive, but they are based in Bratislava in Slovakia, which is next door to the Czech Republic
https://www.facebook.com/Albatros-klub-280474108662277/

On the narrow gauge the 750mm JHMD in southern Bohemia runs steam trains on certain days, it's not a heritage operation, it runs daily services with railcars and diesel locomotives and includes some mixed gauge trackage
http://www.visitjindrichuvhradec.cz/en/transport/rail-transport/narrow-railway-tracks-in-jindrichuv-hradec/12-12/

You could also try contacting the Czech Railway Museum, they maintain a number of operational locos
http://www.cdmuzeum.cz/en/

I would recommend getting a copy of Platform 5's Czech and Slovak Railways locomotives, multiple units, metros and trams by Robert Pritchard. Invaluable resource for anyone interested in that part of the world, it has information on heritage organisations which run steam.



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