European Railroad Discussion > Tram riding in Brno

Today Duncan and I spent almost the whole day riding around Brno on the tram system and their impressive fleet of Tatra trams of varying types - T3, KT8D5 and T6A5, the latter running as a train of three on route 1.

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A KT8D5 on route 8 about to enter the private RoW for the rest of the route to Líšeň Mifkova

A T6A5 trio in the turning circle at Reckovice.

Another T6A5 trio heading downhill towards the City Centre



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/22 22:00 by 86235.

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A pair of KT8D5 pass each other on the four tracks section south of Central Station.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/22 21:24 by 86235.

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Abergavenny . . . Newport Station???  I'm a little confused 🤪.  Maybe you guys ought to stay off the local brew!  By the way, those T-3's look to be in better condition than most of the T-3's I've seen recently in other cities.

Gordon



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/13/22 16:33 by gbmott.

gbmott Wrote:
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> Abergavenny . . . Newport Station???  I'm a
> little confused 🤪.  Maybe you guys ought to
> stay off the local brew!
>
> Gordon

🤣 I knew that second Budvar would go to my head.

> Abergavenny . . . Newport Station??? 

 I just assumed it was a test, to see if anybody read the captions vs just looking at the photos.  Then I realized:  He [ ahem ] didn't use Spell-Czech.

Best, CZ -- er, SZ

Steinzeit2 Wrote:
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> Then I realized:  He [ ahem ] didn't use
> Spell-Czech.
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> Best, CZ -- er, SZ

🤣

Nice photos!  Looks like a good adventure.  Thanks for sharing.  

Ted in UT

86235 Wrote:
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> Steinzeit2 Wrote:
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> > Then I realized:  He [ ahem ] didn't use
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> > Best, CZ -- er, SZ
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> 🤣

Continuing on the spelling riff, we could note that much of the famous scientist/monk Gregor Mendel's pioneering work on plant genetics took place at his monastery in Brno. 

So it is clear that this is a good place to take a pea. 

I visited Prague in 1964 when I was a young teenager. At that time the vast majority of the trams there were 4 wheelers operated in strings of three (power +2 trailers). There were just a few T3s around. Given that they used (I believe) PCC technology that's an impressive life span.