Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: shed

Horska Bouda Ruzohorky Menu Sign, Snezka, Kraloveh…

04 Feb 2024 65
This was the menu sign at Horska Bouda Ruzohorky.

Horska Bouda Ruzohorky, Snezka, Kralovehradecky kr…

04 Feb 2024 75
This restaurant is also called the "Mountain Shed Ruzohorky" in English. It is a restaurant, though, and so we stopped here on our way down Snezka.

Ex-CSD #387.043 in the Engine Shed at the CD Muzeu…

17 Dec 2010 532
Normally, to tour the engine shed (or back shop, I'm not sure what the correct term would be in this case), you need to make an appointment, but I got around this problem by shooting this through the door. I'm assuming that #387.043 is operable, otherwise it wouldn't be here, and in any case the drivers and valve gear were wet with oil. The museum claims its been out of service since 2001, but maybe they intend to change that, or already have. #387.043 is a Class 387 Pacific with 1546kW (2074 horsepower) of power, and a top speed, officially sanctioned, of 120Km/h, making it more impressive than most of the other express power at the museum (the museum claims 110Km/h, so maybe they've downgraded it), in spite of it being pretty old. #387.043 was built by Skoda in 1937, and the 43 locomotives of the 387 Class were built between 1926 and 1937, so this would make it one of the last ones built. Strangely, the Czechs call this locomotive a "Mikado," in spite of it being a 4-6-2 rather than a 2-8-2. They cite the short chimney as the reason, but that seems odd given that the Mikado name specifically denotes a 2-8-2 under the Whyte system (although as far as I know Whyte himself didn't officially endorse the names, just the configurations).

Old Roundhouse, Zdice, Bohemia (CZ), 2009

10 Aug 2009 290
As I've said many times before, steam-era infrastructure pops up everywhere in the Czech Republic. This roundhouse is in Zdice, and I can't tell whether it's still in use or not.

Swiss Railway Snow Shed, Picture 3, Switzerland, 1…

30 Nov 2007 805
And....here's another snowshed shot. :-)

Swiss Railway Snow Shed, Picture 2, Switzerland, 1…

30 Nov 2007 552
The Rhatische Bahn also has a number of concrete snowsheds, in addition to the traditional wooden ones. Here's one of them.

Swiss Railway Snow Shed, Switzerland, 1998

30 Nov 2007 348
Here's a shot taken from the snowshed.

Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, Berlin, Germany, 2007

05 Sep 2007 550
And...here it is, an active rail facility, Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt, still in existence in a railyard that's been abandoned for so long that trees are growing through the tracks and the whole place has become a park. I wasn't trespassing when I took this, by the way, but rather I found a crack in the door just barely big enough for my lens, and then I had to crop this before I posted it. That train sitting there, by the way, is an old untergrundbahn, or subway/metro train, and I have no idea what it's doing here.

Bruckenmeisterei Werkstatt Shed Door, Berlin, Germ…

05 Sep 2007 532
Very oddly, the Bruckenmeisterei shed isn't considered part of the park, and is in fact still occupied.

Coal Bunker, Rangierbahnhof Tempelhof, Berlin, Ger…

05 Sep 2007 775
This is the coal bunker at Bruckenmeisterei shed, and very surprisingly it still has coal in it, although indeed everything is surprising in this yard-turned-park.