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Rose-Coloured Glasses
Helping to fill the void of passenger services on SK 131 between previous operator ÖBB (ceased services prematurely on 30th September) and Leo Express (commencing operation on 10th December), ZSSK's venerable Okuliare (Glasses) 754 032 departs platform 3 of Bratislava Nové Mesto (Železničná stanica Bratislava Nové Mesto to give it it's full name and worth a cool 68 points in SRSS) with a late afternoon service from BHS to Komárno.
The locomotive and members of similar classes (750, 753, 756 and 757), which were built by ČKD in the former Czechoslovakia between the late 60s and late 70s and are now spread throughout both countries, all come under the wonderful collective name(s) of Okuliare/Brejlovec (depending which side of the border you are on) for obvious reasons.
The phrase to view (or look) at a situation or memory "through Rose-Coloured Glasses (or Spectacles") refers to someone who sees things with a happy or positive attitude that fails to notice negative things, leading to a view of life that is not realistic.
An example of this (in my head anyway) would be to reflect on those days between 30/09/23 and 10/12/23 along SK 131 with lots of lovely loco-hauled services such as this one rather than contemplate the reality of Leo Express's fleet of 21 Alstom LINT 41 2-car DMUs which scuttle back-and-forth through here now every day.
Rose-Coloured Glasses
Helping to fill the void of passenger services on SK 131 between previous operator ÖBB (ceased services prematurely on 30th September) and Leo Express (commencing operation on 10th December), ZSSK's venerable Okuliare (Glasses) 754 032 departs platform 3 of Bratislava Nové Mesto (Železničná stanica Bratislava Nové Mesto to give it it's full name and worth a cool 68 points in SRSS) with a late afternoon service from BHS to Komárno.
The locomotive and members of similar classes (750, 753, 756 and 757), which were built by ČKD in the former Czechoslovakia between the late 60s and late 70s and are now spread throughout both countries, all come under the wonderful collective name(s) of Okuliare/Brejlovec (depending which side of the border you are on) for obvious reasons.
The phrase to view (or look) at a situation or memory "through Rose-Coloured Glasses (or Spectacles") refers to someone who sees things with a happy or positive attitude that fails to notice negative things, leading to a view of life that is not realistic.
An example of this (in my head anyway) would be to reflect on those days between 30/09/23 and 10/12/23 along SK 131 with lots of lovely loco-hauled services such as this one rather than contemplate the reality of Leo Express's fleet of 21 Alstom LINT 41 2-car DMUs which scuttle back-and-forth through here now every day.