The Last of the Last
Our visit to the Czech Republic in March 2022 failed to find one of the few Skoda 22’s in the Usti -nab- Labem fleet but we were lucky enough to find one of last remaining examples of Brno’s dwindling numbers, see earlier upload. A revisit in the December proved the opposite and Usti’s last serviceable Skoda 22Tr was out on all day service, but there was no sign of any in Brno. Whilst in Usti nab Labem we were just about to board Skoda 15Tr number 574 back to town when out of the corner of my eye I spotted something approaching and much to Mrs 8860’s disgust we let 574 go and waited in the cold to see what was approaching and it was as I thought Usti-Nab-Labem 601, dating from 1994 the last of their serviceable Skoda 22Tr’s. As it transpires 601 has become what I think is the last 22Tr left in service world wide as Brno has, (last weekend) withdrawn its last example but not after giving them a special send off, hence the reason for their no show in December.
The Last of the Last
Our visit to the Czech Republic in March 2022 failed to find one of the few Skoda 22’s in the Usti -nab- Labem fleet but we were lucky enough to find one of last remaining examples of Brno’s dwindling numbers, see earlier upload. A revisit in the December proved the opposite and Usti’s last serviceable Skoda 22Tr was out on all day service, but there was no sign of any in Brno. Whilst in Usti nab Labem we were just about to board Skoda 15Tr number 574 back to town when out of the corner of my eye I spotted something approaching and much to Mrs 8860’s disgust we let 574 go and waited in the cold to see what was approaching and it was as I thought Usti-Nab-Labem 601, dating from 1994 the last of their serviceable Skoda 22Tr’s. As it transpires 601 has become what I think is the last 22Tr left in service world wide as Brno has, (last weekend) withdrawn its last example but not after giving them a special send off, hence the reason for their no show in December.