S.M.P.D. - Společnost Moravských Parkových Drah

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Reportage assembled: © Tomas Randysek

We lived to see inauguration of Park railway Olympia. Our feelings were wonderful when we left the station Amphitheatre with the first passengers. But let´s go step by step.

We did not thinking about our park railway inauguration a year ago. But doings of last months were very fast. But so goes the world. We were in the right place in good time. And Mr Navratil, executive head and marketing director of Somerston Olympia CZ, was in the same place. Park railway Olympia Brno was born at the time, but in our heads only. We transfered our ideas on the paper and computer monitors gradually. And we are ready to cut the tape today. Cut the tape symbolize completion of something, but we are in the start ironically. We must work very hard yet. The baby was born and we must establish, educate and direct him into life. We believe our idea and we hope so our Park railway Olympia brno will gradually prosper.

Preparing of this action will something new for us and we tried to undisappreciate nothing. We had to improvize a little, because technical facilities missing meanwhile. We will run from station Amphitheatre through return loop back to station Amphitheatre. The wayside station was intended for technical facilities. Some station track and switches were open in this station. Wide of ballast is suitable for manipulations and proximity to in-line skating rink is advantage for feed.
Management of Olympia detached storage area for us, guarded of safety service in addition. We started transport of engines and waggons S.M.P.D. on Thursday. Transport from storage area to park railway lasts about two hours always in the morning and in the evening. We must build technical facilities at the first.

We start to transport of models.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Uhlir´s family went only double,
buth with a lorry.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Steam engine Solingen unloading.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Our provisional technical facilities.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Battery engines AEG No.4 a No.6.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

"Brejlovec" of Bohous Pavlicek
unloading.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Company Velecky brought our
waggons with wheel gauge 7". We
will use them for transport of water
today.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Steam engine of Mr Vidner comes
from Skalsko.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Turning of 7 inches steam engines is he-mannish work.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

Our provisional depot is filling-up.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

We have made inmauguration with a full state, including harangue, toast and cut the tape by battery engine. And christening by champagne, too. Renata Ficova and Milan Randysek prepared perfect cattering for us with the support our wifes.

Cattering servis - from the right
Milan Randysek, Renata Ficova,
Milena Randyskova, Sasa Silerova
and Mrs Velecka.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

Sasa and Milena are preparing lun-
cheon vouchers.
(photo © Tomas Randysek)

We rounded up plastic champagne
glasses, too.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

And champagne streamed ...
(photo © Jiri Polak, Tomas Randysek, Jan Sajbrt)

... and harangue was too.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt, Iva Uhlirova, Jan Sajbrt)

Champagne was very
good.
(foto © Pavel Uhlir)

Park railway Olympia inauguration is high.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

We must help engine
with a binder little.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Jirka Sajbrt as a main
shotfirer.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Ceremonial christening of the Park railway Olympia Brno.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Steam engines SOLINGEN, PONAVA, KRZENOWIC, GROMIT, KLISHAY and battery engines AEG No. 4 and No. 6 from S.M.P.D. Society participated on the inauguration.

Steam engine JULINKA of Mr Hamacek from Hradec Kralove, steam engine of Mr Vidner from Skalsko, battery engine T478 of Mr Pavlicek from Usti nad Orlici and battery engine SVEDKA of Mr Hamacek accepted our invitation.
But Mr Balsky had to apologize for health reasons. We are giving king regards him and we wish him rapid recovery. We hope so, that he visit us on the next operating day.

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

(photo © Stanislav Limberk)

Agile activity in depot. All locomotives prepared for runs.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

But we must transport water for steam engines at the first. Our water house was connect to water-service pipe on the opposite end of the biopark - near the station Amphitheatre. Transport supported battery engines AEG and new waggons which contains several water barrels.

(photo © Tomáš Randýsek)

(photo © Stanislav Limberk)

(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

It was very hard work.
(photo © St. Limberk)

There is agile activity in depot.
Bikes riddes around stopped off and showed on what is going on.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

There is heating of the visiting models JULINKA of Mr. Hamacek
and 7" gauge steam engine of Mr Vidner:

Boiler filling.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Additional blower.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

Coal grinding.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Smoke from the stack..
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

JULINKA is ready for run.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Preparing of Mr Vidner´s steam engine.
(photo © Jiri Polak a Jan Sajbrt)

Jirka Sajbrt went out as the first with his steam engine SOLINGEN from S.M.P.D. Society. Jirka set run slide valves previous day otherwise and wiggled by head in disbelief above S.O.B. producing. He set run slide valves several times during the day.

Jirka´s steam engine SOLINGEN.
(photo © Stanislav Limberk)

Concentration before
run.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

SOLINGEN with service waggon.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

A smile takes you a long way.
(foto © Jan Sajbrt)

"Can you tell me, if is a track free?"
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Jirka is leaving from depot.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

With connected pew waggons.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Petr Prikazky performed some adjustments on his steam engine KLISHAY since the last year's operations. And he was very curious about steam engine driveability in Brno. KLISHAY is unable draw pew waggons, regarding its output, but Peter drowe down his wife eventually. Visitors can look up to this unique steam engine. And Peter is working on a new, more high-powered steam engine, which he would like to set into operations this year.

Rods lubrication.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Steamer is working full tilt.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Klishay is ready.
(foto © Jan Sajbrt)

Petr is taking a state on track ...
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

... and he is leaving depot.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Uhlir´s family went attenuate because of familiar reasons - only Pavel with his daughter Iva. Steam engine GROMIT worked very well and it helped us with passengers.

Steam engine preparing.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

Water refilling.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

Heating by wood coal.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Pressure is rising, steam is hissing.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Just before departure.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Departure from depot.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

Heating of steam engine KRZENO-
WIC in the presence of Jirka Kut.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Waiting before return loop.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

We abandoned special train for in-
vited guests.
(photo © Jiri Polak)

Deputies of company Velecky.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

We drowe down pets, too.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Midday snack was very good, service was perfect.
(foto © Jan Sajbrt)

"We dont now, if is the cake better then handcar.
We must take thought."
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

The handcar of Petr Prikazky was very interested for children.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

And we moved from depot into station Amphitheatre in the afternoon. There were first passengers of the biocentre. Two experienced traffic controllers with a transmitters suplied all operating.

Traffic controller Tom
suplied departures from
depot.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Traffic controller Martin
suplied operations in the
loop.
(foto © Jan Sajbrt)

(photo © Jiri Polak)

(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Steam engine of Mr Vidner from
Mala draha Skalsko.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

Battery locomotive "SVEDKA"
from Hradec Kralove.
(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

"Spectacle-snake" of Bohumil Pavlicek with pasenger train.
(photo © Jiri Polak a Iva Uhlirova)

(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

(photo © Jiri Polak)

(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

(photo © Jan Sajbrt)

The wather was very unstable as almost capricious. Sometime was sunny, sometime was rain. We got wet to the skin several times over. But sun dried us always. The weather of these days admonished about weather on Isle of Man for some informed.

This unobtrusive cumulus humilis gradually overgrew into cumulus congestus
and it sprinkled us with fruitful rain.
(photo © Iva Uhlirova)

The Children´s day was in the biocentre on the next weekend 29th and 30th May. Company OK Mont layed track after tunnel and we used its for rerailing our vehicles. We removed all our things into wayside station by the help of battery engines. Some things were out of the structure gauge, but we removed all things without an expressive complications.

The examinationn of a new track section behind the tunnel with full loading train.
Uprise is long and engine driver will have keep sufficient suply of pressure
before departure from the main station.
(photo © Tomas Randysek jun.)

Interest in pick-up was large, there were queues sometimes. We hope so drowe down all interested persons. But the weather could be better.

The oldest passenger in our park railway.
Mrs Irena Adamcova from Austerlitz. She is ninety-six.
(photo © Tomas Randysek jun.)

You can see a short video from Jirka Sajbrt, if you click on the next picture:

We should like to thank all involved modellers, Mrs Renata Ficova and Mr Milan Randysek for perfect cattering, our wifes for fellow organisations and buffet preparing.

We wish that our Park Railway Olympia Brno has had favour of visitors as in the first days. We will constantly evolve our Park railway, but this show following weeks and months.