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

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Reportage assembled: © Tomas Randysek

Company Oltis Group organized traditional tournament Oltis Three Balls Cup 2010 in golf, bowling and tennis on 17th and 18th July. The tournament was in the sports facility Veska, near the Olomouc city. Representatives of the CD Cargo, ZSSK Cargo and railway transport companies attended this tournament. Oltis Group enabled us to present our models and activities of S.M.P.D. Society on the Friday´s tennis tournament. Because we are looking for a new sponsors. Our locomotives diversified tennis tournament, too, we think.

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

(photo © Jiri Polak)

We departed into Veska on Thursday afternoon with a big lorry, with one steam and one battery engine, with a four pew waggons and with cca 140 meters of the track. We had to overrule terrain unevenness sometimes. One half of line went on the paving through summer garden and one half through grass area. Grassy terrain was not ideally straight, there was a big descent before the small station. These terrain unevenness implicated vehicles derailment. We had to bottom track by sole pieces and pasteboard.

(photo © Jiri Polak)

The steam engine "SOLINGEN" and blue battery engine AEG operated with two pew waggons. We transported children especially. The adults spared at the first moment, but they had to more questions about steam engine. They went around at last.
The fruitful afternoon rain interrupted tournament and railway traffic. But we drove up under the big parasols (actually under the umbrellas in this case). The rain stopped in half an hour fortunately and we continued ...

(photo © Tomas Randysek)

We would like to thank Oltis Group company for invitation in this action. There were all railway transport specialists. We wish that we will find a next sponsor that he may to cofinancing of the main station building.