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Opening of the season 2009 in Strasshof
25. - 26. 04. 2009
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Photo: © Tomas Randysek, Pavel Uhlir
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Opening of the season 2009 in Strasshof begun on Sunday 26th April. We went on
Saturday morning so as we help to our friends with repair of track and building
a new objects:
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Work at first, after work fun
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Our team had 13 members and we worked in three groups
- the first group daubed a gauzed fabric on butress walls of tunel,
the second group repaired a track and the third group gave a facade rendering onto signal tower.
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Jirka a Bohous are preparing
a compensatory plaster for
stretch a gauzed fabric. |
Butress walls of the tunnel
on west side. |
I am preparing a wall
for stretch a compen-
satory plaster. |
Plaster is daubing. |
"See here, do you like a beer?" |
"Whoopee - I have a
very good overman. |
West butress wall with a new
gauzed fabric. |
East tunnel portal ... |
... and butress wall is completed. |
"We are finishing, whoopee!" |
"We don´t have so long rake
at home." |
Shrouding of track by
embedded pipes. |
Work gang on railway line. |
Abrasive cutting of the track. |
Jirka is clearing track
from leaves. |
Our young managers
- experts at all. |
Preparation of plaster. |
"What is this?
I don´t like cakes." |
"The plaster freezed
- it´s a hoot." |
Master at outdoor
plasters is in action. |
Master at indoor plasters is in
action. |
Edgeways balancing. |
"Would be a beer?
I´m very thirsty!" |
Signal tower with a new garment. |
Sunday´s opening of season
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It was very sunny on Sunday morning.
We were looking forward to our first outdoor going this year - were good vibrations.
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Covered depot - there were our
models by the night. |
Petr Prikazky with his locomotive
"Klishay". |
Shunting lines for models
preparing. |
Electric train set is shunting. |
Models are smelting. |
Locomotive "Ponava" before
departure into station. |
Austrian locomotive U preparing. |
Austrian locomotive U heated. |
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Visiting model of the steamroller.
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"Krzenowic" during test run
with a new pew wagons. |
Signal car. |
Leaving the tunnel. |
Departure from station. |
On the track. |
We are approaching
to entry signal. |
Exit signal. |
Petr Prikazky as engine driver. |
I have not a pressure
so I must go by walking. |
I am trying to heat "Krzenowic"
again, but fire has a weak draft. |
We must put locomotive
out of operation. |
But we got steam
pump to work
least. |
Krzenowic" above ashen pit. |
We found a cause of weak draft
- smoke box is totally full. |
Jiri and his "Topsy" on the track. |
Entry to the station. |
Water refuelling by hand pump. |
Waiting for a preassure. |
In station, we are waiting
for departure signal. |
Locomotive "Ponava"
with engine driver Martin. |
During rise at upper loop. |
Oil refuelling. |
"Ponava" is arriving into station. |
Leaving the tunnel. |
Oil control before departure. |
"Ponava" is approaching
to entry signal. |
Waiting for entry signal. |
Entry permit. |
"Ponava" is passing by
forest loop. |
Engine driver Pavel. |
Engine driver Iva. |
Engine driver Tereza. |
Engine driver Tereza. |
Engine driver Jana. |
Loading test with pew cars. |
"Gromit" after working day. |
Bohumil is shunting
on the entry junction. |
Before entry into station. |
A while relaxation. |
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Passage of locomotives by forest section:
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Track passing from the passenger view:
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Servis space. |
Exit signals on cantilever. |
I dont know,
what we talked about. |
One man is cleaning locomotive
and other looked at him. |
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