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No Longer Fit for the Bedroom: Homemade Model Railway in Garage

No Longer Fit for the Bedroom: Homemade Model Railway in Garage
photo: Domažlický deník/No Longer Fit for the Bedroom: Homemade Model Railway in Garage
04 / 02 / 2023

Last week, the Czech Television programme "Wandering Camera" (Toulavá kamera) aired an episode that partly dealt with a model railway that Jaroslav Šimáček, a train lover from Domažlice, had built at home. Read how this concept came about.

Jaroslav Šimáček has loved trains since he was a child and, as a true railway fan, started buying miniature trains, which he gradually used to furnish his bedroom. When there was no more movement in the room, he moved to the garage, where he built a unique model railway with everything needed and made his life's work available to the public so that he could share this unusual experience with other railway enthusiasts.

Apparently, Mr Šimáček, a modeller and train enthusiast, was given the railway when it was 80 years old and in disrepair, and he repaired the whole thing. All the trains on the railway run according to a set timetable, which Mr Šimáček put together by a computer.

In his collection, there are trains, all of which make original sounds and light up. A minor gem in his model railway collection is ten steam locomotives that produce real steam thanks to a special smoke distillate.
What makes Mr Šimáček's railway extra special is that different stories take place on it, not metaphorically.

In fact, the railway is surrounded by various moving figures and backdrops that represent, for example, parodies from several films or historical events.

In the future, Mr Šimáček dreams of moving the entire construction to his garden and incorporating it into an even larger railway, which he currently mainly takes children on.

Source: Česká televize, Toulavá kamera

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