Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg.
It is small (a population of 60,000) and is the home of Ural Locomotives, where they produce their whole range of locomotives, including the 2ES10 (see Picture 1 below), a powerful mainline loco, and the Lastochka EMU (see Picture 2 below) which is the common intercity EMU.
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In Russia, the 1st of May is Workers Day and there are many parades. These are followed up by Victory Day on 9th May.
Verkhnyaya Pyshma itself also has the Verkhnyaya Pyshma Military Museum (know as UMMC or the Ural Museum of Military Glory). To mark Victory Day this year they paraded some of their vehicles, all of which are kept in operating condition.
This year they paraded over 48 vehicles (including some Lend-Lease), and the video of the event is indeed well worth watching, especially as modelling inspiration!
Here is the link (YouTube). Enjoy!
Историческая техника на параде Победы в Верхней Пышме/Historical technique at the Victory parade - YouTube
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The sheer range of operating vehicles is amazing - spanning a period from the 1920s through to the end of WW2. And everyone should be able to spot a favourite or two!
As well as the immaculate state of the vehicles, I was impressed by the fact that the operators were all correctly dressed for the part. Operators were drawn from veterans of the armed forces, participants of recent conflicts and (a nice touch this) grandchildren and children of those who fought in WW2, as well as those who served in Afghanistan.
Two of my favourites...
I am making plans already for a model of the speaker truck!