The Far East Children's Railway ( Russian: Дальневосточная детская железная дорога, ''Dalwenostotschnaja detskaja schelesnaja doroga'') is a narrow gauge miniature railway in the Russian town of

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. The railway was opened on 19 May 1958 as one of many pioneer railways in the USSR and is still in use.

History

The railway was built by volunteers, after it had been initiated by

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and the public. It was inaugurated on 19 May 1958. Initially, a circular loop with a length of surrounded the park of a Sovkhoz. The passengers were transported by a railbus and four open wooden body carriages with 15 seats each. The rails were of Type P-18. The railbus was replaced by a steam locomotive Type 159 with serial number 6421 in 1959.ДЖД — Хабаровск
/ref> It is displayed on a plinth at the Pionerskaja railway station. Also in 1959, the track was extended along Karl Marx Street by heavier 3A rails up to a length of . In 1965, four

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metal passenger cars with 38 seats each were delivered by

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. The Pionerskaja railway station was built in 1967, approximately 600 m from the main track. The steam locomotive was replaced in 1968 by a ТУ2 diesel locomotive. The station building was built in 1972. On the ground floor it houses offices, a workshop, a waiting room and a classroom equipped with visual aids. A maintenance depot with a pit was built in 1979. The

carriages were replaced in 1986 by carriages of type PV51 by the Russian Demikhovo Machinebuilding Plant, and from 1987 more modern ТУ7 diesel locomotives were used. In 1999 the children's railway was reconstructed. The first refurbishment phase was completed on 25 May 2000. A repair and training building was erected near the Pionerskaja railway station, the 3A rails were replaced by heavier R-50 rails and signal and communications systems were upgraded.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

The following diesel locomotives are currently being used: *

TU7 diesel locomotive TU7 (ТУ7) - Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive for gauge – . History The TU7 () was developed in 1971–1972 at the Kambarka Engineering Works to replace the aging locomotive classes TU4 () and TU2 (ТУ2). There were 3,361 locomotives ...

s – № 2611 and 2612 *

TU10 diesel locomotive The locomotives TU10 (Russian TУ10) of the Russian Railways (RŽD) are narrow gauge diesel locomotives for children's railways. History The children's railways or pioneer railways were used for extracurricular education, where adolescents lear ...

– № TU10-017Новый тепловоз ТУ-10 «Колибри» позволит юным железнодорожникам овладевать профессией машиниста в более комфортных условиях
(Russian).

Carriages

Three passenger carriages VP750, six metal-framed passenger carriages PV51 and four flatbed goods waggons are operational.

References

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