Câmpu Cetății forest railway
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| Route length: | As of 1997: 8 km |
| Gauge : | 760 mm ( Bosnian gauge ) |
The forest railway Câmpu Cetății (Hungarian Vármező ) was a narrow-gauge railway in Romania . Like all Romanian forest railways, it was operated by the state company Căile Ferate Forestiere (CFF) and had a track width of 760 millimeters . The eponymous place is in Mureș County , four kilometers east of Eremitu .
history
The railway was opened in 1954 to transport the felled wood with flat cars and wooden stools. As on most forest railways, so-called wagons were carried at the end of the train going uphill.
There was also a temporary siding on the CFR line Târgu Mureş – Sovata , which ran on the northern outskirts of Câmpu Cetății.
Used came mainly steam locomotives of MÁVAG type 70 , including 764,441 and 764,467. They were scrapped after the railway was closed. Another locomotive, the 764.460, was last in service. Today it is in use on the Hungarian forest railway from Lenti and Csömödér . Operations ceased in 1997. The line was dismantled the following year. The building of the former engine shed in Câmpu Cetății has been converted and structurally repaired.
Route description
The route began at the northeast end of Câmpu Cetății. From there it led 8 km in a south-easterly direction into the Gurghiu Mountains. The forest areas along the route were characterized by mixed beech forests.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on www.internationalsteam.co.uk
- ↑ Article on www.railnetromania.blogspot.com
- ↑ Article on www.eisenbahnforumvogtland.de
- ^ Rudolf Reichel, Hans Hufnagel: Forests and Steam - 1000 km on Romania's forest railways , self-published, Vienna 1990