Children's Railroad (Minsk)

K. S. Zaslonov Children's Railroad in Minsk (Belarusian: Дзiцячая чыгунка, Dzitsyachaya chyhunka; Russian: Минская детская железная дорога имени К.С.Заслонова, Minskaya detskaya zheleznaya doroga imeni K.S.Zaslonova) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.[1]

Children's Railroad of Minsk
Technical
Line length3.79 km
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Route map
 Balloon loop
 0,00 Saslonowo (Заслоново)
 1,80 Pionerskaja (Пионерская)
Bridge
Underpass
 3,79 Sosnowyj Bor (Сосновый Бор)
 Balloon loop
A TU7 diesel locomotive in Zaslonovo

Overview

It is fully operated by teenagers. One of many children's railways that existed in the USSR and continued functioning after its breakup in post-Soviet states, it was opened on July 9, 1955. There was a 3-year program to train future railway personnel. In 1971 the railway was named after railman Konstantin Zaslonov, a Hero of the Soviet Union who had commanded a partisan brigade.[2]

The railway line counts 3 stations (listed from north to south): Zaslonovo, Pionerskaya (or Pionerskaja) and Sosnovy Bor (or Sosnovyj Bor); and a pair of rail loops after the end stops. Zaslonovo is located between the Metro stations Park Čaliuskincaŭ and Maskoŭskaja, both on the Maskoŭskaja line.

Photogallery
  • Pionerskaya station
  • Sosnovy Bor station
  • A train in Zaslonovo
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See also

References
  1. (in Russian) Infos about the railway
  2. http://www.ctv.by/childrens-railway-in-minsk


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