Few weeks ago a handful of enthusiasts managed to fix the locomotive and narrow gauge railway connecting Sibiu to Sighişoara, via Agnita. It'll run between 11.00 and 15.00 and for children there will be a cyclo-trolley on a secondary lane.
Mihai Blotor , a web-designer from Agnita set up the foundation "Friends of the narrow gauge railway" and manage to obtain the money for the project, celebrating 100 years of Sibiu, Agnita şi Sighişoara narrow gauge. He tells the story explaining that , in 2007, when the renovation project started, there was nothing more than the railway and the stations. More people (engineers, architects, historians or MDs) joined the project in time. They started with an inventary of the 50 km railway left. A list of things to do has been put together and more volunteers joined over time.
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In 2007 Mihai managed to obtain the narrow gauge classification on the list of Romania's national monuments and in 2008 with the help of the town hall of Agnita they obtained the concession of the railway to a group of town halls
Rebuilding stations and water towers, weed cutting and vegetation removing, saving from scrap and fixing carriages, and three and a half years later we have, for the beginning, two km or railway and the train working again.
The narrow-gauge railway is running on one of Romania's most beautiful places, central and south Transylvania and among some of the most interesting castles and fortifications in Romania.
Congratulations to the entire team and we're looking forward to get in touch and help the narrow gauge railway !
The narrow-gauge railway is running on one of Romania's most beautiful places, central and south Transylvania and among some of the most interesting castles and fortifications in Romania.
Congratulations to the entire team and we're looking forward to get in touch and help the narrow gauge railway !
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