About History – The First Children’s Railway in the World
The first children’s railway in the world was opened in Tbilisi, Georgia on 24th July, 1935. Operating on a 1.2 km track, it was a narrow-gauge railway, complete with real wagons and locomotives.
Steam locomotive 159-205 Photo by M.Kuryshev
The railway was operated by schoolchildren aged 9-15 years old who, under supervision of the adult instructors, drove trains, worked as traffic controllers, assistants to station-masters, guards and conductors.
Steam locomotive 159-205. Photo from T. Altbergs’s private archive. 1960s – 1970s.
Train on the Pioneri station in Tbilisi. Photo by P. Strelkov. 1986
Steam locomotive 159-205 and diesel locomotive TU3-035 in Tbilisi. Photo by V.Mironov. 1982
One of the original steam locomotives is exhibited near the entrance to Mushtaidi Park in Tbilisi. A plate on the cab reads in Georgian script “first steam locomotive in the world on a children’s railway in Tbilisi, 1935″.
The first children’s railway in the world!
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My father and his friends, being kids, took part in the construction of the railway.
That is amazing Anna!
More I am getting ready for my trip to Georgia, more I realise that the 3 weeks won’t be enough :).