Heritage route
Mocănița Vaser Valley
Vișeu de Sus → Paltin · Romania
Mocănița Vaser Valley in pictures
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- Distance
- 21 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 11 km/h
- Top speed
- 15 km/h
- Operator
- CFF Vișeu de Sus
- Train
- O&K / Reșița steam
- Countries
- Romania
- In service since
- 1933
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The world’s last steam-hauled forestry railway still logging, chuffing up the wild Vaser gorge in Maramureș toward the Ukrainian border.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 28 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in RO) ↗
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