US: "Gotta be 16 to drive a car!" Ukraine: "Hey kid, you 10 years old yet? Wanna drive a train?"

@Nicky_TM

3 жыл бұрын

I wish could drive a car at age 16

@NeNonMike

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

@FriendlyCroock

3 жыл бұрын

The title though "eastern europe" I'm from romania, a nation in eastern europe and I've never heard of this in my life. And by the way you have to be at least 18 in romania to drive a car. americans have a hard time with learning the fact that europe is a continent. Sometimes it's innocent and comical like in this case but in other cases you have american bigots blaming the entire continent of europe for something like "stealing land from native americans" or "the transatlantic slave trade".

@lauzwojwec8764

3 жыл бұрын

And Russia

@apachinook998

3 жыл бұрын

@@_bedil_ there is a great need for train drivers. the trains are big and the locomotives are big and powerful, like in the USA

Nothing helps a kid grow up quite like treating them with respect as capable individuals. Awesome program.

@kovacsadam9801

3 жыл бұрын

Screw marxists, right?

@amberlantern9328

3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!! Finally an REAL parent.

@thestudentofficial5483

2 жыл бұрын

@@kovacsadam9801 fuck ideologism. If it's appropriate, it's appropriate.

@hedgehog3180

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously this is the key, when you actually give them this responsibility they'll grow into the role naturally that's how maturing works, the problem comes when you continue to treat them like children until the day they turn 18. Another example of this I'd point to is how in Denmark high school is a lot more like university than elementary school and a lot of responsibility is placed on the students themselves and at the same time the teachers actually respect the students as fellow adults, this makes people grow up remarkably fast because now they have to be responsible but they also get the kind of respect that responsibility demands.

@dragonsymbionte8585

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in the west: 16 years old cant even think for himself and take responsibilites

I'm working at the Children's Railway of Budapest for 5 years now, and its not just a railway, its like a family and I met a lot friends here. I'm sad the line have closed down during the Covid pandemic, and also it makes me more sad that is my last official year here. But I'm glad I work her, and every single moment here, is special here. And also thank you for mentioning that in this video!

@tothlevente3692

3 жыл бұрын

Me too :) These 5 years were my true self-forgotten childhood, it was fantastic! I didn't just love the railway part, there were a lot of great leisure programs, I met most of my friends, and my girlfriend here :):) Since then I work as a volunteer in a small narrow-gauge museum railway in Kemence. It was a really interesting video, thank you for making it! :)

@christianherenz5072

3 жыл бұрын

The train rides with the budapest train where a highlight for me as a kid... There is one station where you can get out and take a ski lift back down... Such an impressive scenery... I hope I can visit one day again...

@icevonde5990

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Gyermekvasút, the best children's train PERIODD! Even as a foreigner, i can confirm that Gyermekvasút is a must when visiting Hungary!

@RocketJSykes

2 жыл бұрын

They have shut it down pernamently?

@coyoteranger

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice railroad! Jó utat!

Sadly the hungarian children's railway is closed due to covid rn, but if it reopens, i recommend everyone to pay a visit, for railway fans the trip is especially nice.

@lambdrey

2 жыл бұрын

I was there 2 weeks ago. One of my classmate works there, but at the day he had a free day. The next day, he went back to work right away and didn't come to school.

Soviet education was very technical. Look at old textbooks and you see diagrams of rockets, spacecrafts and other engineering stuff. For kids wanting to work in railways, this seems like an amazing opportunity to learn and kickstart that carrier.

I love they they intended to make a model railway, and then the “while we’re at it” things piled on until it was an actual railway. That’s like how changing a car’s clutch ends up being an engine swap, four wheel drive modification, and re-engineering the suspension. I also love the concept of occupational apprenticeship, and wish it was more common in the west.

There is a thing in every major city: The citizens usually don't visit the tourist sites of the given city. Now, with the Children's Railway in Budapest it's the complete opposite: among Budapest citizens it's a very common weekend activity to hop on the Tram No. 60 (formerly: Cogwheel Railway) and change to the Children's Railway for a ride. Kids love it and the view is magnificent! For those, who are sad about the COVID-19 closure. Most of the Hungary's narrow-gauge railways are using this time period for massive renovations, including the Children's Railway. Also, one thing to remember: The correct pronunciation of Budapest is with a 'sh' sound (like in 'mesh') and not with an 's'.

@PLKartofel

2 жыл бұрын

Poland has a spelling ''Budapeszt''. Sz basically means sh.

@TheParkanyi

2 жыл бұрын

@@PLKartofel This is what drives me crazy about Polish language: for you 'sz' is 'sh' and 's' is... 's'. For us it's the opposite... 😂

@PLKartofel

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheParkanyi Not just in polish, its nearly every slavic language. cyrylic has one character for sh sound, though.

@intothevoid5074

2 жыл бұрын

@@PLKartofel so do Czech, Slovak, upper and lower Sorbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian, Karelian, Finnish (Rarely used), Estonian (Rarely used) and the Latin alphabets of Serbian and Belarusian. In their case it's Š.

Mom:He will be a doctor! Dad:He will be an engineer! What I want to become:

@MMHSPR

3 жыл бұрын

Smh same :/

@Xcresta

2 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@EVIL-C

2 жыл бұрын

Well, a train driver IS an "engineer", so... 😜

I know ex USSR countries loved public transport, but I never knew they loved them so much they set up dedicated railways and fully fledged trains for scouts children to operate.

@DartLuke

2 жыл бұрын

It is more about additional child education/activities

This is such a dream come true for children of all countries!

@tirpitzyt3088

3 жыл бұрын

I don't wanna die if i haven't visited that railway

Our son wanted us to move from Frankfurt to Dresden as there is a children operated railway in a park, too. Alternatively he asked me to build one in a park in Frankfurt. Such children railways are really cool and kids learn so much there. Thanks for the great video.

For several years he studied at the Ufa children's railway. I remember those times very warmly. Now I graduated from the railway college and study at the institute, for 3 years I have been working on large railways at the Russian Railways JSC. I am very happy and grateful to those people who came up with the idea of ​​creating railways. I think these are very necessary and important enterprises for career guidance, pastime and gaining life experience for schoolchildren. It is a pity that there are fewer roads. Children's railways were closed in Latvia, Uzbekistan, in Kazakhstan and Armenia they have long been served by adults.

The same lokomotive TU2- 167 i drived 50 years ago, in age 14, in Leningrad. It was beaitiful time in summer at the children railway, where i was working 4 years, from 12 till 16.

@user-hq6ms3wr6u

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Moscow children railway!

The Budapest children's railway is quite long (10 km+) and with great views. The children who operate it are all very professional, even speaking English to those less proficient in Hungarian. Use the funicular railway to get up the hill to the top station and a tram to get back into the city.

@wachtergyula6414

2 жыл бұрын

I write with a Google translator, so I apologize for the errors. I would just like to describe that foreign tourists in Hungary mostly only look at Budapest and its surroundings. There's plenty of nice places elsewhere. For example, the Northern Mountains or the Balaton Highlands. And if you are interested in light rail, I understand that 22 of them work in Hungary! Good trip!

@eleanorheptinstall5354

2 жыл бұрын

@@wachtergyula6414 I used to live in Miskolc whilst teaching English. Whenever I was in Budapest, would always advise tourists to head to Eger, Pecs or head to Balaton, Keszthely & Heviz. There are some interesting places I didn't get round to visiting such as an area of Karst scenery north of Miskolc.

@wachtergyula6414

2 жыл бұрын

@@eleanorheptinstall5354 They are truly beautiful places, too. Thank you.

@revsnowfox5798

2 жыл бұрын

Correction: one uses the Cogwheel Railway (tram line no. 60) to go up, and might use the Children's Railway to come down. The Funicular is at the Buda Castle Hill in the inner city.

@fa8220

2 жыл бұрын

When we where in Budapest three years ago, we made a ride in the Gyermekvasút, and was amazing. The Fogaskérekü was also amazing. My grandmother told a lot about the Széchenyi hegy. Every time we went to Hungary, we pay several visits to the incredable transport sistem, the trams, trains and the nostalgic transports, like the cogway and the childrens railway. I am very eager to return to Hungary.

As an English teacher in Germany for 20 years, I've had many a chance to speak to Germans who grew up in communist East Germany, and they too told me stories of being in the 'FDJ' (Free German Youth movement) and the 'Young Pioneers'. They also drove and worked these model railways and thoroughly enjoyed the experience being one of the best memories of childhood. Of course, there was an ulterior motive for this training in being good comrades and a preparedness to act for your country during a crisis, or even a war.

@svenlakemeier

3 жыл бұрын

The Pioneer railways are still operating in cities in Eastern Germany, of course under different name nowadays. You can find a list on de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Pioniereisenbahn_der_DDR - apart from Magdeburg and Prerow all operate to this day.

@wakda

3 жыл бұрын

@@svenlakemeier And i bet its for same reason as in first coment, but for other side

@Klikoderat

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with teaching kids a valuable skill they may need in life.

@mvlasenko

2 жыл бұрын

> Of course, there was an ulterior motive for this training in being good comrades and a preparedness to act for your country during a crisis, or even a war. This is, of course, very bad. It is necessary to educate egoists and individualists... And most importantly - qualified consumers...

I was so disappointed, why in Switzerland didn't had such railway to learn.

@tonydoggett7627

3 жыл бұрын

They marched the opposite way!

Yes a great way to educate the young and give them true purpose in life. We need this type of thing in north america and can learn from eastern european countries. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! Unfortunately in Ukraine was closed two children's railways - in Uzhhorod and Lutsk in 2020. I work as instructor in Uzhhorod. Our railway was smallest in Ukraine. Built by citizens from 1945 - 1947 in wery hard times, this railway didn't survive in modern independent Ukraine... The reason was not covid19 it was too expensive for Ukrzaliznica to operate it. Now they planned close all passenger narrow-gauge railways after caranitine.

@RailwaysoftheWorld1

3 жыл бұрын

That’s horrible, my condolences 😢

@nicholaskelly6375

3 жыл бұрын

I am very sorry to hear this. I admit that I am not surprised. Also I have heard that the line in Rivne is also under threat. Why the Uzghorod city authorities are unable/unwilling to take the line over I have no idea. Those who are interested should visit Kosice and look at the Pioneer Railway there. As it has morphed into preserved railway. Surely this could happen in Ukraine.

@MykhailoSokolenko

3 жыл бұрын

Ты не прав. ДЖД в Ужгороде только планируют закрывать, если город не возьмёт себе ДЖД (или УЗ одумается). Сейчас же она не работает из-за карантина. Потому, ДЖД в Ужгороде просто не работает, а не закрыта. Про Луцк не знаю)))

@emilkarpo

3 жыл бұрын

Very sorry to read this.

@shtetc

3 жыл бұрын

​@@emilkarpo Good news children railway in Uzhhorod will be work in this year! City authorities decides too tray operate it as attraction. Bad news only as attraction, without children's education and operation. 29 may 2021 start new season.

Railways of the World - 4:40 the "firecrackers" are officially called Detonators. Used in railways all over the world as a safety device. Regards from an ex railway employee from Australia.

I think this is amazing. What a superb way of teaching children responsibility and team work. Sadly I can't see this would be allowed anywhere in the west.

@CheesyGiant82

3 жыл бұрын

We welcome 16 year olds on our heritage railway in the UK although it'll take a number of years to get to driving as it would for any age.

@jimfrodsham7938

3 жыл бұрын

@@CheesyGiant82 is that so Matt, I didn't know that. Thanks.

@MrBnsftrain

3 жыл бұрын

I would've loved to be a part of something like this if it was in the states. I have loved trains since I was a child, and especially visiting miniature ride-on trains. Something like this would've also trained children, especially those with special needs, how to handle a job and how to interact with customers and co-workers.

@b-chroniumproductions3177

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBnsftrain Would the US children railways be poorly maintained and managed to prepare kids for working on real American railroads? lol

I was working for the Childrens Railway in Berlin. It was a great time. I learned very much about the railway system there and later, I was driver of the big railways for many years too. The idea is very cool :-)

Honestly this is such an amazing idea and one that should be a lot more common, it uses the almost universal interest that kids have in trains and teaches them valuable lessons about maturity while also letting them experience the best parts of it. It also means that this interest won't just die because the child isn't able to indulge in it and hopefully gets a lot of them interested in making this into a career and shows them why railways are the best form of transport. It's also incredibly clever because it basically lets the children get a taste of adulthood and then when the day is over they can take off their uniforms and go back to being children so it also doesn't stress them out, it's kinda like a really dedicated live action roleplaying game. You don't thrust them into a situation that they can't handle but instead give them a safe space to try being an adult and learn how to work together and that helps to ease them into being an adult. By the time they actually become one it won't feel like a sudden huge change but instead will just be natural because they already know all of the important skills.

@hedgehog3180

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly can't express how jealous I am of this, I wish something similar could spread to the rest of the world.

I wish I’d had access to a program like that as a kid, we have an abandoned line just a few hundred meters from my home that could be used as a children’s railway.

As of the date of publication of this video train driving was already excluded from jobs prohibited for women. Even before that, a girl managed to enroll and complete the course (with flying colors) of a suburban train driver, and she is now working as an assistant driver on a regular suburban service in Moscow. Her name is Sofia Dorofeeva. The ban list now includes about 100 occupations instead of more than 400 before.

Oh man, I wish we had these in Czechia, that would be great.

@RailwaysoftheWorld1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was very surprised that Czechoslovakia didn't have any of these.

@webecomets

3 жыл бұрын

@@RailwaysoftheWorld1 They actually did unfortunately they have all been removed.

@zachariassamueltrojanek8432

3 жыл бұрын

There was something simililar in Pilsner form 1959 to 1976 it was conecting a trolleybus stop and Pilsner zoo

@whiskeysk

3 жыл бұрын

@@RailwaysoftheWorld1 your research team failed on this one. komrad :) wikipedia "Košice_Children's_Heritage_Railway"

@milokojjones

3 жыл бұрын

It would be cool project to attempt to resurect them or perhaps even build new ones in some places like Brno for example - there is pretty big undeveloped field of grass right in the middle of the city nearby '' Vaňkovka '' shopping mall, I heard it is going to be developed in some way soon, perhaps some sort of park and few commercial buildings or something like that, Im not sure, but it would be cool if some sort of this '' Children's Railway '' was implemented there.

If only they had these in America when I was a boy

The ~400 jobs forbidden for women has been shortened to about 100 last year. Train driver isn't in the list anymore.

@lordsamich755

3 жыл бұрын

For fuck sake these are not examples of society hating Women. They are textbook examples of Male disposability!

@s0nnyburnett

3 жыл бұрын

Eastern bloc countries going woke makes me weep for the future. Prepare for high divorce rates and single moms dependent on the state.

@elFulberto

3 жыл бұрын

@@s0nnyburnett Pfft, we're already there. Have been for a long time.

@windoak2113

3 жыл бұрын

@@elFulberto yeah who gon tell em

@lordsamich755

3 жыл бұрын

@@AshliBlattgold I don't know how I can make it much clearer. The list of occupations forbidden to Women are all dangerous life-threatening occupations. They are also generally low paying despite significant risk to life and limb. Ergo, these restrictions were not about limiting the choices of Women for the sake of it. They were about protecting Women at the expense of Men, whom were considered expendable.

I've visited the one in Dnipro many times. It's nice to see youngsters enjoying themselves while learning life skills for the future.

I would so have done this if the U. S. had had anything like this when I was a kid! Fortunately, I met someone locally who had a live steam railroad and helped with that when I was in my early teens.

I've ridden on such a train operated up in the hills of Budapest, Hungary, though it is not a minature one but a half size one that operates over a single track of a few kilometers with several stations where the track divideds for both directions. The engineer is an adult, but all other jobs are done by teenagers. I got on a train and quickly was surrounded by a lively young school group that got a little noisy. I asked the two boys who acted as conductors in english when the return trains came back, but either they were unprepared for english responses or they didn't know and I teased them a bit that "Every conductor needed to know the schedules of the line." It was great fun!

This is why I respect true born Russians, Ukrainians and all other Slavic people. Not only that there freaking awesome there just badass and cool to be around!

It makes me wonder if such a system could work in the West. Here in America, we're facing a serious problem of children being pressured to go to university and often coming out with mountains of debt and no work to be found, all while skilled labor jobs like carpenters, plumbers, welders, air traffic controllers, and yes even train drivers are becoming more and more desperate for new recruits. And that's to say nothing of the declines in child behavior and discipline and the lack of opportunity for teenagers leading to hooliganism and crime. Imagine if these kids had the option of joining a modified version of the Children's Railway program; a group activity, possibly even paid, that teaches them not only all of the vital career skills required to run a railroad but also vital life skills like teamwork and discipline in the workplace. Might even help with some growing urban problems if laid out right; narrow gauge freight railroads could help with drayage from warehouses and freight yards to inner city businesses thus supplementing or replacing worn out, underpaid truckers, or light passenger rail could run commuter services from city centers out to the suburbs, taking more cars off the highways. Heck, might even help make for better car drivers if they've been taught how to drive or even just work around something much bigger that can do more damage to themselves and others if they mess up.

@turtek12

2 жыл бұрын

The parents and the teachers unions would scream bloody murder. How dare you put little Johnny in danger of using his hands?!

@TankEngine75

Жыл бұрын

There is one in the UK (Downs Light Railway) and many are in Germany, not in America though

@peterv7902

2 ай бұрын

There are a lot of narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland, so many people travel by them to school, work or to relax. Also, they transport a lot of goods on them! (Not children's trains, of course.) In Hungary, there was serious freight traffic on the Budapest tram network until the nineties. (In contrast to e.g. many German cities, where there was no traffic due to the 1000 mm tram and 1435 mm railway gauge.)

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that´s actually a great idea to learn a lot of skills and teamwork capabilities. kids and teenagers run the thing while carefully observed by adults.

I would have killed to part of something so amazing as a child. This is a beautiful concept and I am so proud of the children!!!!!

I love narrow guage railways, I grew up near The Revenglass and Eskdale line in the UK, now I live in Latvia there is a narrow guage steam line in Alūksne/Gulbene which I have not yet visited, but plan to once the lockdown restrictions ease off again.

We had one children's railway in Malakhovka in Moscow region. I am 34 now, but still remember those delight feeling from visiting it!

When we where in Budapest three years ago, we made a ride in the Gyermekvasút, and was amazing. The Fogaskérekü was also amazing. My grandmother told a lot about the Széchenyi hegy. Every time we went to Hungary, we pay several visits to the incredable transport sistem, the trams, trains and the nostalgic transports, like the cogway and the childrens railway. I am very eager to return to Hungary.

Recently discovered that Pilsen used to have one as well and it was even electrified.

Excellent video of a subject I admire... I was fortunate to ride "Children's Railways" in St Petersburg and Kharkov... Bravo for posting this video - Spasibo!!

those kids has most amazing Childhood

The Budapest Children’s Railway is one of the best in the world! I recommend it to everyone! I’ve ridden it many time and highly recommend it because it curves and meanders through the Buda hills and has multiple stops to many interesting sites! There are also a lot of great hiking trails! Also as mentioned in the video it is really well connected with the city transport system!

Ahh we used to have a Pioneer railroad in Slovenia, ahh I was born to young darn it... What a great example of some of the positive aspects of socialism's legacy.

There is also one such railway in Poland in the city of Poznań - it's called Maltanka because of the name of the nearby lake Malta.

you forgot to mention the "Pioniereisenbahnen" in the former DDR and now in (east-)germany, there are many of them still remaining here.

I absolutely LOVE this! It's a shame we have too many rules and regulations here in the US because this would be an awesome thing to get started up here.

I’m working on Kiev children railway

Anatoli: "Babushka, can we buy a train?" Babushka: "No Anatoli. We have a train at home." Their train at home:

Good on Elena breaking that glass ceiling and paving the way for all the women who want to have this dream job. Because, yeah how cool is it!

The railways, are a life-long passion for people. I'm sure there are many children throughout the world, who would love the opportunity to help run the railways, from the smallest responsibility, up.

For those asking, yes the awesome Budapest Children's railway is open again, after Covid

10 year old: *plays with toy trains* Eastern Europe: “Time to take him on the tracks!”

un freakin believable... every children (and grown-ups) dream.....

There is one of these in Kharkiv , it starts in Gorky park and has a couple of road crossings . It goes for quite some way , i am not sure exactly how far but a Google search will find it

Wonderful and very interesting episode! Thank you for mentioning also the Hungarian children railway!

A wonderful documentary and great information for any childeren all around the world... Thanks a lot.....

This is so cool! I understand why these were never a thing in the US, but I really wish they were

The most unoque of them is situated in my native city Krasnoyarsk. It has exclusive gauge width. That's why the locomotives and the coaches there are exclusive too. They use accumulator-powere loco nowadays.

This is beyond awesome. This is the type of shit I want to build if I get stupid amounts of money.

This is literally a dream come true for my 7 year old self

Vocational Education, we have far too little of the this available in the U.S.A. We over-focus on University prep.

Still have one of them here in Berlin operational. Just like 3 stops by tram away.

man now I wish my city had one of these

That story about the small engine saved from scrap touched me I many be a expert of nature I also love trains especially steam locomotives

Very jealous of these full-blown railways for youngsters. Here in Catalonia we do have similar railways, but they are 10 inch gauge and lower and many of them are closer to scale trains than a true railway. I'm member of one of the bigger ones , Tren de Palau, and it's heartwarming to see kids interested in the railroad, some of which are becoming members!

wow, man, this episode has everything: awesome trains and childhood nostalgy, cute girls in uniform and feminism, even a joke about photoshop! aboslutely love it!

@user-kw4bu6hr9s

3 жыл бұрын

Приезжайте в Россию, прокатим! СПб метро Купчино.

@avigdonable

3 жыл бұрын

Ksenia, you look like that Russian spy woman.

@freedomfreedom6306

3 жыл бұрын

@@avigdonable yes looks like Annka Kuschenko (aka Chapman)

I remember the at least 3 rides on the Kurgan Children's Railway, a 1,05 km long line. It connects two stations: "Pionerskaya" (Pioneers), located in the Central Park of Kurgan, and "Zvyozdochka" (The Star), situated close to a beach. Both stations have the switchbacks explained at 5:03. The railway initially used a TU2 steam engine and Pafawag carriages, which in 2011-2012 were replaced by the same type of locomotive and carriages as seen at 2:19. The reason to why I visited Kurgan in 2006, 2010, 2017 and 2018, was because my great grandmother, who is over 90 years old, lives there. Unfortunately, her sister passed away in November 2020.

@SvobodniyNic

2 жыл бұрын

The children's railway in Kurgan continues to work!

Thank you for posting this. I've been wanting to show these railroads to my American friends for a long time and it's easier if they can visualize it. Berlin so far is the only one I've been to.

I work at a live steam miniature railway in Zurich which is operated by us kids, its an absolutely fantastic opportunity to learn about train driving and other stuff

One can be found also in Košice, Slovakia

Just wanna point out that not allowing woman to drive trains wasnt meant in a bad way, it was a very dangerous job back in the day with steam loco´s. The thing is just that they never changed it even tho the technology was better.

Incredible initiative.

I raaaarely subscribe to anything... but your channel is amazingly professional and interesting, thank you for this video, KTM-5 film and all you did. Great job👍👍👍

RUN, not ran, by kids

I really hope that the preservation railways (like the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway) take note of these Children railways. I think these could really help there volunteer shortages.

So,heart touching ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great video sir👌 Спасибо :)

Are the children unaccompanied by adult supervisors and what is their incident record for mishaps? Would never be allowed in North America, sadly enough. :/

@RailwaysoftheWorld1

3 жыл бұрын

Underages are always accompanied by adults, it won’t be legal otherwise even here 😀 I have found no news records of any accidents on the children’s railways which occurred through the train driver’s fault.

Great video like it very much.loads of detail.Hope there more.

Hello! This is wonderful!!

Amazing!

These need to be a thing in a lot more places.

Perfect !

Great video. Seen the childrens railway in Ufa and we rode the pioneer railway in Budapest.

very nice video thanks!!

What a fantastic idea these child railways need to be more common

Military General: “we need all the abled bodied men and women for service in the military” Transportation Minister: “but comrade who will drive the trains?” Minister of Education: “I’ve got just the kids for the job”

Children‘s railways seem to be a thing in ex Warsaw Pact countries. I also know of one in East Berlin.

I've heard from some of the alumni that it used to be a real community, kids would visit each other's cities, make friends, learn and have fun together. In their adult lives, some actually work for public transport. Unfortunately, Ukraine's Railway is closing down some of these "unprofitable assets." At least 2 of the 9 railways you've mentioned are not going to reopen their doors when the lockdown is over.

@Streckenfernsprecher

3 жыл бұрын

You're right. Ist's a really large community. I'm working at children's railway at Berlin since 1980 ... more than 40 years now. The railway of Budapest I know since 1992

Nice video like and subscribed from Czech Republic 🙂👍👍👍

Hi! I remembered another iconic soviet vehicle that well deserves a video - the motorized draisine TD-5U. in my opinion the best vehicle of its' class, that was conceived during ww2 and still offers crucial services in most remote failing narrow gauge railways when even trains get scarce.

@RailwaysoftheWorld1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have an old plan to gather a team, go to Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway and hire a Pionerka.

@bluemoondiadochi

3 жыл бұрын

@@RailwaysoftheWorld1 Wow that's a fast response! respect! Anyhow, i hope it works! you can also use yt footage, there is enough for part of a video at least i think. tho i think feeling the actual experience will surely help make it an even better hommage video. I hope you can make it happen, with or without Alapayevsk! Good luck!

wow, this is great!

Very nice video.

Young Pioneers, these were Pioneer Railways. The Soviet Union and Russia today take the railways seriously. The RZD today runs the worlds largest system of higher education with railway related colleges and universities all over Russia.

We had a Pioneer railway in Ljubljana, Slovenia (former Yugoslavian republic) as well between 1948 and 1954. Unfortunately it shut down due to low ridership, and is now a bike trail.

Nice video!

We used to have one in our city (Pilsen). Only couple of remaining structures are left of it, unfortunately.

Duude! I would have LOVED this as a child! This was my dream as a kid

Я ходил на такую дорогу в школе в Ростове-на-Дону. Водил поезд. Очень хорошая штука.

Ну, в СССР развлечение с ДЖД было... Хорошо, что такую деятельность с Советских времен мы сохранили.

@lugerliaz

3 жыл бұрын

Скорее даже не развлечение, а сфера обучения

@user-to9zz8nk5c

3 жыл бұрын

Это наследие ненавистного совка. Нужна декоммунизация!

@user-em9nk9gk4z

3 жыл бұрын

Дорога дисциплинирует. Сам ходил на такую в Ростове-на-Дону