Friday 16 January 2009

Children's railway



Children's railway was a phenomenon in the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries. In Riga there was one as well but it's been dismantled many years ago, however in quite a few post-communist countries it is still functioning. One of them you can find in Yerevan, Armenia.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

These are things they should restore and put in working function again. Isnt the Riga children railway in Mezaparks?

Arnis Balcus said...

in mežaparks the children's railway was removed many years ago, it is the dismantled one that was mentioned in the blog entry ;)

Anonymous said...

Damn, why? I remember as a small kid I was there and it was still working, how long ago they dismantled it?

Arnis Balcus said...

In May 1997