Romania

A 'Ffestiniog Travel' tour of the trains and trams of Romania took us by train from Sibiu to Iasi via Timisoara, Arad, and Oradea in, to us, old-fashioned compartment coaches, most of which had seen much better days. The trains were only two or three loco-hauled carriages travelling at a sedate pace, no buffet and not much in facilities, very reminiscent of Indian railways. The trams were a mixture of second-hand european and locally-built vehicles, The food and hotels were excellent ! It was an amazing holiday and totally recommended.

Arad

Arad City tramway

Arad has an interesting metre-gauge tramway network including a long branch out to Ghioroc, a village about 12 miles from Arad.

Arad tram '08'	Arad tram '012'	Arad tram '33'	Arad tram '51'
Arad tram '71'	Arad tram '132'	Arad tram '169'	Arad tram '171'
Arad tram '173'	Arad tram '175'	Arad tram '185'	Arad tram '240'
Arad tram '271'	Arad tram '406'	Arad tram '486'	Arad tram '493'
Arad tram '561'	Arad tram '584'	Arad tram '607'	Arad tram '625'
Arad tram '697'	Arad tram '1003'	Arad tram '1008'	Arad tram '1019'
Arad tram '1078'	Arad tram '1085'	Arad tram '1111'	Arad tram '1119' and '167'
Arad tram '1122'	Arad tram '1124'	Arad tram '1165'	Arad tram '1174'
Arad tram '1179'	Arad tram '1180'	Arad tram '1504'	Arad tram '1506'
Arad tram '1856'	Arad tram '1860'	Arad tram '1864'	Arad tram depot
Arad works car '002'	Arad works car '002' and tram '263'	Arad works van

The Ghioroc tramway branch and museum

The historic Ghioroc Tramway	The historic Ghioroc Tramway	The historic Ghioroc Tramway	The historic Ghioroc Tramway
Ghioroc Tramway station	Ghioroc rail / tram crossing	The Ghioroc Tramway	The Ghioroc Tramway
The Tramway in Ghioroc	The Tramway in Ghioroc	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '1'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '2'
Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '2'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '2'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '4'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '8'
Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '8'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '10'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '13'	Ghioroc Tramway motor Car '15'
Ghioroc Tramway trailer car '0106'	Ghioroc Tramway trailer car '0601'	Ghioroc Tramway trailer car '0615'	Arad tram '01' at Ghioroc
Ghioroc tram '230'	Ghioroc tram '31'	Ghioroc tram '32'	Ghioroc tram '37'
Arad tram '60' at Ghioroc	Arad tram '914', Christmas tram	Arad tram '914', Christmas tram	Ghioroc works van 'DZ-01'
Ghioroc tramway wagon '13'	Ghioroc tramway wagon	Ghioroc tramway wagon

Arad power Station

Arad power station

Arad power station

CFR - Caile Ferate Romane

CFR Steam locos

Some 'preserved' at the railway 'museum' at Sibiu, some 'plinthed' at various stations and some just resting where they finally stopped.

CFR '20 064' at Sibiu	CFR '077' at Sibiu	CFR '077' at Sibiu	CFR '130 503' at Sibiu
CFR '130 503' at Sibiu	CFR '131 001' at Arad	CFR '131 001' at Arad	CFR '131 040' at Sibiu
CFR '131 040' at Sibiu	CFR '142 044' at Oradea	CFR '150 1105' at Sibiu	CFR '150 1105' at Sibiu
CFR '150 139' at Cluj	CFR '150 139' at Cluj	CFR '230 096' at Arad	CFR '230 096' at Arad
CFR '230 142' at Oradea	CFR '230 142' at Oradea		CFR '324 951' at Sibiu
CFR '375 032' at Sibiu	CFR '388 002' at Sibiu	CFR '388 002' at Sibiu	CFR '389 001' at Sibiu
CFR '389 001' at Sibiu	CFR '40 004' at Sibiu	CFR '40 004' at Sibiu	CFR '40 004' at Sibiu
CFR '6845' at Sibiu	CFR '6845' at Sibiu	CFR '763 148' at Sibiu	CFR '764 056' at Sibiu
CFR '764 106' at Sibiu	CFR '764 106' at Sibiu	CFR '764 201' at Sibiu	CFR '94 649' at Sibiu
CFR '94 649' at Sibiu	CFR 'Sm1' at Sibiu	CFR loco line-up at Sibiu	CFR loco line-up at Sibiu
CFR steam snow-plough at Sibiu	CFR steam snow-plough at Sibiu	CFR '231 093' at Sibiu

CFR Diesel Locomotives

Mostly quite (or very) old now but many re-furbished in Romania to last a few more years.

CFR '40 0008' at Arad	CFR '40 0044' at Arad	CFR '40 0048' at Arad	CFR '40 0635' at Arad
CFR '41 0241' on the way to Iasi	CFR '41 0298' at Arad	CFR '41 0730' at Arad
CFR '425 186' at Timisoara	CFR '425 186' at Timisoara
CFR '43 0037' at Arad	CFR '43 0054' at Arad	CFR '43 0096' at Arad	CFR '43 0110' at Arad
CFR '46 0059' at Arad	CFR '46 1086' at Arad	CFR '46 1106' at Arad	CFR '46 2001' at Arad
CFR '47 6179' at Arad	CFR '47 7551' at Arad	CFR '47 7802' at Arad
CFR '48 0007' at Timisoara	CFR '48 0017' at Arad	CFR '48 0035' at Timisoara

CFR Diesel ralcars and units

The oldest trains still in use go back to 1937

CFR '76 1412' at Sibiu	CFR '76 1414' at Sibiu	CFR '76 1415' at Sibiu	CFR '76 1452' at Sibiu
CFR '77 0970' at Timisoara
CFR '78 1008' at Arad	CFR '78 1018' at Arad	CFR '78 1029' at Arad	CFR '78 3215' at Arad
CFR '96 2525' at Sibiu	CFR '96 2530' at Sibiu	CFR '96 2603' at Sibiu	CFR '96 xxxx' near Oradea
CFR '57 0201' at Arad	CFR '97 0101' at Arad	CFR '97 0533' at Timisoara	CFR '97 0590' at Timisoara

CFR Electric Locomotives

The more modern approach to Romanian rail transport.

CFR '60 1065' near Iasi	CFR '60 1201' at Sibiu	CFR '60 1346' at Arad	CFR '60 1541' at Arad
CFR '61 0002' at Timisoara	CFR '62 1365' at Sibiu	CFR '62 1548' at Timisoara	CFR '64 1125' at Oradea

CFR Shunting Locomotives

and some very strange machines

CFR '80 0280' at Arad	CFR '80 0551' at Timisoara	CFR '81 0722' at Arad	CFR '81 0935' at Timisoara
CFR '82 0547' at Arad	CFR '83 0433' at Arad	CFR '85 2009' at Timisoara	CFR '89 0498' at Sibiu
CFR 'Bubble Car' at Arad	CFR 'Bubble Car' at Arad	CFR snowplough	CFR snowplough

Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca City Transport

Cluj-Napoca only has one standard gauge tram line, opened quite recently in 1987 and is 12 kms long. It's usually operated as two lines using the railway station as a centre. Cluj also has a number of trolley-bus routes.

Cluj-Napoca tram '12'	Cluj-Napoca tram '12'	Cluj-Napoca tram '17'	Cluj-Napoca tram '17'
Cluj-Napoca tram '17'	Cluj-Napoca tram '19'	Cluj-Napoca tram '19'	Cluj-Napoca tram '36'
Cluj-Napoca tram '80'	Cluj-Napoca tram '80'	Cluj-Napoca tram '80'	Cluj-Napoca tram '83'
Cluj-Napoca tram '83'	Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '105'	Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '106'	Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '112'
Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '154'	Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '186'	Cluj-Napoca trolleybus '188'

Cluj-Napoca Quarries

There are quite a few quarries on the railway line near Cluj as we took the nine-hour trip to Iasi.

Cluj-Napoca quarry

Cluj-Napoca quarry

Cluj-Napoca quarry

Cluj-Napoca quarry

Oradea

The Oradea Tramway

The Oradea Tramway

Oradea trams '1' and '2'	Oradea tram '12'	Oradea tram '19'	Oradea tram '21'
Oradea tram '21'	Oradea tram '24'	Oradea tram '25'	Oradea tram '26'
Oradea tram '27'	Oradea tram '27'	Oradea tram '27'	Oradea tram '30'
Oradea trams '34' and '37'	Oradea tram '35'	Oradea tram '37'	Oradea tram '40'
Oradea tram '41'	Oradea tram '44'	Oradea tram '45'	Oradea tram '51'
Oradea trams '52' and '8'	Oradea tram '53'	Oradea tram '53'	Oradea tram '56'
Oradea tram '125'	Oradea tram '200'	Oradea tram '201'	Oradea tram '201'
Oradea tram '204'	Oradea tram '208'	Oradea trams '209' and '11'	Oradea trams '212', '205' and '13'
Oradea tram '214'	Oradea tram '223'	Oradea trams '226' and '228'	Oradea trams '229'
Oradea depot yard	Oradea tramway loco '3'	Oradea tramway loco '3'	Oradea tramway loco '3'
Oradea tram trailer	Works cars 'T4D' and 'KT4'	Works cars 'T4D' and 'KT4'	Oradea tramway works cars

Sibiu

The Sibiu to Rasinari Tramway

The Sibiu to Rasinari Tramway

Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway
Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway
Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway
Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway
Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway
Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway	Sibiu tramway