Narrow-gauge railway Rogów - Rawa - Biała
Narrow-gauge railway Rogów – Rawa Mazowiecka – White (Rogowska Narrow-Gauge Railway), colloquially sometimes referred to as the Rogowska Railway - the first and only museum narrow-gauge railway in voivodeship of Lodz, in Poland.
Geographic coordinates: 51 ° 48′48.09 ″ N 19 ° 52′52.40 ″ E
During World War I, from February 28, 1915, the Germans built a narrow-gauge railway in order to improve the supply of their troops (food, weapons, ammunition, military equipment) on the front line around Rawa Mazowiecka and the valley Rawki. The railway ran from the normal gauge track in Rogów towards Rawa Mazowiecka and Biała Rawska. The shift of the front to the east changed the purpose of the line, it began to be used to transport agricultural produce (including beetroot to sugar factories) and wood. However, in 1917, the transport of passengers on the route from Rogów to Biała Rawska was also introduced. After Poland regained independence, it was incorporated into the structures of the newly created Polish State Railways, under which it operated until the end of the 20th century.
In 2001, a decision was made to liquidate it. It was then that a group of young railway enthusiasts decided to create the Polish Narrow Gauge Railway Foundation, save the railway from decommissioning and maintain passenger tourist traffic during the summer months. Thanks to the support of the initiative by the Poviat Starosty in Rawa Mazowiecka (which took over the line and rolling stock from PKP), they succeeded, and since 2002 the Foundation has been a full-fledged operator of the Narrow-Gauge Railway Rogów - Rawa Mazowiecka - Biała Rawska. organized by organized groups, and as a novelty, they launched regular courses available for individual tourists. The railway runs practically from the end of April to October each year, along various sections of the 50 km long railway route.
The same enthusiasts in the socially created open-air museum of narrow-gauge railways in Rogów at the railway station created a museum collection of narrow-gauge rolling stock, consisting of over 50 objects, the largest in Poland in terms of the number of vehicles and one of the largest in Europe.
According to the register of monuments National Heritage Institute (NID), the following objects have been entered on the list of monuments since 1996 (reg.No .: 1000 A of December 31, 1996):
- track system on the section Rogów - Rawa Mazowiecka - Biała Rawska
- steel bridge over the Rawka river, 1928
- building of the Railway Board in Rogów, 1924
- railway station building in Rawa Mazowiecka, 1922
- power plant building, 1915
In addition, the following vehicles were entered in the register of movable monuments as of October 15, 2004:
- Narrow-gauge steam locomotive Px48-1911
- 3 covered narrow gauge cars - Kddxz
- narrow gauge coal wagon - Wddxh
Sightseeing: Tourist trains run in the summer season (May-October). The current timetable is available on the website of Rogowska Koleje, ul. Dworcowa 37, Rogów Tel. 46 874 80 23, email: [email protected] www.kolejrogowska.pl The route of the cable car leads through picturesque, hilly areas Mazovia with stops in:
- Rogów - two stations: the smaller one, Rogów Osobowy Narrow-gauge, and the larger one (the largest along the entire line), Rogów Towarowy Narrow-gauge with historic buildings and a very rich exhibition of historic rolling stock. In addition to the queue, in the village there is one of the most valuable arboretums in Europe.
- Jeżów (railway station)
- Białynin (train stop)
- Głuchów (railway station)
- Złota (railway station)
- Zawady (train stop)
- Boguszyce (railway stop) - in which stands the wooden church of st. Stanisław Biskupa, one of the most valuable monuments of wooden sacred architecture in Poland from 1550-1558
- Rawa Mazowiecka - there is the Rawa Mazowiecka station in the city and the Zamkowa Wola stop; county town
- Podskarbice Szlacheckie (train stop)
- Regnów (train stop)
- Annosław (train stop)
- Pągów (train stop)
- Biała Rawska - the last station of the Rogowska Railway (Biała Rawska Wąskotorowa), one of the oldest settlement centers in Masovia.
Illustrations in commons resources: Category: Rogowska Kolej Commons, Category: Rogów railway museum.
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