Having spent the night in the camper stop at the train station we boarded our train at 9.00am
This train was originally a forestry railroad for bringing timber out of the Carpathian forest and still runs with four Log fired Steam trains for tourists.
There are also worker trains which are diesel and journey further up the Vaser valley to deliver workmen an collect timber.
It is the last Forest railway in Europe still operating and is narrow gauge to cope with the sharp curves.
Nowadays there is a lorry track which cannot really be described as a road, more a farm lane which runs parallel to the river, sometimes crossing the river and sometimes driving along the river bed. I kid you not.
Enjoying a Donut made on the train at our first stop.
Sarah spotted the Engine driver's muscles.
A really good bit of the lorry track
Sarah spotted a walk into the hills which had a big sign saying CLOSED as it was unsafe.
What a mistake. Red Rag to Bull springs to mind. So off we went up the valley.
We did finally get round the track much to my surprise.
This is one spot where the lorry track crossed the quite fast flowing river.
What a brilliant day we had.
We got chatting to some lovely people on the way back and exchanged details.
A lovely end to our Romanian visit. We leave in the morning bound for the Hungarian border.
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