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Initially the trains were moved by the steam locomotive WP1-805-27, which had previously probably belonged to an industrial railway, according to the unusual number. In or before 1961 the children's railway receive the diesel locomotive TU2-115. The diesel locomotive TU2-037 was acquired in the early
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informed the management of the children's railway about the pending termination of further payments. When the management of Ispat-Karmet (Испат-Кармет), the successor of the
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