Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka

Steam locomotive MÁV U34.901, currently in use by Historical Logging Back Swath Railway. Picture from May 2006

The Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka (near Nová Bystrica, Slovakia) is preserved section technically most interesting part of the former narrow-gauge zig zag logging railway located in Kysuce and Orava region. The railway was closed in 1971 and disassembled, except an 8 km section from Chmúra to Tanečník. Currently a 3.6 km section is used as a heritage railway for tourists.

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Coordinates: 49°22′57″N 19°06′00″E / 49.38250°N 19.10000°E / 49.38250; 19.10000


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