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A quarter of a billion rubles - this is the amount the reconstruction of the children's railway in Ostrovsky Park could cost. The project developer should be named at the end of November. The tender announcement was posted on the State Procurement portal. How does the children's railway live now and how will it change in the near future, - found out RR patrol officer Sergei Gritsuk. He went to Ostrovsky Park.

In autumn, only one train runs: a steam locomotive and 4 carriages. There are 8 flights daily with two stops around the park. Another 4 diesel locomotives are in the depot; they gave rides to children in the summer. Several guys go on each trip as drivers and conductors. Children are supervised by adult instructors. They also control the locomotive: they throw coal into the firebox. Minors are not allowed near the fire. But they are allowed to drive a diesel locomotive - again under the supervision of adults. I got a ride on a steam locomotive. While we were driving, the driver, Sergei Gnezdilov, said that a half-hour trip takes almost a hundredweight of coal.

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The Rostov Children's Railway has existed for 76 years. It was built not only for entertainment: seven hundred children annually learn the basics of railway work there in their free time from school. Classrooms are located in the same place as the ticket offices - in the building at the departure station.

The Small North Caucasian Railway named after Gagarin was opened in November 1940. 4 kilometers of path are laid along the perimeter of Ostrovsky Park. The rolling stock consists of 9 carriages and 5 locomotives, including a steam locomotive manufactured in 1948. This is the only operating steam locomotive among children's railways.

The station building is undergoing renovations and some classrooms are temporarily closed. According to instructor Irina Chernyatina, high-quality simulators and training stands are required, as on other children's railways.

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The station and railway tracks have been reconstructed more than once. But the upcoming modernization should be the most ambitious: they plan to replace wooden sleepers with reinforced concrete ones, update the platforms and restore the depot. A hydraulic pump will appear to refuel the locomotive with water, says Svetlana Moiseeva, director of the children's railway.

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There are also plans to launch a retro train in a year and a half - from an old locomotive and the same cars. True, this is already beyond the scope of the planned reconstruction.

Let me add that a ticket for a steam locomotive in Ostrovsky Park costs 140 rubles. You can ride until November. After the end of the season, a new academic year starts. Enrollment has already been announced: students from grades 5 to 11 are accepted. The basic course for a railway worker will take a year, and it will take three times longer to study to become a train manager.