What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?
I don’t want to visit Borsec in Harghita county, Transylvania, Romania because of the dismantling of the narrow-gauge railway in 1992.
Between 1912 and 1914, the former Austro-Hungarian authorities built a forest railway between Toplița (lower) and Capu-Corbului (upper).
This line was extended in 1954 to the Borsec coal mine, and a branch line to the mineral water bottling plant was also constructed at that time. A buffer depot was built at the Toplița railway station for industrial goods transported from Borsec.
The 760 mm gauge railway line was 45.5 km long and was completed in 1951, when the Borsec viaduct was also built.
On May 16, 1989, the transshipment terminal at the Toplița station was inaugurated. The line had five locomotives (three diesel and two steam) until 1992, when rail transport ceased.
One of the rare colour video footage of a steam-locomotive driven train can be watched here.
Transylvanity Fair 