Stare Kurowo

the tiny narrow gauge railway in Stare Kurowo, Lubuskie, Poland

The small town of Stare Kurowo in Lubuskie has as several other locations throughout Poland used to have a short 600mm gauge railway line. The railway wagons are moved around the few hundred metres of track by a small diesel locomotive and operates from a concrete block works to within a few metres of the mainline PKP line. The line crosses the main road through the town and because of this there is also a manually operated level crossing.

Polish Name: Stare Kurowo

German Name: Altkarbe

Province : Lubuskie

Nearest City: Gorzów Wlkp

Nearby Villages and Towns: Barlinek; Dankow; Dobiegniew; Drezdenko; Górecko; Gorki; Gościm; Krzyz; Lipki; Mierzecin; Santok; Strzelce Krajenskie; Zwierzyn

Local Attractions: forests, unspoilt countryside, narrow gauge industrial railway, Notec River.

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