Transylvanian mining railway

CFI Hunedoara
Hunedoara's West Station in 1905
Technical
Line length16 km (9.9 mi)
Track gauge760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in)
Minimum radius40–50 m (131.2–164.0 ft)
Operating speed20 km/h (12 mph) max.
Maximum incline25‰-27‰ or 2.5 %-2.7  %
Route map

Hunedoara steel works
West Station Hunedoara
First curved bridge
The loco shed
District halt km 1
The Zlaști valley viaduct over DJ687J
Towards tipplers of the limeworks from Zlaști
Canton 1 Zlaști km 2+300
Second curved bridge
Canton 2 Zlaști (Cocoș halt) km 4+270
747m tunnel
Canton 3 (Cățănaș halt km 6+584)
42m meter curved tunnel km 8
Bridge km 8+162
Bridge km 8+186
Bridge km 8+194
Tulea halt km 8+475
Bridge over Govăjdia River km 9+920
Crossing over DJ687F
Govăjdia train station km 10+360
Crossing over DJ687F
Bridge over Nădrab River
To the tipplers of the Govăjdia Blast Furnace
Nădrab halt km 12
Crossing over DJ687F
Towards Crăciuneasa terminus km 13+840
Bridge over Nădrab River
44m curved tunnel
Third curved bridge
Retișoara valley viaduct
DC110A
Retișoara terminus km 16+200

The Transylvanian Mining Railway was a local interest narrow-gauge (760mm gauge) railway which was the first mining railway in Transylvania. This railway was built to ease the transportation of the iron ore mined from the iron ore mines from Ghelari to the blast furnace in Govăjdia and the ironworks from Hunedoara. This railway was also known as the "Hunedoara-Ghelari Local Interest Railway", "CFI Hunedoara", "Mocănița Hunedoara", "Calea Ferată Minieră Ardeleană", "Erdélyi Bányavasút" in Hungarian. The line was 10 km (6.2 mi) long from Hunedoara to Govăjdia and another 6 km (3.7 mi) from Govăjdia to the Retișoara terminus. This line was used by mixed trains that carried both iron ore and passengers from Ghelari to Govăjdia and Hunedoara's ironworks. They also transported dolomite and limestone from the limestone quarries near Govăjdia to the ironworks.