Mocăniță
Sign in to savethumb|right|Mocăniță on Valea Vaserului A Mocăniță () is a narrow-gauge railway in Romania, most notably in Maramureș, Transylvania, and Bukovina. Archetypically, they are situated in mountainous areas and the locomotives operating on them (which themselves can also be referred to as mocănițăs) are steam-powered. These railways were built for cargo and passenger service, but fell into disrepair over the years. Some are now being rehabilitated for the purposes of tourism.
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- narrow-gauge railway
- Country
- Romania
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- Mocanita - locomotiva.JPG
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- track gauge
- 760 mm track gauge
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Vaser Valley Mocănița
- Other mocănițăs
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|Mocăniță on Valea Vaserului A Mocăniță () is a narrow-gauge railway in Romania, most notably in Maramureș, Transylvania, and Bukovina. Archetypically, they are situated in mountainous areas and the locomotives operating on them (which themselves can also be referred to as mocănițăs) are steam-powered. These railways were built for cargo and passenger service, but fell into disrepair over the years. Some are now being rehabilitated for the purposes of tourism.
==Etymology== The word mocăniță is a term of endearment, derived from the Romanian word mocan, meaning shepherd or one who lives in the mountains, and suffixed as feminine and diminutive in keeping with the tradition of naming conveyances and indicating small size. It's also been suggested that it means "coffee machine", as one of the little locomotives is reminiscent of one of these in action.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mocăniță” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.