This is the smallest Russian town to have its own tram system

German POWs built this antique tram system.

[AlexandruLipan]

A little bit of information.
The tram is a single 4, 7-mi-long line that connects Volchanka and Lesnaja Volchanka, the only two neighbourhoods of the city. 13 stops, russian gauge, 7 trams and a tractor to push snow of the tracks. The forest route is, basically, the space between the two neighbourhoods.
Volchanks is 11, 000 people.

[richardemms]

0:16, This is exactly what a Russian enjoying something looks like.

[gerrygramozis]

Forced to watch a 30 second ad before a video with Power Point with some shots of the train. Name of the town? Nope. Population of the town? Nope. How many stops on the tram? Nope. How long is the length of the tram? Nope. Any information at all beyond saying that German prisoners built it? Nope. If you were a student handing this in as an assignment, I'd fail you for the half-ass job at providing literally no useful information at all.

[muhzaky]

German engineering never cease to amaze me

[spuriouseffect]

Our town had less than 19, 000 people, and had a tram line until 1950, when it was bought up and destroyed by General Motors, Firestone Tire, and several Oil Companies. Big Corporations destroy everything in America.

[Kaipi]

Still better public transit than most cities in the US...

[Engineer]

The piano music is a bit overdone. Just show the damn tram.

[patrickrichmond]

I am glad this city has a tram. It is a shame that some people just can't seem to obey the rules here. Trams help ease congestion. Eventhough this is a very small town but a way to beautify a small town is to do it with Transit Oriented Development or TOD for short. TOD gets rid of the filth. In major cities, it rips down crack houses, things like that and puts coffee houses and grocery stores in their places.

[virginialoverproductions]

That is such an adorable little train line! I wish my home town had this.

[egalf]

The smallest town with a tram is either Soller, Mallorca, Spain (pretty awesome actually) or Gmunden, Austria. I like small towns with trams, it makes them really special and far more interesting. Hope the Russian town can improve its position with something that special.

[stratfordbaby]

That looks like a very comfortable and efficient method of travel. Tram cars circa 1965 give a wonderful feeling of nostalgia of the better days.

[WayToManyAssassins]

Man some parts of russia are depressing

[acousticedison]

From the looks of the tracks in some shots it is amazing its not derailing all the time, they seem to have neglected the upkeep.

[afe]

Bad video description, there is no town name in title and video text. Only in video minute 0:50.

[Bassotronics]

The abrupt track change in the beginning was crazy.

[OnkelJajusBahn]

What a lovely tram, my favorite way to travel.

[ericlessard]

0:43 look at the misalignment of the rail.

[abalada]

Woltersdorf (near Berlin) tram
Built 1913. 5, 6 km long. Uses T57 trams (built betweeen 1957 and 1961 in the GDR).
1910 Woltersdorf had 2.517 inhabitants. 2016 8.163 (thus still smaller than Volchansk).
Length is quite similar. Also that it runs partly through the forest (from 13:30 in the video).
On special occasions they operate also their original street car from 1913.

Even older (1887) and shorter (1, 91 km) the steam tram at Prien (Bavaria).
Operates however only in Summer (from begin on). And - despite using steam tram technology (max. speed 20 kph) - it is not operated under street car legislation but under Lokalbahn (minor regional railway) legislation.

[SMGJohn]

I wish my Goddamn city had a tram, its small but its spread out in such a stupid distance that despite living close to the city centre, its a 30 minutes walk there.
Idiotic.

[GrijzePilion]

A leftover from an era when every town and small city in every country had a tram. Now if only more of it had been preserved.