Club Ferroviari de Terrassa - Vallparadís Railway

It's an open air railway, at a big scale, what is normally known as garden trains or manned modelism. It's a 340 metres of length route for 5 and 7 1/4 inches track. It is placed at Vallparadís Park, the big lung of the centre of Terrassa. Apart from the different tracks of the station, there are eleven points, a turntable, depot of locomotives and a workshop. The circuit is complemented by a real point switching lever, coming from the Zona Franca of Barcelona.

Length of the line	340 m
Track gauge	127mm (5") and 184mm (7 ¼")
Track base	Gravel and concrete
Points	11
Turntables	1
Minimum radius	12 m
Rail	Vignole profile made of steel
Maximum gradient	10 thousandths
Bridges	2
Tunels	2 (one of them as a depot)
Depots	2 (one of them only for 7 ¼")

VALLPARADÍS RAILWAY CHRONOLOGY
18 February 1995	Pre-inauguration of the line by the Generalitat president, Jordi Pujol and the Terrassa mayor, Manel Royes
1995	Acquisition of the steam locomotive "Mercè"
30 June & 1 July 1995	Special circulations during the Festa Major
29 June 1996	Inauguration of the full Vallparadís railway by the mayor Manel Royes
29, 30 June, 1 July 1996	1st International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway
5,6,7 July 1997	2nd International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway
4,5,6 July 1998	3rd International Meeting and inauguration of the new 7 ¼'' wagons, one of them adapted to disabled people
8 November 1998	Inauguration of a new locomotive bought to United States
January to March 1999	Temporary stop of the circulations due to the construction of a new depot to fit the 7 ¼" trains
14 March 1999	Resumption of the circulations coinciding with the Vallparadís Picnic Jazz
3, 4 & 5 July 1999	4th International Meeting and inauguration of the depot for the 7 ¼" trains (depot number 2)
20 February 2000	Baptism of the new locomotive 311
First quarter 2000	Miss in service of a new freight wagon low edge type which is also able to carry people
May, June 2000	All the tracks set in the depot number 2
1, 2 & 3 July 2000	5th International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway
30 June,1 & 2 July 2001	6th International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway
17 March 2002	Inauguration of the Waldenburg steam locomotive during the Vallparadís Picnic Jazz
29, 30 June, 1 July 2002	7th Meeting and release of the station building and 3 freight wagons (low edge type)
21 July 2002	Inauguration of the new station Sot del Pi building with the Terrassa mayor, Pere Navarro
5, 6 & 7 July 2003	8th International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway and reappearance of the Mercè steam locomotive
3, 4 & 5 July 2004	9th International Meeting at Vallparadís Railway

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