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Heritage railways are very important component of local economies transport in many European countries. Unfortunately, this segment of the tourism market in Poland seems be still regarded as almost non-existent or often superfl uous. Meanwhile, our country entered in new economic and political conditions with technically underdeveloped rail with its archaic rolling-stock not only in comparison to railways in western countries, but also to some of the countries of the socialist bloc. There was observed of hundreds working steam locomotives and dozens of narrow gauge railways in every day freight and passenger services. It should be noted that from the perspective of 25 years of transformation, unfortunately, this heritage was mostly lost. Number of still active steam locomotives from year to year drastically decreased. Many very interesting narrow-gauge railways was closed and scrapped. This disquieting trend unfortunately is still observed and there are barriers in development of this kind of tourist attractions which can make future even of existing heritage railways uncertain. It is therefore necessary to compare Polish experiences with similar from neighboring countries like Czech Republic and Slovakia. The author also refers to the Russian experiences of as lying almost at the opposite side.

The narrow-gauge heritage railways - opportunities and threats. Polish achievements in comparison to the experiences of the neighboring countries