Geroja Sowetskowo Sojusa Gani Muratbajewa) is a narrow gauge children's railway in Shymkent in Kazachstan.
[1][2] The children's railway was designed and built by volunteers starting in autumn 1979, the UNESCO proclaimed International Year of the Child.
The children's railway connects the northern part of the city with a recreation ground with an arboretum, an artificial lake and a zoo.
The track has a complex height profile: Immediately after passing the bridge behind Sportivnaya is a nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) long incline with two sharp radii.
[2] One TU2 diesel locomotive stems from the Alma-Ata Children's Railway, the other from the mine and smelter Atschpolimetall (Ачполиметалл) in Kentau.