First Railways in World

• In 1872, the "St.E.G" factories in Resita manufactured for the European railways: 16 crane travelling on rails, 18 water tower tanks, 110 plates for the return of the railway engine, 514 switch double crossing frogs, 793 cushions.

• In 1872, the factory manufactured the first railway engine called Resita 2 whose gauge was of 948 mm. It was designed by John Haswell, the manager of the railway engine factory "St.E.G." in Vienna and was designated for the internal transport in the factory.

• In Transilvania, in 1891, " The factory of Wagons, Cars and Iron Foundry" of Johan Weitzer join-stock company in Arad was established as the first factory of steam locomotives for normal gauge.

• The first steam locomotive series 377, designed for the passenger and freight trains on secondary tracks, was manufactured in 1896, on the project series MAV 377 of the factory of railway engine in Budapest.

• During 1896-1922, 125 railway engines were built in Arad but none of them still exist today, all of them being destroyed in the period between Wars.

• Since 1920, the factory, today called "The Wagons' Astra-Arad Factory", has been specialized only for the wagons' construction.