The first ever museum of railway machinery in Belarus was set up on December 14th, 1984, on the initiative of Victor Rakhmanko, head of the Baranovichy branch of Belarusian railways. And on July 30th, 1999, a museum exposition of the machinery was opened up in a small public garden adjoining the Baranovichi - Lida mainline .
Vladimir Nikolayevich Karvat was born on November 28, 1958 in Brest. He graduated from Armavir Higher Air-Force Military School which trained pilots for fighter planes with anti-aircraft defence units, and from there, in 1981, he was sent to the settlement Kalinka, Khabarovsk territory.