Dymnoye peat narrow gauge railway

Dymnoye peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini Svetlopolyansk
Website www.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opening 1967
Operator(s) ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Technical
Line length 79 kilometres (49 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 59°25′14″N 52°22′34″E / 59.42065°N 52.37607°E The Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79 kilometres (49 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in).[1]

Current status

locomotive TU4 - № 2790

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP).[2]

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References and sources

  1. Dymnoe peat
  2. Dymnoe peat railway

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