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 1⁄2 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 59°25′14″N 52°22′34″E / 59.42065°N 52.37607°E / 59.42065; 52.37607 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 ¹⁄₂ 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 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP).^[2]

Rolling Stock

Locomotives

• TU4 - № 2790
• TU6A - № 2172
• TU6D - № 0319
• ESU2A - № 715, 586, 1017
• TU7 - № 1595, 3050, 1595, 1252

Railroad car

• Flatcar
• Tank car
• Snowplow
• Crane (railroad)
• Tank car - fire train
• Passenger car (rail)
• Track laying cranes
• Open wagon for peat
• Hopper car to transport track ballast

Gallery

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  Railway bridges
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  Building
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  Narrow gauge railway
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  Classification yard
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  Rotary car dumper
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  Rotary car dumper

References and sources

1. ↑ Dymnoe peat
2. ↑ Dymnoe peat railway

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dymnoe peat narrow gauge railway.

• Official Website (Russian language)
• The scheme of the railway (Russian language)
• Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian language)
• «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian language)