Pelgorskoye peat narrow gauge railway

Pelgorskoye peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Termini Ryabovo
Website www.pelgorskoe.ru
Operation
Opened 1950
Operator(s) Peat Company «Pelgorskoe-M»
Technical
Line length 20 kilometres (12 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

Coordinates: 59°25′49″N 31°10′21″E / 59.43034°N 31.17238°E / 59.43034; 31.17238

The Pelgorskoye peat railway (Russian: Пельгорское, pel'GORskoye) is located in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1950, and has a total length of 20 kilometres (12 mi) currently operational. The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).[1]

Current status

The Pelgorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1950s in the Tosnensky District in a settlement named Ryabovo. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers, and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day.[2] In 2001 the Pelgorskoe-M Peat Company started replacing equipment and repairing the narrow gauge railway between the mine and the processing facilities. A peat factory was built and put into operation in 2004.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

References and sources

  1. ↑ Pelgorskoe peat railway
  2. ↑ Pelgorskoe peat railway history

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