Dymnoye peat narrow-gauge railway

Dymnoye peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow-gauge railway
Locale Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini Svetlopolyansk
Website www.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opened 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 / 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 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]

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

References and sources

  1. Dymnoe peat
  2. Dymnoe peat railway

See also

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