Gorokhovskoye peat narrow gauge railway
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| Gorokhovskoye peat railway | |||
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| File:Railway-osm-gorohovskoye-uzd.png | |||
| Overview | |||
| Type | Narrow gauge railway | ||
| Locale | Kirov Oblast, Russia | ||
| Termini | Komsomol | ||
| Website | www.vyatkatorf.ru | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1960 | ||
| Operator(s) | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 35 kilometres (22 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which 35 kilometres (22 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).[1]
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Current status
Gorokhovskoye peat railway emerged in the 1960s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Komsomolthe. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round. Operations consists of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.[2]
Rolling Stock
Locomotives
Railroad car
- Boxcar
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Tank car - fire train
- Passenger car
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains
- Crane GK-5
- Track UPS-1- № 50
- Track laying cranes PPR2ma
Gallery
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Gorokhovskoye peat railway TU4-818.jpg
Locomotive TU4-818 -
Gorokhovskoye peat railway TU4-818 with freight train.jpg
Locomotive TU4-818 with freight train
See also
References and sources
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gorokhovskoe peat narrow gauge railway. |
- Official Website (Russian)
- Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian)
- «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian)
