Caprolactam factory railway
| Caprolactam factory railway | |
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 Diesel locomotive ТУ7А - № 3272
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 Route (red)
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| Route length: | 8 kilometers |
| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The caprolactam plant railway ( Russian Узкоколейная железная дорога завода "Капролактам" , Uskokoleinaja schelesnaja doroga sawoda "Caprolactam" ) was a light railway of caprolactam -Werke in Datschni ( Russian Дачный ) at Dzerzhinsk in the Russian Oblast Nizhny Novgorod .
history
The narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 750 mm was in operation from 1939 to 2013. It had a length of 5 km, or 8 km including all side tracks. She was the only narrow gauge - works railway to transport salt in Russia.
The narrow-gauge railway transported salt from the ship landing stage to the caprolactam plants. Caprolactam is a lactam and raw material for the production of polyamide 6 (Perlon), which is produced worldwide on a megaton scale. The narrow-gauge railway first drove on the property of the jetty, then along a field, crossed the Volosjanicha / Sinjutschka river ( Russian Волосяниха / Синючка ) and then drove to the caprolactam works. The locomotive depot was located on the site of the facility. The narrow-gauge railway drove back and forth three to four times a day, depending on how much salt was to be delivered to the system. In 2013 the narrow-gauge railway was dismantled due to the closure of the salt company.
vehicles
Diesel locomotives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Дзержинск ("Капролактам") ( Memento from August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian).
- ↑ С. Болашенко: УЗКОКОЛЕЙНАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗНАЯ ДОРОГА ЗАВОДА «КАПРОЛАКТАМ» (Russian). January 19, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 57.5 ″ N , 43 ° 31 ′ 54.5 ″ E