Gorky Children's Railway Nizhny Novgorod

Gorky Children's Railway Nizhny Novgorod
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТУ2 - № 233
Route of the Gorky Children's Railway Nizhny Novgorod
Gauge :	750 mm ( narrow gauge )

The Gorky children's railway Nizhny Novgorod ( Russian Горьковская детская железная дорога имени М. Горького , Gorkovskaya detskaja schelesnaja doroga imeni M. Gorkowo ) is a narrow-gauge miniature railway in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod . The line opened on November 8, 1939 as one of the many pioneer railroads in the Soviet Union and is still in operation today.

Route

Today, the triangular line with a track width of 750 mm has a length of 3.2 km or 4.1 km including sidings and sidings. She has three stations in Pushkino ( Пушкино ), Stschastliwaja ( Счастливая , German the lucky one ) and Rodina ( Родина , German fatherland ).

history

The railway was named after Maxim Gorky , the Russian writer born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1868.

Rail vehicles

Locomotives

The following diesel locomotives are used on the route:

Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТУ2 - № 155 and № 233
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТУ7 - № 2567
Diesel locomotive of the RŽD series ТУ10 - № TU10-003

More vehicles

There are also ten PV51 passenger cars and two open passenger cars, as well as four flat-bed freight cars and two Pafawag cars that are not used.

business

Around 13,000 passengers were transported during the three summer months of 2011. The proceeds from ticket sales amounted to more than 514,000 rubles.

The wedding palace built in 1937–39 by WM Anissimow as station Stschastliwaja
Passenger train
Closed passenger cars
Open passenger cars
Closed passenger cars at Rodina station