Belnikovskoye peat track
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 Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU7A - № 2480
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.png) Belnikovskoye peat railway network and station
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| Route length: | 20 km |
| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The Torfbahn Belnikowskoje ( Russian Узкоколейная железная дорога Бельниковского торфопредприятия , transkr. Uskokoleinaja schelesnaja doroga Belnikowskowo torfopredprijatija , transl. Uzkokolejnaâ železnaâ doroga Belnikovskogo torfopredpriâtiâ ) is a narrow-gauge railway in the settlement Nomscha (Номжа) in Rajon Neja in the Oblast Kostroma in Russia .
history
The twenty kilometer long light railroad was put into operation around 1964 and was still in operation all year round in 2012. It has a track width of 750 millimeters. Today it is used to transport peat and to move workers. At the southeast end of the line, the peat is reloaded into broad-gauge railroad cars with a gauge of 1520 millimeters and taken to combined heat and power plants and made available for agricultural use.
vehicles
Locomotives
- Diesel locomotives of the SŽD class TU6A - № 1816, 2994
- Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТU6P - № 0004
- Diesel locomotives of the SŽD class TU7 - № 1333, 2480
- Diesel locomotives with generator СУ2а - № 626, 668, 711
Freight and passenger cars
There are several peat floors, open freight wagons, PV40 passenger cars, tank wagons, bulk goods wagons for transporting gravel during track construction, as well as several snow plows and a rail layer.
gallery
TU6A -1816 with empty peat floors in the peat bog 
ТU6А-1816 with peat pilings when loading peat 
TU7 -2480 leaves the station 
ТU7-2480 while driving
Individual evidence
Web links
Coordinates: 58 ° 18 ′ 31 " N , 43 ° 34 ′ 44.8" E