Gorokhovskoye peat track
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Diesel locomotives of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818 and 2961
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Gorokhovskoye peat track
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Route length: | 35 km |
Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The Torfbahn Gorochowskoje ( Russian Узкоколейная железная дорога Гороховского торфопредприятия , transkr. Uskokoleinaja schelesnaja doroga Gorochowskowo torfopredprijatija , transl. Uzkokolejnaâ železnaâ doroga Gorohovskogo torfopredpriâtiâ ) is a narrow-gauge railway in the settlement Komsomoltski in Rajon Kotelnich in Kirov Oblast in Russia .
history
The 35 km long light railway was put into operation in 1960 and is still in operation all year round (2016). It has a track width of 750 mm. Today it is used to transport peat and to move workers. At the northern end of the line, the peat is reloaded into broad-gauge railway wagons with a gauge of 1520 mm and brought to a combined heat and power plant in Kirow .
vehicles
Locomotives
- Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818, 1323, 2961, 2594
- Mobile power plant ЭСУ2а - № 848, 927
Freight and passenger cars
There are several open and closed freight wagons, passenger cars, fire-fighting tankers, bulk goods wagons for transporting gravel during track construction, as well as at least one snow plow and cranes of type GK-5 and UPS-1 (№ 50) and one PPR2ma track construction crane.
gallery
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818 with freight train
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 818 with freight train
Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class TU4 - № 1323
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1919. Гороховское т / пр (Комсомольский, о.п. 781 км) (Russian)
- ↑ Gorokhovskoye peat track (Russian)
Web links
- Official website on vyatkatorf.ru (Russian)
- Picture gallery on narrow.parovoz.com (Russian)
- Route description and picture gallery on infojd.ru (Russian)
Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 44.6 ″ N , 48 ° 0 ′ 42.5 ″ E