Pischma forest railway
| Pischma forest railway | |
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 Pischma forest railway
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| Route length: | Before 80 km today 12 km |
| Gauge : | 750 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The forest railway Pizhma River ( Russian Пижемская узкоколейная железная дорога , transkr. Pischemskaja uskokoleinaja schelesnaja doroga , transl. Pižemskaâ uzkokolejnaâ železnaâ doroga ) is a twelve-kilometer narrow-gauge railway in the urban-type settlement Pizhma River in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia with a track width of 750 millimeters.
history
The forest railway was put into operation in 1926 and is still in operation occasionally today (2017) . At its peak, the route network was more than eighty kilometers long. Today the forest railway is used for the transport of wood and for the transport of forest workers. In 2017 the tracks were repaired in places.
vehicles
Locomotives
- Diesel locomotive of the SŽD class ТУ6А - № 0755, 3068
- Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТУ4 - № 1110, out of service since 2005
- Diesel locomotive of the SŽD series ТУ8 - № 0076, out of service since 2012
- Draisine TD-5U "Pioneer" for the transport of forest workers and villagers
Freight and passenger cars
There are several log wagons, tankers, bulk goods wagons for transporting gravel during track construction and at least one PS-1 snow plow. There are also simple Teplushka coaches .
See also
Web links
- Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway "The site of the railroad" S. Bolashenko (Russian)
- Pizhemskaya logging railroad 2006 (Russian)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 57 ° 51 ′ 48.5 ″ N , 47 ° 8 ′ 6 ″ E