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Gorokhovskoye peat railway 
Summary
58°10′45″N 48°00′42″E / 58.17906°N 48.01180°E The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which 35 kilometres (22 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[1]
| Gorokhovskoye peat railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Locale | Kirov Oblast, Russia | ||
| Termini | Komsomol | ||
| Website | www.vyatkatorf.ru | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Narrow-gauge railway | ||
| Operator(s) | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1960 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 35 kilometres (22 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
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Current status edit
Gorokhovskoye peat railway emerged in the 1960s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Komsomolthe. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round. Operations consist of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.[2]
Rolling stock edit
Locomotives edit
- TU4 – № 818, 1323, 2961, 2594
- ESU2A – № 848, 927
Railroad car edit
- Boxcar
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Tank car – fire train
- Passenger car
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains edit
- Crane GK-5
- Track UPS-1- № 50
- Track laying cranes PPR2ma
Gallery edit
See also edit
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External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gorokhovskoe peat narrow-gauge railway.
- Official Website (in Russian)
- Photo – project «Steam Engine» (in Russian)
- «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (in Russian)