| Pishchalskoye peat railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Locale | Kirov Oblast, Russia | ||
| Termini | Mirnyi | ||
| Website | www.vyatkatorf.ru | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Narrow-gauge railway | ||
| Operator(s) | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1963 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 35 kilometres (22 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
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58°18′16″N 48°37′56″E / 58.30443°N 48.63222°E / 58.30443; 48.63222 The Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963 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).
Current status
Pishchalskoye peat railway emerged in the 1963s, in the area Orichevsky District, in a settlement named Mirnyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. The railway runs 3–4 cargo runs every day from two peat deposits. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP).
Rolling stock
Locomotives
- TU4 – № 2170, 2620, 3076, 2129, 2273
- ESU2A – № 786, 434, 921, 102
- TU6A – № 2172
- TU6D – № 0159
- TU8 – № 0426
- PMD3 – № 156, 116 (№ 405)
Railroad car
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Tank car – fire train
- Passenger car
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains
- Crane GK-5
- Track UPS-1- № 31
- Track laying cranes PPR2ma
Gallery
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Locomotive TU4-2170 with freight train
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Locomotive TU4-2620 with passenger train
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Locomotives TU4-2129 and TU4-2170
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Draisine PMD3-116 (№ 405)
See also
- Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
- Gorokhovskoye peat railway
- Dymnoye peat railway
- Otvorskoye peat railway
References and sources
- Anniversaries and Events 1960-1969.
- Neues von russischen Schmalspurbahnen. Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Pishchalskoye peat railway
External links
- Official Website (in Russian)
- Photo – project «Steam Engine» (in Russian)
- «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (in Russian)