Gorokhovskoye peat railway

Railway line in Kirov Oblast, Russia
2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Route map

58°10′45″N 48°00′42″E / 58.17906°N 48.01180°E / 58.17906; 48.01180 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]

Current status

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

Locomotives

  • TU4 – № 818, 1323, 2961, 2594
  • ESU2A – № 848, 927

Railroad car

  • Boxcar
  • 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- № 50
  • Track laying cranes PPR2ma
  • Locomotive TU4-818
    Locomotive TU4-818
  • Locomotives TU4-818 and TU4-2961
    Locomotives TU4-818 and TU4-2961
  • Locomotive TU4-818 with freight train
    Locomotive TU4-818 with freight train

See also

References and sources

  1. ^ Gorokhovskoe peat
  2. ^ "Gorokhovskoe peat railway". Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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 Archived 2021-02-27 at archive.today (in Russian)