Pishchalskoye peat railway

The Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963[1] 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).

Pishchalskoye peat railway
Overview
TypeNarrow-gauge railway
LocaleKirov Oblast, Russia
TerminiMirnyi
Websitewww.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opened1963
Operator(s)ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Technical
Line length35 kilometres (22 mi)
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Route map

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.[2] 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).[3]

Rolling stock
TU4-2129 with passenger train

Locomotives
  • TU4 – № 2170, 2620, 3076, 2129, 2273
  • ESU2A – № 786, 434, 921, 102
  • TU6A – № 2172
  • TU6D – № 0159
  • TU8 – № 0426
  • PMD3 – № 156, 116 (№ 405)

Railroad car

Work trains
  • Crane GK-5
  • Track UPS-1- № 31
  • Track laying cranes PPR2ma
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gollark: Oh *no*, did someone make an OS again?
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See also

References and sources
  1. Anniversaries and Events 1960-1969.
  2. Neues von russischen Schmalspurbahnen. Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Pishchalskoye peat railway
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