58°04′31″N 47°40′17″E / 58.0752729°N 47.6715059°E The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length of which 32 kilometres (20 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[1]
| Otvorskoye peat railway | |
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| Overview | |
| Locale | Kirov Oblast, Russia |
| Termini | Svetlyi |
| Website | www.vyatkatorf.ru |
| Service | |
| Type | Narrow-gauge railway |
| Operator(s) | ЗАО «ВяткаТорф» |
| History | |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 32 kilometres (20 mi) |
| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
Current status edit
Otvorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1964s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Svetlyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. 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) station.[2]
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Railroad car edit
- Boxcar
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Crane (railroad)
- Tank car – fire train
- Passenger car (rail)
- Track laying cranes
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
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External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otvorskoe peat narrow-gauge railway.
- Official Website (Russian language)
- Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian language)
- «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian language)