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Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway

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Type
  
Narrow gauge railway

Opened
  
1962

Line length
  
10 kilometres (6.2 mi)

Locale
  
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Termini
  
Pizhma

Operator(s)
  
ООО «Альцево-торф»

Track gauge
  
750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in)

Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway

The Altsevo peat railway is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1962, and has a total length of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) is currently operational, track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).

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Current status

The Altsevo peat railway emerged in the 1962s in the area Tonshayevsky District, from the village Pizhma to the swamp "Altsovsky Moss". The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2005.

Locomotives

  • TU6A - № 0310
  • TU8 - №***
  • ESU2A - № 671
  • TD-5U "Pioneer" - Transportation local residents

    • Railroad car

  • 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

    • References

    Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway Wikipedia
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