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Dymnoye peat narrow gauge railway

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Type
  
Narrow gauge railway

Opened
  
1967

Track gauge
  
750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in)

Locale
  
Kirov Oblast

Website
  
www.vyatkatorf.ru

Operator(s)
  
ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»

Line length
  
79,000 m

Termini
  
Svetlopoljansk

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The Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79 kilometres (49 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).

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Current status

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. 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).

Locomotives

  • TU4 - № 2790
  • TU6A - № 2172
  • TU6D - № 0319
  • ESU2A - № 715, 586, 1017
  • TU7 - № 1595, 3050, 1595, 1252

    • 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

    Dymnoye peat narrow gauge railway Wikipedia
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