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Narrow gauge railway of Decor 1 factory

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Type
  
Narrow-gauge railway

Opened
  
1946

Track gauge
  
750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in)

Termini
  
Arzamassky District

Website
  
www.pgz-dekor.ru

Line length
  
4 kilometres (2.5 mi)

Locale
  
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory

Operator(s)
  
ООО Пешеланский гипсовый завод «Декор-1»

The Decor-1 factory railway is in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The railway was opened in 1946, and has a total length of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) its track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in). The railway is used for the transportation of gypsum from the mine to the «Dekor-1» factory.

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Current status

Peshelan gypsum factory «Dekor-1» located near the town of Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. In 1946 a gypsum mine was opened in the village of Bebyayevo. Ten trains run on the railway each day.

Locomotives

  • TU8 – № 1, 2
  • Traction rolling stock in the mine – electric

    • Railroad car

  • Snow blower
  • Minecart for transportation of gypsum

    • References

    Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory Wikipedia
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