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Nyubskaya narrow gauge railway

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Type
  
Narrow-gauge railway

Website
  
www.ilimgroup.com

Operator(s)
  
OJSC «Ilim Group»

Locale
  
Arkhangelsk Oblast

Termini
  
Kharitonovo

Opened
  
1934

Line length
  
50 kilometres (31 mi)

Nyubskaya narrow-gauge railway

The Nyubskaya narrow-gauge railway is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1934, has a total length of 50 kilometres (31 mi) and is operational as of 2015. The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and operates year-round.

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Current status

The Nyubskaya forestry railway's first line was constructed in 1934, in the area of Kotlassky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast from the village Kharitonovo. The total length of the Nyubskaya narrow-gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 191 kilometres (119 mi), of which 50 kilometres (31 mi) is currently operational. The railway operates scheduled freight services from Kharitonovo, used for forestry tasks such as the transportation of felled logs and forestry workers.

Locomotives

  • TU6D – № 0235
  • TU6A – № 2800, 3169
  • TU7A – № 3289
  • TU8 – № 0006, 0181, 0527, 0334

    • Railroad cars

  • Boxcar
  • Tank car
  • Snowplow
  • Dining car
  • Crane LT-110
  • Passenger car
  • Railway log-car and Flatcar
  • Hopper car to transport track ballast

    • References

    Nyubskaya narrow-gauge railway Wikipedia
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