Type Narrow gauge railway Operator(s) Sharya Forest Museum Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 ⁄2 in) Termini Sharya | Opened 2014 Line length 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) Locale Kostroma Oblast | |
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The Sharya Forest Museum Railway (Russian: Узкоколейная железная дорога Шарьинского музея леса) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)-gauge forest railway based at open-air Sharya Forest Museum located in Sharya, opened in 2014.
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Current status
The Sharya Forest Museum Railway is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Sharya Park in Kostroma Oblast. The museum railway was opened in 2014. It has a total length of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and is operational as of 2016. The exhibit consists mostly of locomotives, passenger and freight cars, tractors, skidders, forestry vehicles and machines.
Museum's collection
The museum owns many interesting vehicles, which are important for the Russian railway and forestry history including:
Locomotives and draisines
Railway cars
References
Sharya Forest Museum Railway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA