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Zelennikovskaya narrow gauge railway

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Type
  
Narrow-gauge railway

Website
  
www.ilimgroup.com

Operator(s)
  
OJSC Ilim Group

Locale
  
Arkhangelsk Oblast

Termini
  
Zelennik

Opened
  
1949

Line length
  
57 kilometres (35 mi)

Zelennikovskaya narrow-gauge railway

The Zelennikovskaya narrow-gauge railway is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1949, and has a total length of 57 kilometres (35 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in).

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Current status

The Zelennikovskaya forestry railway's first narrow-gauge line emerged in 1949, in the area of Verkhnetoyemsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast from the village Zelennik. The total length of the Zelennikovskaya railway at the peak of its development exceeded 84 kilometres (52 mi), of which 57 kilometres (35 mi) is currently operational. The railway operates scheduled freight services from Zelennik, used for forestry tasks for transportation of felled logs and forestry workers and operates year-round.

Locomotives

  • TU6A – No. 0726 (snowplow), 3459, 2061, 3080
  • TU8 – No. 0333, 0191
  • TU4 – No. 2663
  • TD-5U "Pioneer"
  • 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

    Zelennikovskaya narrow-gauge railway Wikipedia