Altsevo peat narrow-gauge railway

Altsevo peat railway
Overview
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Locale	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Termini	Pizhma
Operation
Opened	1962
Operator(s)	ООО «Альцево-торф»
Technical
Line length	10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 57°52′12″N 47°06′37″E / 57.8699°N 47.1103°E / 57.8699; 47.1103 The Altsevo peat railway is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1962, and has a total length of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) is currently operational, track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in).

Current status

The Altsevo peat railway emerged in the 1962s in the area Tonshayevsky District, from the village Pizhma to the swamp "Altsovsky Moss". The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2005.^[1]

Rolling stock

Gallery

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  Narrow-gauge railway
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  Tank car
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  Open wagon for peat
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  Open wagon for peat
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  Peat railway
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  TU8 locomotive

See also

• Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
• Kerzhenets peat narrow-gauge railway
• Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory

References and sources

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway.

• interactive map (English language)
• Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian language)
• «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian language)