Gorokhovskoye peat narrow-gauge railway

Gorokhovskoye peat railway
Overview
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini	Komsomol
Website	www.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opened	1960
Operator(s)	ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Technical
Line length	35 kilometres (22 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 58°10′45″N 48°00′42″E / 58.17906°N 48.01180°E / 58.17906; 48.01180 The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which 35 kilometres (22 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in).^[1]

Current status

Gorokhovskoye peat railway emerged in the 1960s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Komsomolthe. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round. Operations consists of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.^[2]

Rolling stock

Gallery

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  Locomotive TU4-818
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  Locomotives TU4-818 and TU4-2961
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  Locomotive TU4-818 with freight train

See also

References and sources

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gorokhovskoe peat narrow-gauge railway.

• Official Website (in Russian)
• Photo - project «Steam Engine» (in Russian)
• «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (in Russian)