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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Dymnoye Peat Railway

59°25′14″N 52°22′34″E / 59.42065°N 52.37607°E / 59.42065; 52.37607 The Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79 kilometres (49 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in).

Current status

locomotive TU4 – No. 2790

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP).

Rolling stock

Locomotives

  • TU4 – № 2790
  • TU6A – № 2172
  • TU6D – № 0319
  • ESU2A – № 715, 586, 1017
  • TU7 – № 1595, 3050, 1595, 1252

Railroad car

References and sources

See also