Otvorskoye peat railway

Otvorskoye peat railway
Overview
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini
Website	www.vyatkatorf.ru
Service
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Operator(s)	ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
History
Opened	1964
Technical
Line length	32 kilometres (20 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)

Coordinates: 58°04′31″N 47°40′17″E / 58.0752729°N 47.6715059°E / 58.0752729; 47.6715059 The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length of which 32 kilometres (20 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).^[1]

Current status[]

Otvorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1964s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Svetlyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. Peat is transshipped on broad-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP) station.^[2]

Rolling stock[]

Locomotives[]

• TU4 – № 1335, 1387, 2187, 2188, 2923
• – № 0201
• – № 436

Railroad car[]

• Boxcar
• Flatcar
• Tank car
• Snowplow
• Crane (railroad)
• Tank car – fire train
• Passenger car (rail)
• Track laying cranes
• Open wagon for peat
• Hopper car to transport track ballast

See also[]

References and sources[]

External links[]

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

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