Gusevskoye peat narrow gauge railway
| Gusevskoye peat railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Narrow gauge railway | ||
| Locale | Vladimir Oblast, Russia | ||
| Termini | Gusevskiy Mezinovskiy |
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| Website | www.vladtorf33.ru | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1920 | ||
| Operator(s) | Bioenergy (Vladimir-Peat) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 25 kilometres (16 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Gusevskoye peat railway is located in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1920, and has a total length of which 25 kilometres (16 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in).
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History
Gusevskoye peat railway emerged in the 1920s, in the area Gus-Khrustalny District, in a settlement named Gus-Khrustalny in 1931 became a town. The railway had a maximum length of about 100 kilometres (62 mi) at their peak.[1] Gusevskoye railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. At present only 25 kilometres (16 mi) of the railway is operational, current operations include passenger traffic (workers-tourists) and freight traffic, transportation of peat. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2010 in a settlement named Gusevskiy.[2] A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2011 in a settlement named Mezinovskiy.[3] About 2011 half of the railroad was dismantled. Formed two separate railway network.
Current status
There was two separated railways, operated by different companies.
- Guseevskiy - westbound.
- Mezinovskiy - northbound.
Transportation of peat briquette plants is going.
Rolling stock
Locomotives
Locomotive Depot - Mezinovskoye:
- TU7 - № 2999, 3310, 2087, 3028, 3311
- TU6D - № 0023
- TU6A - № 1663
- ESU2A - № 249, 721, 997, 994
- ESU1 - № 277 (Snow blower)
- TD-5U Pioneer
- GMD4 rail lorry (to the museum in 2013)[4]
Engine Shed - Gusevskoye:
- TU4 - № 2303, 1547
- ESU2A - № 1024, 987
- Draisine - PD1 - № 764
Railroad car
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Tank car - fire train
- Passenger car
- Side-tipping wagons
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains
Gallery
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Gusevskoye peat railway ESU2A-994.jpg
Locomotive ESU2A-994 -
Locomotive TU6D-0202 -
Peat mining railway.JPG
Open wagons TSV-6a for peat -
Gusevskoye peat railway.jpg
Mezinovskoye -
Mezinovsky peat mine railway3.JPG
Station
See also
References and sources
External links
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