Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway

Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway
File:Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway (Kobrinskaya railway) 1.jpg
Overview
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini	Bezbozhnik
Website	www.mayskles.ucoz.ru
Operation
Opened	1946
Operator(s)	JSC «Mayskles»
Technical
Line length	80 kilometres (50 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

The Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1946, has a total length of 80 kilometres (50 mi) and is operational as of 2014, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) and operates year-round.

Current status

The Kobrinskaya forestry railway's first line was constructed in 1946, in the area of Murashinsky District, Kirov Oblast from the village Bezbozhnik. The total length of the Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 150 kilometres (93 mi), of which 80 kilometres (50 mi) is currently operational. The narrow gauge railway operates a scheduled freight services from Bezbozhnik is used for forestry tasks such as the transportation of felled logs and forestry workers. In 1992, as a result of privatization "Mayskiy timber industry enterprise", there was founded JSC "Mayskles" company. In 2014, repairs are being made to the track.

Rolling Stock

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Locomotive TU6P-0022

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Tamping machine LD-22-002 and Track machine DM-7

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Locomotive TU6A-2846

Locomotives

• TU4 - № 0045, 2145
• TU6A - № 3806, 2846, 2333, 2633, 3697, 3722, 3901, 3082, 3995, 3278, 3490
• TU7 - № 2787, 2039, 2208, 2569, 2072, 2534
• TU6SPA - № 0024
• TU6P - № 0022
• TU8 - № 0457
• TD-5U "Pioneer"

Railroad car

• Boxcar
• Tank car
• Snowplow
• Dining car
• Passenger car
• DM-20 «Fiskars»
• Side-tipping wagons
• Crane LT-110 - № 018
• Railway log-car and Flatcar
• Hopper car to transport track ballast

Work trains

• Track machine DM-7
• Tamping machine LD-22-002
• Track UPS-1

Gallery

• Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway (Kobrinskaya railway) 3.jpg

  Locomotive TU7-2072 with freight train
• Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway (Kobrinskaya railway) 5.jpg

  Locomotive TU6A-3695
• Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway (Kobrinskaya railway) 4.jpg

  Locomotive TU7-2569
• Kobrinskaya railway TU6A-3809 with freight train.jpg

  Locomotive TU6A-3809 with freight train
• Kobrinskaya railway TU7-2039 with freight train.jpg

  Locomotive TU7-2039 with freight train
• Kobrinskaya railway TU7-2072 with freight train.jpg

  Locomotive TU7-2072 with freight train
• Kobrinskaya railway TU8-0457 with freight train.jpg

  Locomotive TU8-0457 and TT-4 Skidder
• Kobrinskaya railway TU7-2787 with freight train.jpg

  Locomotive TU7A-2787 with freight train

See also

• Narrow gauge railways
• Narrow gauge railways in Russia
• List of Russian narrow gauge railways rolling stock

External links

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