Konetsgorskaya narrow gauge railway
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Narrow gauge railway | ||
| Locale | Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia | ||
| Termini | Rochegda | ||
| Website | www.solombala.com | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 1942 | ||
| Operator(s) | LZP Konetsgorsky | ||
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| Line length | 80 kilometres (50 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 Konetsgorskaya narrow gauge railway is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1942, has a total length of 80 kilometres (50 mi) and is operational as of 2015[update]. The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and operates year-round.[1]
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Current status
The Konetsgorskaya forestry railway's first line was constructed in 1942, in the area of Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast from the village Rochegda.[2] The total length of the Konetsgorskaya narrow gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 153 kilometres (95 mi), of which 80 kilometres (50 mi) is currently operational. The narrow gauge railway operates a scheduled freight services from Rochegda is used for forestry tasks such as the transportation of felled logs and forestry workers.[3] In 2015, repairs are being made to the track.[4]
Rolling stock
Locomotives
- TU7 - № 2304, 1710, 1331, 1437, 3290
- TU6A - № 3017, 3109
- TU6SPA - № 005
- TU8 - № 0012
- TD-5U "Pioneer"
Railroad cars
- Boxcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Dining car
- Passenger car
- DM-20 «Loglift»
- Railway log-car and Flatcar
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Gallery
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Locomotive TU7 - № 2304
See also
References and sources
- ↑ Maps railway
- ↑ Konetsgorskaya forestry railway
- ↑ LZP Konetsgorsky
- ↑ LZP Konetsgorsk repairing railway
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Konetsgorskaya narrow gauge railway. |
- Official website LZP Konetsgorsky
- Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian)
- «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian)
- Konetsgorskaya railway (interactive map)
- Articles that mention track gauge 750 mm
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2015
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Articles with Russian-language external links
- 750 mm gauge railways in Russia
- Railway lines opened in 1942
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Forest railways
- 1942 establishments in the Soviet Union
