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Gorokhovskoye peat railway
Railway line in Kirov Oblast, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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58.17906°N 48.01180°E The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which 35 kilometres (22 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[1]
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Current status
Gorokhovskoye peat railway emerged in the 1960s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Komsomolthe. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round. Operations consist of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.[2]
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Rolling stock
Locomotives
- TU4 – № 818, 1323, 2961, 2594
- ESU2A – № 848, 927
Railroad car
- Boxcar
- Flatcar
- Tank car
- Snowplow
- Tank car – fire train
- Passenger car
- Open wagon for peat
- Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains
- Crane GK-5
- Track UPS-1- № 50
- Track laying cranes PPR2ma
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