The Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963Anniversaries and Events 1960-1969. and has a total length of which is currently operational; the track gauge is .
Current status Pishchalskoye peat railway emerged in the 1963s, in the area Orichevsky District, in a settlement named Mirnyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. The railway runs 3–4 cargo runs every day from two peat deposits.Neues von russischen Schmalspurbahnen. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP).Pishchalskoye peat railway
Rolling stock
Locomotives TU4 – № 2170, 2620, 3076, 2129, 2273 ESU2A – № 786, 434, 921, 102 TU6A – № 2172 TU6D – № 0159 TU8 – № 0426 PMD3 – № 156, 116 (№ 405)
Railroad car 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- № 31 Track laying cranes PPR2ma
Gallery
See also
Narrow-gauge railways in Russia Gorokhovskoye peat railway Dymnoye peat railway Otvorskoye peat railway
References and sources
External links
Official Website Photo – project «Steam Engine» «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko