The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length of which is currently operational; the track gauge is .Otvorskoe peat
Current status Otvorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1964s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Svetlyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. Peat is transshipped on broad-gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP) station.Otvorskoe peat railway
Rolling stock
Locomotives TU4 – № 1335, 1387, 2187, 2188, 2923 TU6D – № 0201 ESU2A – № 436
Railroad car Boxcar Flatcar Tank car Snowplow Crane (railroad) Tank car – fire train Passenger car (rail) Track laying cranes Open wagon for peat Hopper car to transport track ballast
See also
Narrow-gauge railways in Russia Gorokhovskoye peat railway Pishchalskoye peat railway Dymnoye peat railway
References and sources
External links
Official Website (Russian language) Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian language) «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian language)