The Laryan narrow-gauge railway () is located in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1939, and has a total length of and is operational . The track gauge is and operates year-round.Peat train Tikhvin-TORF 2016 Limited Liability Company «Tikhvin-Torf» was established on the 16 of November in 2000 and is the successor of Peat enterprise Laryan. The main activity of the LLC «Tikhvin-TORF» company production of milled peat, semimanufactures of sod peat for household needs, peat semimanufac tures for agriculture. Deliveries of peat are made by rail for the heat-only boiler station of the village Krasava.Peat train Tikhvin-TORF for the heat boiler station Krasava 2016
Current status The Peat enterprise Laryan was established in 1930s in the village Krasava, Leningrad Oblast. The Laryan peat narrow-gauge railway's first line was constructed in 1939, in the area of Tikhvinsky District, Leningrad Oblast from the village Krasava to the swamp peat fields. The peat railway was built for hauling milling peat and workers and operates year-round. The total length of the narrow-gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded , of which is currently operational. The railway operates freight services for the heat-only boiler station of the village Krasava. The railway operates scheduled freight services from Krasava, used for peat extraction tasks such as the transportation of milling peat and workers.Laryan narrow-gauge railway pages of history In 2014, repairs are being made to the track.Krasava repairs track 2014
Rolling stock Locomotives TU6A – № 3134, 3227 ESU2A – № 623 Draisine – TD-5u "Pioneer" transportation local residents
Railway cars Flatcar Tank car Tank car – fire train Passenger car PV40 Open wagon for peat TSV6A and UMW2 Hopper car to transport track ballast
Work trains Snowplow PS-1 Track laying cranes PPR2ma – № 274
See also Narrow-gauge railways in Russia List of Russian narrow-gauge railways rolling stock Gladkoye narrow-gauge railway Pelgorskoye peat narrow-gauge railway
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«The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko