Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway

Altsevo peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Termini Pizhma
Operation
Opened 1962
Operator(s) ООО «Альцево-торф»
Technical
Line length 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 57°52′12″N 47°06′37″E / 57.8699°N 47.1103°E / 57.8699; 47.1103 The Altsevo peat railway is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1962, and has a total length of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) is currently operational, track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in).

Current status

The Altsevo peat railway emerged in the 1962s in the area Tonshayevsky District, from the village Pizhma to the swamp "Altsovsky Moss". The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2005.[1]

Rolling Stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

Gallery

See also

References and sources

  1. «Altsovsky Moss»

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