Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway

Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini Bezbozhnik
Website www.mayskles.ucoz.ru
Operation
Opened 1946
Operator(s) JSC «Mayskles»
Technical
Line length 80 kilometres (50 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

Coordinates: 59°31′02″N 48°49′36″E / 59.5171089°N 48.8265548°E / 59.5171089; 48.8265548 The Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1946, has a total length of 80 kilometres (50 mi) and is operational as of 2014, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and operates year-round.[1]

Current status

The Kobrinskaya forestry railway's first line was constructed in 1946, in the area of Murashinsky District, Kirov Oblast from the village Bezbozhnik. The total length of the Kobrinskaya narrow gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 150 kilometres (93 mi), of which 80 kilometres (50 mi) is currently operational. The narrow gauge railway operates a scheduled freight services from Bezbozhnik is used for forestry tasks such as the transportation of felled logs and forestry workers. In 1992, as a result of privatization "Mayskiy timber industry enterprise", there was founded JSC "Mayskles" company.[2] In 2014, repairs are being made to the track.[3]

Rolling Stock

Locomotive TU6P-0022
Tamping machine LD-22-002 and Track machine DM-7
Locomotive TU6A-2846

Locomotives

Railroad car

Work trains

Gallery

References and sources

  1. ↑ Maps railway
  2. ↑ Kobrinskaya forestry railway
  3. ↑ In 2014 JSC «Mayskles» forestry railway

See also

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