Dymnoye peat railway

Dymnoye peat railway
Overview
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini	Svetlopolyansk
Website	www.vyatkatorf.ru
Service
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Operator(s)	ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
History
Opened	1967
Technical
Line length	79 kilometres (49 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Route map

The Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79 kilometres (49 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

Current status

locomotive TU4 – No. 2790

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP).

Rolling stock

Locomotives

• TU4 – № 2790
• TU6A – № 2172
• TU6D – № 0319
• ESU2A – № 715, 586, 1017
• TU7 – № 1595, 3050, 1595, 1252

Railroad car

• 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

Gallery

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  Railway bridges
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  Building
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  Narrow-gauge railway
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  Classification yard
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  Rotary car dumper
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  Rotary car dumper

See also

• Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
• Gorokhovskoye peat railway
• Otvorskoye peat railway
• Pishchalskoye peat railway

External links

• Official Website (in Russian)
• The scheme of the railway (in Russian)
• Photo - project «Steam Engine» (in Russian)
• «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (in Russian)