Gorokhovskoye peat railway

The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which is currently operational; the track gauge is .

Current status

Gorokhovskoye peat railway emerged in the 1960s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Komsomolthe. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round. Operations consist of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

TU4 – № 818, 1323, 2961, 2594

ESU2A – № 848, 927

Railroad car

Boxcar

Flatcar

Tank car

Snowplow

Tank car – fire train

Passenger car

Open wagon for peat

Hopper car to transport track ballast

Work trains

Crane GK-5

Track UPS-1- № 50

Track laying cranes PPR2ma

Gallery

See also

Narrow-gauge railways in Russia

Dymnoye peat railway

Otvorskoye peat railway

Pishchalskoye peat railway

References and sources

External links

Official Website

Photo – project «Steam Engine»

«The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko

750 mm gauge railways in Russia

Rail transport in Kirov Oblast