The Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway () is a narrow-gauge railway in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, built as an industrial railway (forest railway) for logging operations. The forest railway was opened in 1926, has a total length of and is operational as of 2017, the track gauge is and operates year-round.

Current status

Planning for the railway and building began in 1926. The Pizhemskaya logging railway's first line was constructed in 1926, in the area of Tonshayevsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast from the village Pizhma. The total length of the Pizhemskaya narrow-gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded , of which is currently operational. The railway operates scheduled freight services from Pizhma, used for forestry tasks such as the transportation of felled logs and forestry workers. In 2017, repairs are being made to the track.

Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway

Rolling stock

Locomotives

TU6A – № 0755, 3068

Draisine – TD-5u "Pioneer" transportation local residents

Railroad cars

Tank car

Bunk Car "Teplushka" Railway log-car and flatcar Hopper car to transport track ballast

Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway

Work trains

Snowplow PS-1

See also

Narrow-gauge railways in Russia

Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory

List of Russian narrow-gauge railways rolling stock

References

External links

Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko

Pizhemskaya logging railroad 2006

750 mm gauge railways in Russia

Rail transport in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Railway lines opened in 1926

Logging railways in Russia

Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway