Gorokhovskoye peat narrow gauge railway

Gorokhovskoye peat railway
Overview
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini	Komsomol
Website	www.vyatkatorf.ru
Operation
Opened	1960
Operator(s)	ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Technical
Line length	35 kilometres (22 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Route map

Coordinates: 58°10′45″N 48°00′42″E / 58.17906°N 48.01180°E The Gorokhovskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1960, and has a total length of which 35 kilometres (22 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in).^[1]

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 consists of peat and passenger transport. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) rail line and taken to Kirov to a combined heat and power (CHP) power station.^[2]

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

• 
  Locomotive TU4-818
• 
  Locomotives TU4-818 and TU4-2961
• 
  Locomotive TU4-818 with freight train

See also

Narrow gauge railways in Russia Dymnoye peat narrow gauge railway

Otvorskoye peat narrow gauge railway Pishchalskoye peat narrow gauge railway

References and sources

1. Gorokhovskoe peat
2. Gorokhovskoe peat railway

External links

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