Pelgorskoye peat narrow gauge railway

Pelgorskoye peat railway
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Termini Ryabovo
Website www.pelgorskoe.ru
Operation
Opened 1950
Operator(s) Peat Company «Pelgorskoe-M»
Technical
Line length 20 kilometres (12 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

Coordinates: 59°25′49″N 31°10′21″E / 59.43034°N 31.17238°E / 59.43034; 31.17238

The Pelgorskoye peat railway (Russian: Пельгорское, pel'GORskoye) is located in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1950, and has a total length of 20 kilometres (12 mi) and is operational as of 2016. The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and operates year-round.[1]

Current status

The Pelgorskoye peat narrow gauge railway's first line was constructed in 1950s, in the Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast from the Ryabovo village to the swamp peat fields. The peat narrow gauge railway was built for hauling milling peat and workers and operates year-round.[2] In 2001 the Pelgorskoe-M Peat Company started replacing equipment and repairing the narrow gauge railway between the mine and the processing facilities. The total length of the Pelgorskoye narrow gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 25 kilometres (16 mi), of which 20 kilometres (12 mi) is currently operational as of 2016. A peat factory was built and put into operation in 2004.[3] In 2016, repairs are being made to the track.[4]

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

Work trains

References and sources

  1. ↑ Pelgorskoe peat railway (Russian)
  2. ↑ Pelgorskoe peat railway history (Russian)
  3. ↑ History Peat Company «Pelgorskoe»
  4. ↑ Pelgorskoye peat railway 2016

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