55°28′56″N40°24′36″E / 55.48234°N 40.40992°E / 55.48234; 40.40992 The Gusevskoye peat railway is located in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1920, and has a total length of which 25 kilometres (16 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
History
Gusevskoye peat railway emerged in the 1920s, in the area Gus-Khrustalny District, in a settlement named Gus-Khrustalny in 1931 became a town. The railway had a maximum length of about 100 kilometres (62 mi) at their peak.[1] Gusevskoye railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. At present only 25 kilometres (16 mi) of the railway is operational, current operations include passenger traffic (workers-tourists) and freight traffic, transportation of peat. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2010 in a settlement named Gusevskiy.[2] A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2011 in a settlement named Mezinovskiy.[3] About 2011 half of the railroad was dismantled. Formed two separate railway network.
Current status
There was two separated railways, operated by different companies.
Guseevskiy – westbound.
Mezinovskiy – northbound.
Transportation of peat to the briquette factory is ongoing.
Locomotive ESU2A-994
Locomotive TU6D-0202
Open wagons TSV-6a for peat
Mezinovskoye
Station
