Kushaverskoye peat railway

2 ft 5+12 in)

58°50′16″N 34°59′43″E / 58.83785°N 34.99539°E / 58.83785; 34.99539 The Kushaverskoye peat railway is located in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) and is operational as of 2016[update]. The track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) and operates year-round.[1]

Current status

The Kushaverskoye peat railway's first line was constructed in 1967, in the area of Khvoyninsky District, Novgorod Oblast from the village Yubileyny to the swamp peat fields. The peat railway was built for hauling milling peat and workers and operates year-round. The total length of the Kushaverskoye peat narrow-gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 60 kilometres (37 mi), of which 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) is currently operational.[2]

Rolling stock

Station
Open wagon TSV-6a for peat

Locomotives

  • TU6D – № 0236
  • TU6P – № 0013
  • TU6A – № 3263, 3187
  • ESU2A – № 568, 733, 822

Railroad car

  • 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 laying cranes PPR2ma
  • Locomotive ESU2A-568
    Locomotive ESU2A-568
  • Locomotive ESU2A-568 with freight train
    Locomotive ESU2A-568 with freight train
  • Station
    Station
  • Locomotive TU6A-3187
    Locomotive TU6A-3187
  • Station
    Station

See also

References and sources

  1. ^ Kushaverskoye peat railway map
  2. ^ History[permanent dead link]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kushaverskoye peat railway.
  • Official Website LLC «Kushavera peat» (in Russian)
  • Photo - project «Steam Engine» (in Russian)
  • «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko[permanent dead link] (in Russian)