Dymnoye peat railway explained

Dymnoye peat railway
Locale:Kirov Oblast, Russia
Type:Narrow-gauge railway
Open:1967
Operator:ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
Linelength:79km (49miles)
Website:www.vyatkatorf.ru
Start:Svetlopolyansk

59.4207°N 52.3761°WThe Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79km (49miles) is currently operational; the track gauge is .[1]

Current status

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP).[2]

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Railroad car

References and sources

  1. http://narrow.parovoz.com/emb/index.php?ID=1931 Dymnoe peat
  2. http://infojd.ru/15/svetl.html Dymnoe peat railway

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