The Altsevo peat railway is located in

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railway was opened in 1962, and has a total length of and a

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Current status

The Altsevo peat railway was constructed in 1962 in the Tonshayevsky District, and runs from the village of Pizhma to the

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"Altsovsky Moss". The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A

briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2005.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

* TU6A - No. 0310 * TU8 - No.*** * ESU2A - No. 671 * TD-5U "Pioneer" - Transportation local residents

Railroad car

* Flat wagon * Tank wagon *

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* Tank wagon - fire train *

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* Track laying cranes * Open wagon for

* Hopper wagon to transport

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Gallery

File:Altsevo peat4.JPG,

Narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...

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Peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

railway File:Altsevo peat TU8.jpg, TU8 locomotive

References and sources

External links

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Photo - project «Steam Engine»
(Russian language)

(Russian language) 750 mm gauge railways in Russia Rail transport in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast