The Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway (, ''Apsheronskya uzkokoleynaya zheleznaya doroga'') is a mountain

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 ...

located in

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, Russia. It was opened in 1927 and built in the standard Russian narrow-gauge track gauge of .

Current status

The length of the railway as of 2010 is of which is operational. It carries freight (including: wood, food, and postal services) and passengers, including a

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which transports children to school. The Head Office of the railway is located in

Apsheronsk Apsheronsk () is a town and the administrative center of Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Pshekha River (in the Kuban's basin). Population: 39,488 (2020), Persian ''āb šurān'' (salty waters). This also gave its n ...

Rolling stock

Locomotives

* TU7 – № 2540, 2629 * TU7A – № 3219 * TU6P - № 0053 * TU8P - № 0005 * GMD-4

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* TD-5U «Pioneer» - transportation for local residents

Locomotives Shpalorez-Express

* TU4 – № 3003 * TU7A – № 3307 * TU8 – № 0148

Railroad car

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s *

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СО750 *

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PV40 File:Снегоочиститель СО750.JPG,

СО750 File:Тепловоз-Мотриса ТУ6П-0053 на станции Черниговская.JPG, TU6P – № 0053 File:Тепловоз-мотриса ТУ8П-0005 на перегоне Режет - Тубы 01.JPG, TU8P – № 0005 File:Мотодрезина ГМД4, станция Шпалорез.JPG, GMD-4

Guamka Tourist Railway

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Samurskaya (part of village Novyye Polyany) the railroad was divided into two lines – a branch line turned left from the main line, on southwest, into the mountains of southern

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, where it ended in settlement

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(via tourist resort

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). Terminal parts of this line have been canceled already during the 70's, while in the end of the 80's has been dismantled connection with the main line. Presently remains isolated section of this branch line, roughly 8 kilometres length, which goes through attractive gorge of the

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between settlements Guamka and Mezmay. This railroad is since 2017, after repairing of serious damages caused by landslides, used for tourist transport only.

Locomotives

* TU8 – № 0427

Railroad car

* Passenger cars PV40 * Snowplow СО750 *

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* Flatcars File:Railroad snow blower SO750 (left-front view).jpg,

СО750 File:Узкоколейный тепловоз ТУ8-0427.JPG, TU8 – № 0427 File:Мотодрезина.JPG, TD-5U «Pioneer» File:Вагон-платформа.JPG,

Stations

*00 km -

(The track was dismantled in 2010) *15 km - 15 km (The track was dismantled in 2010) *24 km - Samurskaya (The track was dismantled in 2010) *31 km - Chernigovskoye *40 km - Passing loop "10 km" - Kushinka *44 km - Rezhet *48 km - Lower Tubyi *52 km - Middle Tubyi *59 km - Otdalenyy (formerly Shpalorez)

Gallery

File:Тепловоз-мотриса ТУ8П-0005 на станции Тубы 02.JPG, TU8P – № 0005, station Tubyi File:Вагоны ПВ-40.JPG, Passenger cars PV40, station Chernigovskoye File:Тепловоз-мотриса ТУ6П-0053, станция Режет.JPG, TU6P – № 0053, station Rezhet File:Платформа-лесовоз 03.JPG,

s, station Kushinka File:Тепловоз-мотриса ТУ8П-0005 на станции Тубы 03.JPG, TU8P – № 0005, station Tubyi File:Платформа-лесовоз 01.JPG, Log-cars, station Tubyi File:Платформа-лесовоз 02.JPG, Log-cars, station Tubyi File:Guam Canyon, Apsheronsk mountain narrow-gauge railway, Russia.jpg, Guam Canyon File:Guam Canyon, Western Caucasus, Russia.jpg, Guam Canyon File:Мост на перегоне Верхние Тубы - Тубы.JPG, Bridge File:Перегон Режет - Тубы.JPG, Forest railway File:Мост на перегоне Тубы - Режет.JPG, Red Bridge

References and sources

External links

Official Website

Official Website
Tourist trains Shpalorez-Express
Official Shpalorez-Express
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Current status

Rolling stock

Locomotives

Locomotives Shpalorez-Express

Railroad car

Guamka Tourist Railway

Locomotives

Railroad car

Stations

Gallery

See also

References and sources

External links