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

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, 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.*** *

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Railroad car

* Flat wagon *

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* Crane (rail) *

- fire train *

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* Track laying cranes *

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* Hopper wagon to transport

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Gallery

File:Altsevo peat4.JPG,

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File:Altsevo peat5.JPG, Open wagon for peat File:Altsevo peat8.JPG, Open wagon for peat File:Altsevo peat6.JPG,

Peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

railway File:Altsevo peat TU8.jpg, TU8 locomotive

References and sources

External links

{{commons category, Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway * interactive map (English language)
Photo - project «Steam Engine»
(Russian language)

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