The Kerzhenets peat railway is located in

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,310,5 ...

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. The

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 efficient ...

railway was opened in 1945, and has a total length of ; the

track gauge In rail transport, track gauge (in American English, alternatively track gage) is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many ...

is . The railway operates year-round.

Current status

The Kerzhenets peat railway emerged in the 1940s, in the area of Borsky District,

. The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers. The railway line leaves Kerzhenets at northern side to reach the peat fields. Until 1997 the settlement Pionersky at

Kerzhenets River The Kerzhenets (russian: Керженец) is a river in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga, joining the Volga near Lyskovo, about 70 km east of Nizhny Novgorod. It is long, and has a drainage basin of ...

was the terminus of the railway. A peat briquette factory was established in 2002 and started its work in 2004.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

* TU8 – №0307 * ESU2A – №925

Railroad car

Flatcar A flatcar (US) (also flat car, or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry ...

Tank car A tank car ( International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities. History Timeline The following major events occurred in ...

Snow blower A snow blower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is problematic, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, ice rink, or runway. The commonly used term "snow blower" is a misnomer, as the snow is ...

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Open wagon Open wagons (trucks in the UK) form a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled. The International Union of Ra ...

Gallery

File:Peat Briquette Factory.jpg, File:Briquette Factory Peat.jpg, File:Kerzhenets Peat Briquette Factory.jpg, File:Kerzhenets_peat_railway.JPG,

References and sources

External links

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Photos Kerzhenets
* Kerzhenets interactive map (English language) 750 mm gauge railways in Russia Rail transport in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast