The Mesherskoye peat railway is located in
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. 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 efficien ...
railway was opened in 1952, and has a total length of is currently operational; 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 d ...
is .
Current status
Mesherskoye peat railway emerged in the 1952s, in the area
Klepikovsky District
Klepikovsky District (russian: Клепико́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #83-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Ryazan Oblast, twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is loca ...
, in a settlement named Bolon. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A
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 ...
factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. T ...
was built and put into operation in 2013.
Peat factory – 2013
Rolling stock
Locomotives
* TU6A – № 2540
* TU4 – № 2314, 2314, 2054
* ESU2A – № 1003, 997, 684
* Draisine – PMD3
* TD-5U "Pioneer"
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 t ...
*Snowplow
A snowplow (also snow plow, snowplough or snow plough) is a device intended for mounting on a vehicle, used for removing snow and ice from outdoor surfaces, typically those serving transportation purposes. Although this term is often used to re ...
*Crane (railroad)
A railroad crane (North America: crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of crane used on a railroad for one of three primary purposes: freight handling in goods yards, permanent way (PW) maintenance, and accident recovery work. ...
*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 t ...
– fire train
*Passenger car (rail)
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (United States), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (United Kingdom and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (India) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passen ...
* Track laying cranes
* Open wagon for peat
* Hopper car to transport track ballast
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 2.jpg, 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 t ...
– fire train
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 1.jpg, Railway construction – track laying cranes
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 5.jpg, Work train
A work train or departmental train (engineering train in the UK) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as track maintenance, maintenance of way, revenue colle ...
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 4.jpg, Locomotive TU4-2535
Gallery
File:Mesherskoye peat railway PMD-3.jpg, Draisine – PMD3
File:Mesherskoye peat railway TU4-2314 freight train.jpg, Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train
File:Mesherskoye peat railway TU4-2314 with freight train.jpg, Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train
File:Mesherskoye peat railway TU4-2314.jpg, Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train
References and sources
See also
*Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
The Imperial Russian narrow railway track gauge was , the current track gauge is predominantly . In Soviet Russia, narrow-gauge railways were mostly common in forestry and peat industries in low inhabited places. Usually they have one main line and ...
*Solotchinskoye peat railway
The Solotchinskoye peat railway is located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 2010, has a total length of and is currently operational. The track gauge is .
Current status
Solotchinskoye peat railway emerged in the 1950s ...
External links
Official Website
Photo – project «Steam Engine»
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750 mm gauge railways in Russia
Rail transport in Ryazan Oblast