The Mesherskoye peat railway is located in
Ryazan Oblast,
Russia. The
peat railway was opened in 1952, and has a total length of is currently operational; the
track gauge is .
Current status
Mesherskoye peat railway emerged in the 1952s, in the area
Klepikovsky District, 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 factory was built and put into operation in 2013.
Peat factory – 2013
Rolling stock
Locomotives
* TU6A – № 2540
* TU4 – № 2314, 2314, 2054
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Places
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* Draisine – PMD3
* TD-5U "Pioneer"
Railroad car
* Flatcar
* Tank car
* Snowplow
* Crane (railroad)
* Tank car – 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 – fire train
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 1.jpg, Railway construction – track laying cranes
File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise (Bolon') 5.jpg, Work train
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
* Solotchinskoye peat railway
External links
Official Website
Photo – project «Steam Engine»
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750 mm gauge railways in Russia
Rail transport in Ryazan Oblast