The Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway (russian: italic=yes, Апшеронская узкоколейная железная дорога, ''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 narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...

located in

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...

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. It was opened in 1927 and built in the standard

n 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

train In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pul ...

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

Rolling stock

Locomotives

* TU7 – № 2540, 2629 * TU7A – № 3219 * TU6P - № 0053 *

TU8P TU8P () is a Soviet, later Russian diesel locomotive, railcar or draisine for gauge . History The TU8P () is used for passenger transport on narrow gauge railways. The TU8P was developed in 1987 - 1988 at the Kambarka Engineering Works to replace ...

- № 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

Boxcar A boxcar is the North American ( AAR) term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is considered one of the most versatile since it can carry most ...

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 ...

s *

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 ...

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,

– № 0005 File:Мотодрезина ГМД4, станция Шпалорез.JPG, GMD-4

Guamka Tourist Railway

In stanitsa 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

Guzeripl Guzeripl (russian: Гузерипль; ady, Гъузэрыплъ, ''Ġuzəryptl'') is a rural locality (a settlement) in Dakhovskoye Rural Settlement of Maykopsky District, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of tr ...

(via tourist resort Lago-Naki). 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

Kurdzhips River The Kurdzhips (russian: Курджипс), located in the Caucasus Mountains, is a river in the Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar region, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Belaya near Maykop. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The ri ...

between settlements Guamka and

Mezmay Mezmay ( ady, Мэзмые, russian: Мезма́й) is a settlement in Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located in the valley of the Kurdzhips River near its confluence with the Mezmay River, south-east of Apsheronsk. Populati ...

. 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 - Apsheronsk (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,

– № 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,

– № 0005, station Tubyi File:Платформа-лесовоз 01.JPG, Log-cars, station Tubyi File:Платформа-лесовоз 02.JPG, Log-cars, station Tubyi File:Мост на перегоне Верхние Тубы - Тубы.JPG, Bridge File:Перегон Режет - Тубы.JPG, Forest railway File:Перегон Тубы - Режет 00.JPG, Forest railway File:Перегон Верхние Тубы - Шпалорез.JPG, Forest railway File:Перегон Тубы - Режет.JPG, Forest railway File:Перегон Тубы - Режет 000.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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The article in the English language
website (2009)
Photo - project «Steam Engine»
* Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway (interactive map)
Guamka Conyon Photos

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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