Pishchalskoye Peat Railway
The Pishchalskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1963 and has a total length of which is currently operational; the track gauge is . Current status Pishchalskoye peat railway emerged in the 1963s, in the area Orichevsky District, in a settlement named Mirnyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. The railway runs 3–4 cargo runs every day from two peat deposits. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge rail line and taken to Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Kirov, Sharyu to a Combined heat and power (CHP). Rolling stock Locomotives *TU4 diesel locomotive, TU4 – № 2170, 2620, 3076, 2129, 2273 *ESU2A – № 786, 434, 921, 102 *TU6 diesel locomotive, TU6A – № 2172 *TU6D diesel locomotive, TU6D – № 0159 *TU8 diesel locomotive, TU8 – № 0426 *Draisine, PMD3 – № 156, 116 (№ 405) Railroad car *Flatcar *Tank car *Snowplow#Railway snowplows, Snowplow *Tank car – fire t ...
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Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography Natural resources The basis of the natural resources are forest (mostly conifers), phosphate rock, peat, furs, water and land resources. There are widespread deposits of peat and non-metallic minerals: limestone, marl, clay, sand and gravel, as well as the extremely rare mineral volkonskoite. In recent decades, in the east of the area revealed a minor recoverable oil reserves and deposits of bentonite clays. In the area is the largest in Europe Vyatsko-Kama deposit of phosphate rock. The area is rich in mineral springs and therapeutic mud. On the territory of Kumyonsky District is famous resort town of federal significance Nizhneivkino, which on treatment and rest come to residents of the Kirov region and many regions of Russia. Hydrogra ...
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