The Solotchinskoye 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 ...

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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 efficien ...

railway was opened in 2010, has a total length of and is currently operational. The

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is .

Current status

Solotchinskoye peat railway emerged in the 1950s, in the area

Ryazansky District Ryazansky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Ryazansky District, Moscow, a district in South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow *Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast, an administrative and municipa ...

, in a settlement named Priozerny. The railway had a maximum length of about at their peak. Railway was built for hauling

and workers in 1995 the railway was dismantled. Work restoration railway started in 2010, work continued throughout the year. The railway has been restored for the transport of

and has a total length of , and operates year-round. A

briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2010 in a settlement named Priozerny.Solotchinskoye peat railway
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Rolling stock

Locomotives

* TU6A – № 2917 * ESU2A – № 402, 1003 * 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 ...

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* Track laying cranes * Open wagon for peat * Hopper car to transport track ballast

Gallery

File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 1.jpg, Hopper car to transport track ballast File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 3.jpg, Open wagon for peat File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 5.jpg, Track new File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 6.jpg, Open wagon for peat File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 2.jpg, Railroad switch new File:Mesherskoye peat enterprise 7.jpg,

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 ...

briquette factory

References and sources

External links

Official Website

Photo - project «Steam Engine»

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