The Altsevo peat railway is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1962, and has a total length of and a track gauge of .
Current status The Altsevo peat railway was constructed in 1962 in the Tonshayevsky District, and runs from the village of Pizhma to the swamp "Altsovsky Moss". The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. A peat briquette factory was built and put into operation in 2005.
Rolling stock
Locomotives TU6A - No. 0310 TU8 - No.*** ESU2A - No. 671 TD-5U "Pioneer" - Transportation local residents
Railroad car Flat wagon Tank wagon Snowplow Crane (rail) Tank wagon - fire train Passenger car (rail) Track laying cranes Open wagon for peat Hopper wagon to transport track ballast
Gallery
See also Narrow-gauge railways in Russia Kerzhenets peat narrow-gauge railway Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory
References and sources
External links
Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian language) «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian language)