Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway

Mesherskoye peat railway
Overview
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Locale	Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Termini	Bolon
Website	www.peter-peat.com
Operation
Opened	1952
Operator(s)	ООО «Peter-Peat»
Technical
Line length	46 kilometres (29 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

The Mesherskoye peat railway is located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1952, and has a total length of 46 kilometres (29 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in).^[1] Coordinates: 55°03′05″N 40°05′26″E / 55.05131°N 40.09051°E / 55.05131; 40.09051

Current status

Rotary car dumper

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.^[2] A peat factory was built and put into operation in 2013.^[3][4]

Rolling Stock

Locomotives

• TU6A - № 2540
• TU4 - № 2314, 2314, 2054
• ESU2A - № 1003, 997, 684
• Draisine - PMD3
• TD-5U "Pioneer"

Railroad car

• Flatcar
• Tank car
• Snowplow
• Crane (railroad)
• Tank car - fire train
• Passenger car (rail)
• Track laying cranes
• Open wagon for peat
• Hopper car to transport track ballast

• Historical Photos
• 
  Tank car - fire train
• 
  Railway construction - track laying cranes
• 
  Work train
• 
  Locomotive TU4-2535

Gallery

• 
  Draisine - PMD3
• 
  Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train
• 
  Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train
• 
  Locomotive TU4-2314 with freight train

References and sources

1. ↑ Mesherskoye peat railway
2. ↑ Mesherskoye peat history
3. ↑ New peat factory - 2013
4. ↑ Peat factory - 2013

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway.

• Official Website (Russian)
• Photo - project «Steam Engine» (Russian)
• «The site of the railroad» S. Bolashenko (Russian)