Otvorskoye peat railway
# Otvorskoye peat railway

58°04′31″N 47°40′17″E﻿ / ﻿58.0752729°N 47.6715059°E﻿ / 58.0752729; 47.6715059 The Otvorskoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1964 and has a total length of which 32 kilometres (20 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

## Current status

Otvorskoye peat railway emerged in the 1964s, in the area Kotelnichsky District, in a settlement named Svetlyi. The railway was built for hauling peat and carrying workers to and from the peat extraction. Peat is transshipped on broad-gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP) station.

## Rolling stock

### Locomotives

* TU4 – № 1335, 1387, 2187, 2188, 2923
* TU6D – № 0201
* ESU2A – № 436

### Railroad car

* Boxcar
* 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
