Loyginskaya narrow gauge railway

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Loyginskaya narrow gauge railway
Loyginskaya railway - 9.JPG
Overview
Type Narrow gauge railway
Locale Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblast, Russia
Termini Loyga
Website www.volwood.ru
Operation
Opened 1947
Operator(s) JSC «Vologodskiye lesopromyshlenniki»
Technical
Line length 200 kilometres (120 mi)
Track gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in)
Route map
210px

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Loyginskaya narrow gauge railway is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1947, and has a total length of 200 kilometres (120 mi) is currently operational, the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in) and operates year-round.[1]

Current status

The Loyginskaya forestry railway first line narrow gauge railway emerged in the 1947, in the area of Ustyansky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast from the village Loyga. The total length of Loyginskaya narrow gauge railway at the peak of its development exceeded 308 kilometres (191 mi), of which 200 kilometres (120 mi) is currently operational. The narrow gauge railway operates a scheduled freight services from Loyga is used for forestry tasks for transportation of felled logs and forestry workers.[2] In 2014 was built railway bridge over the river Porsha.[3]

Rolling Stock

Locomotives

  • TU6D - № 0214
  • TU6P - № 0002
  • TU6A - № 2541, 2621, 2992, 3767, 3897
  • TU7A - № 1361, 1497, 3229, 3151
  • TU78 - № 0071, 0060, 0408

Railroad car

Gallery

References and sources

  1. Maps railway
  2. Loyginskaya forestry railway
  3. New railway bridge 2014

See also

External links