Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory

Narrow-gauge railway of Decor-1 factory
Overview
Locale	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Termini	Peshelan
Website	www.pgz-dekor.ru
Service
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Operator(s)	ООО Пешеланский гипсовый завод «Декор-1»
History
Opened	1946
Technical
Line length	4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)

The Decor-1 factory railway is in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The railway was opened in 1946, and has a total length of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) its track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The railway is used for the transportation of gypsum from the mine to the «Dekor-1» factory.

Current status

Peshelan gypsum factory «Dekor-1» located near the town of Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. In 1946 a gypsum mine was opened in the village of Bebyayevo. Ten trains run on the railway each day.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

• TU6A – № 1473, 2574
• TU8 – № 0340, 0342
• Traction rolling stock in the mine – electric

Railroad car

• Snow blower
• Minecart for transportation of gypsum

Gallery

• 
  TU8 – № 0340 (2007)
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  TU8 – № 0340 (2007)
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  TU8 – № 0340 (2007)
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  TU8 – № 0342 (2014)
• 
  TU6 – № 2574 (2012)
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  ТУ6А – № 1473 (2014)
• 
  Peshelan gypsum factory (2014)

See also

• Narrow-gauge railways in Russia
• Altsevo peat narrow-gauge railway
• Kerzhenets peat narrow-gauge railway
• Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway

External links

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