Narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory

Narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory
Overview
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Locale	Tver, Russia
Termini	Tver
Website	www.tksm2.ru
Operation
Opened	1951
Operator(s)	ZAO «TKSM № 2»
Technical
Line length	9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)

Coordinates: 56°49′18″N 36°04′00″E / 56.82180°N 36.06671°E / 56.82180; 36.06671

The Narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory is located in Tver, Russia. The railway was opened in 1951, and has a total length of 9 kilometres (5.6 mi), its track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in). It is used for the transportation of sand from the quarry "Red quarry" to the KSM-2 factory.

Current status

The Tver plant of building materials №2 located near the town of Tver. The first section of the railway is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long was built in 1951.^[1] The main task of the narrow gauge railway is the transportation of sand from the quarry to the KSM-2 factory. It runs on a daily basis, the speed of the train is 35-40 km/h, the total length of the narrow gauge railway is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi).

Rolling Stock

Loc TU7-1703 with freight train

Locomotives

• TU7 - № 1231, 1703, 3155, 3215
• TU6A - № 0635
• TU6D - № 0037
• TU8P - № 0001

Railroad car

• Side-tipping wagons
• Snow blower - TU6D

Gallery

• 
  Locomotive TU7-1231 with freight train
• 
  Locomotive TU7-1231 with freight train
• 
  Locomotive TU6D-0037
• 
  Locomotive TU7-1703 with freight train
• 
  Locomotive TU7-1703 with freight train
• 
  Electric locomotive K14m-091 with freight train

See also

• Narrow gauge railways
• Narrow gauge railways in Russia

References and sources

1. ↑ Tver plant of building materials №2 «KSM-2»

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory.

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