Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway

61.07377°N 44.60378°E / 61.07377; 44.60378 The Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast, Russia. The forest railway was opened in 1947, and its current operational total length is 200 kilometres (120 mi). The railway is a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railway and it operates year-round.^[1]

Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway
Overview
Locale	Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblast, Russia
Termini	Loyga
Website	www.volwood.ru
Service
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Operator(s)	JSC «Vologodskiye lesopromyshlenniki»
History
Opened	1947
Technical
Line length	200 kilometres (120 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Route map

Current status

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

Rolling stock

Locomotives

• TU6D – No. 0214
• TU6P – No. 0002
• TU6A – Nos. 2541, 2621, 2992, 3767, 3897
• TU7A – Nos. 1361, 1497, 3229, 3151
• TU8 – Nos. 0071, 0060, 0408, 0541, 0542

Railroad cars

• Boxcar
• Tank car
• Snowplow
• Passenger car
• DM-20 "Fiskars"
• Railway log-car and flatcar
• Hopper car to transport track ballast

Gallery

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  DM-20 "Fiskars"
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  Loyga Passenger Station
• 
  Old locomotive depot
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  Loyga freight station
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  Forestry workers train
• 
  Locomotive TU6D – No. 0214
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  Locomotive TU8-0541
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  Locomotive TU8-0541
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  Locomotive TU8-0542
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  Locomotive TU8-0542

References and sources

1. Лойгинская узкоколейная железная дорога - схемы и топографические карты [Loyginskaya narrow-gauge railway - plans and topographic maps]. САЙТ О ЖЕЛЕЗНОЙ ДОРОГЕ (in Russian).^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Лойгинская узкоколейная железная дорога [Loyginskaya forestry railway]. САЙТ О ЖЕЛЕЗНОЙ ДОРОГЕ (in Russian).^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Долина реки Порша, Лойгинская УЖД [Scab Valley River Loyginskaya UZ]. Энциклопедия узкоколейных железных дорог бывшего СССР (in Russian).

See also

• Narrow-gauge railways in Russia

External links

• Official website JSC Company group "Vologodskiye lesopromyshlenniki"
• Official JSC Company group "Vologodskiye lesopromyshlenniki" at the VKontakte (in Russian)
• Photo - project "Steam Engine" (in Russian)
• Loyginskaya railway^[usurped] (interactive map)