Sharya Forest Museum Railway

58.382534°N 45.494091°E / 58.382534; 45.494091 The Sharya Forest Museum Railway (Russian: Узкоколейная железная дорога Шарьинского музея леса) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in)-gauge forest railway based at open-air Sharya Forest Museum located in Sharya, opened in 2014.[1]

Sharya Forest Museum Railway
Overview
LocaleKostroma Oblast, Russia
TerminiSharya
Service
TypeNarrow gauge railway
Operator(s)Sharya Forest Museum
History
Opened2014
Technical
Line length2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in)
Route map

Current status

The Sharya Forest Museum Railway is a 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Sharya Park in Kostroma Oblast.[2] The museum railway was opened in 2014. It has a total length of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and is operational as of 2016. The exhibit consists mostly of locomotives, passenger and freight cars, tractors, skidders, forestry vehicles and machines.[3][4]

Museum's collection

The museum owns many interesting vehicles, which are important for the Russian railway and forestry history including:

Locomotives and draisines

Railway cars

Aeronautical engineering

  • Plane aircraft protectionAn-2 (RA-29327)

See also

References


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