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Sharya Forest Museum Railway

Coordinates: 58°22′57″N 45°29′39″E / 58.382534°N 45.494091°E / 58.382534; 45.494091
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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

58°22′57″N 45°29′39″E / 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]

Current status

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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.

Railway track in 2023

Operation of railway did not started, due to lack of personnel and place for refueling of locomotive. The exhibit consists mostly of locomotives, passenger and freight cars, tractors, skidders, forestry vehicles and machines.[3][4]

Museum's collection

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Train (2023)

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

Locomotives and draisines

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Railway cars

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Aeronautical engineering

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See also

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References

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