Shymkent Children's Railway
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Line length | 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Shymkent Children's Railway (
History
The children's railway was designed and built by
Track
The children's railway connects the northern part of the city with a recreation ground with an
The track has a complex height profile: Immediately after passing the bridge behind Sportivnaya is a nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long incline with two sharp radii. There is also an approximately 25 metres (27 yd) long tunnel, a cable-stayed bridge and another bridge.[2]
Rolling stock
One TU2 diesel locomotive stems from the Alma-Ata Children's Railway, the other from the mine and smelter Atschpolimetall (Ачполиметалл) in Kentau. Two PW51 carriages of the Demichovsk factory are used for passenger transport. Some of the older Pafawag carriages are mothballed in Sportiwnaja railway station, some of them are used occasionally as back-up. The TU2-269 locomotive was decommissioned for spares. Even so, there is a significant lack of spare part. In summer 2003 the railway had to be closed temporarily twice due to maintenance issues of the locomotive.[2] 2010 it was in use, and even longer than in previous years, because it started operating in April.[2]
References
- ^ a b Дмитрий Сутягин (Dmitry Sutyagin): Детские железные дороги СССР – История и современность: Караганда. 2000–2015. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e С. Болашенко: ЧИМКЕНТСКАЯ ДЕТСКАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗНАЯ ДОРОГА . Retrieved 12 November 2017.