IRS charter leaving Chervone, Ukraine. 2000.
In what may have been the last year of this railways operation the UK Industrial Railway Society ran a charter covering the 750mm gauge Chervonoye Sugar Beet Railway. It is seen here departing Chervone towards Polevoy Tok. Ex Ukrainian State Railways class Gr no. Гр-336 leads with Tу4-3011 bringing up the rear. From Polevoy Tok it will take the south westerly branch to Berdichev/Berdychiv where the narrow gauge met up with the UZ mainline although on this occasion the final couple of kilometres were deemed out of use and in too poor condition to pass over so the tour terminated on the outskirts of Berdychiv at Chervonyy Post. The steam loco belonged to the Dzherelo company and had been brought in specially for this working. It is now preserved at the Kyiv Pioneer Railway.
IRS charter leaving Chervone, Ukraine. 2000.
In what may have been the last year of this railways operation the UK Industrial Railway Society ran a charter covering the 750mm gauge Chervonoye Sugar Beet Railway. It is seen here departing Chervone towards Polevoy Tok. Ex Ukrainian State Railways class Gr no. Гр-336 leads with Tу4-3011 bringing up the rear. From Polevoy Tok it will take the south westerly branch to Berdichev/Berdychiv where the narrow gauge met up with the UZ mainline although on this occasion the final couple of kilometres were deemed out of use and in too poor condition to pass over so the tour terminated on the outskirts of Berdychiv at Chervonyy Post. The steam loco belonged to the Dzherelo company and had been brought in specially for this working. It is now preserved at the Kyiv Pioneer Railway.