Photo galleries and travelogues
Newest galleries in order of uploading
Covid mix 2.
Mixed photos from various railways from the early 2020s.
Snow-covered Pestszentlőrinc
Stadler FLIRT, KISS multiple units, electric locomotives at a snow-covered line near my place.
Triglav - Steam locomotive at Kemence
The narrow-gauge locomotive entered service after a huge overhaul.
COVID-dump
Life came in the picture, so I did not have the time to update the daily galleries, therefore here is a dump, in which I hope you will find lots of interesting pictures!
Steam locomotive in the Hron valley
Snow, a Noble woman, and great photo opportunities.
Cool Swiss Narrow-gauge Experience
Visiting Aigle and the four TPC railways nearby and running a short distance with the Mont Blanc-Express.
Mostly narrow-gauge special trains
Mk48 and steam trains at Csömödér Narrow-gauge Railway, an Mk48 at Királyrét that returned from Stainz, Austria and CRS Laminatka on a standard-gauge special train.
Kyiv-Lviv-Wolowets
A sadly actual gallery of the capital of Ukraine, the freight and passenger traffic of Skotarske-pass and the break-of-gauge at Chop.
Viseu, almost all the way
The L45H almost took us along the entire way.
142
Diesel-locomotive hauled trains on the capital commuter branch line.
Lillafüred Logging Railway: 100 years and a little
The spectacular mountain railway shows off some new photos and also refers to some of the highlights of the network.
With a Diesel to Bánokszentgyörgy
Actually two, a freight and a passenger charter was photographed on the freight-only branch of the Csömödér narrow-gauge railway network.
Höllentalbahn
The Lower Austrian narrow-gauge railway leads from the feet of the Semmering Railway to the Raxalpe.
Retro Weekend 2020/2
Historic trains invaded the North shore of Lake Balaton.
Retro Weekend 2020/1
all those beautiful special livery locomotives and cars on the North shore of Lake Balaton.
RhB - Hauenstein - Jura
On this trip we visited the Arosabahn, the old Hauenstein railway and the Jura railway.
Semmering and Steyrtal historic trains
Electric on the Semmering and steam preserved train on the Steyrtalbahn heritage narrow-gauge railway.
142 - The class 424 to Lajosmizse
The class 424 (nickname Nurmi or Buffalo) pulls a heritage train on the Budapest-Lajosmizse railway.
The locomotives of the CFF Viseu de Sus
On this trip we got familiar with the steam and diesel locomotives of the forest railway.
KISSing goodbye!
The first Stadler KISS has gone in to regular service - for one day.
The Waldenburgerbahn
Before being rebuilt to 1000 mm we paid a visit to the only 750 mm narrow-gauge railway of Switzerland.
EMU.89, the historic Tatra Electric Railway tram
Built for the 1970s reconstruction for the Nordic Ski World Championships at Strbské pleso, these were the signature vehicles of the High Tatras for almost 30 years.
Photo charter at Balatonfenyves
C50 with lorries as a freight train and an Mk48 for the photographers with a long train to Somogyszentpál.
Daily railway photos 3
The third such collection has been finalized.
Mocanita CFF Moldovita
Steam locomotives in he snow and freight trains from Eastern Romania.
Snow at Viseu
The Mocanita CFF Viseu de Sus is a miracle in itself but with lots of steam locomotives in the snow it is out of this world.
Szarvaskő
The little station of the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway alone let us take photos the whole day thanks to the autumn colours.
Bayern, München
Two trips with electric locomotives, EMUs, the ICE, branch lines and public transport in Southern Germany.
Szeged White Lake Fishery Railway
Class UE/28 locomotives on the fishery lake.
KISS
Presenting the bi-level electric multiple unit to the public at Monor.
Photo charter at Csömödér
With a steam locomotive and a freight train.
Anina
The Banat Semmering is presenting all its beauty in this autumn gallery.
Wolsztyn!
The last timetabled passenger steam trains in Europe with lots of extra.
Govora is closed
The CFI Govora narrow-gauge industrial railway ran the 15th September, 2019 for the last time.
A train to the Gornergrat
Zentralbahn, Mont-Blanc-Express and Gornergratbahn on a Swiss Travel Pass trip in the summer.
Retro Weekend at
Lake Balaton
Class M61 Nohab, M62 Szergej and M40 Púpos at the North bank railway to Tapolca.
With a steam locomotive
to Tapolca
A perfect day with the 424,247 and some other trains.
Uzhhorod Children's Railway
Traveling on the newly reopened Uzhhorod Children's Railway and photos taken on the main line of long freight trains.
TEZ and TREZ
Trencianska, Tatry and Fatry with the typical veicles of the regions. An album in which the fans of narrow-gauge, rack and standard gauge mainline diesel all find their favourites in wonderful scenery.
Bluzsgyi - The blue Sprinter railcar
The most reliable diesel train of MÁV, made by Metrowagonmash, is getting refurbished. apart from that the gallery will have electric multiple units and special liveries in great numbers.
Southern Poland
Katowice, Kraków and some Slovakian branch lines with historic trains.
Rerouting
Class 628 freight diesel locomotives take over the trains around Székesfehérvár.
Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other animals
Various narrow-gauge railways, high-speed trains and freight trains share these pages with metro and tram lines.
Czech winter
Passenger and freight trains with diesel and electric locomotives in a surprise snowfall in April.
Photo Charter of Lights
The Holiday Trains at the Királyrét narrow-gauge railway have presented themselves to the photographers.
Again riding the Tatra Electric Tram
The unpublished photos of the TEZ network.
From the Mures to the Dunav river
Transylvania, Petrila mining railway and some photos from the Jiu valley and the Iron Gates.
Holiday trains in Slovakia
Snow-covered Lower Tatras with the last loco-hauled REX trains, steam train at Cierny Balog and railcar at the Tisovec rack railway.
The Rodope Narrow-gauge Railway
Beautiful autumn scenery and loud diesel sound in Bulgaria.
50 years BKV tram parade
Historic trams from the wood frame types to the famous FVV-Bengáli.
Autumn in the two Tatras
Passenger and freight trains with diesel in the Low Tatras and with electric locomotives and multiple units in the High Tatras.
Steam locomotive to Imeno
Slovenian steam and some other photos-videos.
Jubilee ceremony, parade and Steam Locomotive Grand Prix at the Füsti - Hungaria
Parade.
From Ivano Frankivsk to Uzhhorod
D1 diesel and ER2 electric multiple units in the lowlands and at the Uzhok Pass with a short trip to the Polish border near Starzhava.
Summer Historic Trains in Slovakia
Rack steam run on the Tisovec-Brezno and Pielstick special on the Sahy-Zvolen railway.
MDmot Trainsets in Spring
MDmots among the flowers on the Hortobágy and the Debrecen-Nagykereki railway.
Under Clouds at the Tatar-pass
D1, 2M62U, ChME3 - the usual Ukrainian vehicles in the breathtaking landscape of the Easter Carpathian Mountains.
Special trains in Western Slovakia
Kredenc, steamer, 753, retro-810 and many other spectacular sights from the Dunajská Streda, Nitra and Zlaté Moravce regions.
Luzern-Interlaken-Express
The last part of our 2014 roundtrip: photographing along Brünigbahn and the connecting railways.
Steam and diesel in the Bakony mountains
A charter with a class 324 some years ago and some recent photos from around Veszprém.
Snow in the Dinaric Alps
Snow-covered class 1141s and a visit to the Rijeka and Karlovac depots.
Snow in the Buda Mountains
A quick visit to the winter landscape with the rack railway and the Childrens Railway.
The lights of the new year
Night can be contrasted with illumination and the last day of 2017, the first day of 2018 was a great opportunity to test in in real life.
Historic railway at the open-air museum
The Szentendre Skanzen has a unique way of transportation in the form of an every day running, historic zig-zag railway.
Fondue and chocolate by train
A visit to the Montreux-Berner Oberlandbahn and the Transport Publics Fribourgeois in French Switzerland.
Winter Wonderland
St. Nicholas train with the Albatros steam locomotive around Bratislava accross the Whit Charpathian Mountains.
Charters
A few special trains travelled at the end of summer and the beginning of autmn that we followed and photographed. Notably to Banská Stiavnica, Balassagyarmat, Szolnok, and twice to Ráckeve, once with electric freight, once with steam.
Slovakia at the End of Summer
Retro-locomotives and diesel freight trains in the focus!
Day of the Railway at Kemence
Photos and videos from the 2017 event on the narrow-gauge museum forest railway.
Bosnia 2017
From the Banovici Coal Railway steam locomotives to the Talgo high-speed trains of the Sarajevo-Mostar-Capljina ralway accross the Dinari Alps.
Váli-völgyi Zsúr
Photos and videos of the Flecsút Narrow-gauge Railway on one of its busiest timetabled days.
My first times on Southern-Hungarian railways
Secondary railway lines with small railcars mostly photographed at stations.
Slovakian panorama 1.
Classes 750, 754, 757, 751 and other interesting series from the Zvolen, Diviaky, Sahy region.
South-Western Circle
Hungary, Slovenia and Austria with freight and passenger trains in a long circle driving.
C50 locomotives and flowers
Three narrow-gauge railways show how beautiful they are in the early spring.
RhB-MGB-DFB: Two trips to South Switzerland
Historic trains of the RhB, a few Austrian narrow-gauge railways and finnaly the Matterhorn-Gotthardbahn!
From sunrise to sunset around the Börzsöny mountains
Railcars above all with a few locomotives to support them.
Transdanubian Panorama
A last collection of yet unpublished images from Western Hungary from the GYSEV to the Dunaferr.
Autumn forest railways
Kemence and Transzbörzsöny with yellow leaves.
Daily railway photos 2.
The second daily updated album is now full and the third one is starting now.
Felcsút narrow-gauge railway
Opened in May, now have a look at the photo opportunities!
Trans-Danubian Panorama 2.
Diesels everywhere - goods trains in the Bakony, Ludmilla on IC and 6 NoHAB to Tapolca in one train!
Mixed photos from Hungarian Transdanubia
GYSEV and not GYSEV, railways under electrifiation and a lot of trains.
Austrian panorama
A lot of photos from short trips to various Austrian railways.
West-Balkan
The Croatian diesel sound and the atmosphere of Slovenian main line railroading.
Twice in the Mátra
Two photo charter trains in the Mátra mountains on the narrow-gauge Forest Railway.
Freight trains and a historic railcar on the branches around Plesivec, Slovakia,
Pelsőc
Hunting for Czech multiple units
Diesels around Liberec and Tanvald supported by electric trains photographed at Ústi nad Orlici.
Big Slovakian Wintertrip
...in the High Tatras and other diesel-intensive regions.
To Central-Slovakia!
Two trips to Prievidza and on to the High Tatras and Horná Stubna.
The RhB under the snow
Snow-covered trains on the Albula, Bernina, Engadin and Prättigau lines.
Take the rack train to the Tatras
Steam rack-and-pinion locomotive on the Tisovec to Brezno rack railway.
School excursion to Scotland
...and a lot of transport related photos from The Netherlands as well.
75+78=200
The 200th gallery demonstrates the variety of the landscape of the Nógrád region again.
Autumn and Winter at the Semmering
...the Neumarkter Sattel and the Murtalbahn.
81 - Class 6341 DMUs in the mountains
+freight trains with M62s, M43s and Slovakian locomotives between Hatvan, Salgótarján and Fülek (Fi'lakovo, Slovakia).
Himmelstreppe trainsets at the Mariazell Railway
Golden caterpillar invasion in the valley and in the mountains.
Alföld (Great Plains)
Branch line romanticism and a visit to the biggest workshop in Hungary at Szolnok.
RhB Berninabahn
Historic and normal trains summer and winter on the highest railway of Graubünden and the Engadin.
A C50 to Királyrét
Much like the old 600 mm gauge railway we had a wonderful time on this unique atmosphere photo charter.
The RhB Engadine Railway
Photos from the St. Moritz to Scuol-Tarasp secondary line with a colourful set of trains appearing.
Winters in Nógrád
Nógrád, the Királyrét forest railway and some other nearby lines not only with Bzmot traffic.
The RhB Albulabahn
Our first photos on the railway linking central Graubünden with the Engadin taken in April, 2011.
Photographing Zsuzsi
A photo charter mixed passenger/freight train at the narrow gauge railway at Debrecen.
Heizhaus Strasshof
Rusty electric locomotives, live steam, and a sidetrip on the CAT and at the new Hbf at Vienna.
Sugar beet from Jászapáti
A freight train with an M62 and a number of railcars in the autumn landscape.
Oldies on the Great Plain
A photo charter with a BCmot historic railcar and a car pursuit of an MDmot.
RhB: 100 Jahre Chur-Disentis
My photos of the historic trains of the celebrations weekend on the Surselvalinie.
The Rhätische Bahn in the Rhine valley
From the Rhein-gorge to Oberalppass along the rout of the Glacier-Express with the RhB and the MGB.
Branches around Mátészalka
Bzmot and MDmot multiple units around endangered branch lines in Eastern Hungary.
Lillafüred and the High Tatras
A snowy photo freight train at the LÁEV and photographing at the Tatra Electric Railways.
Derailment at Rácalmás
Ten freight cars derailed demanding much work from a crane and detoured freights in the Dunaújváros area.
Diesel sound in the Zala valley
Electrification is almost complete, but still the lound engines rule the Zalaegerszeg-Hodo railway.
The RhB Surselvalinie
...is a railway with high traffic, freight trains, a connecting rack railway and the appearence of the Glacier-Express.
The RhB Stammstrecke
An introduction to the superb scenery of the RhB by the Landquart-Chur-Thusis S-Bahn line.
RhB historic photos
Historic photographs from kind donators for illustrating the articles on the Rhätische Bahn.
Memories of the MDmot trainsets
My friends sent me their last photos of the legendary branch line class.
Phototrain with the ACSEV railcar
We visited the rarely seen section of the old Gödöllői HÉV route with the M297 railcar.
Winter in the Mures valley
We went after six-axis ASEA-license locomotives in the snow-covered Mures valley and the pass towards the Csík contry.
Bakony and Balaton
M41 and M47 locomotives appear with freight and passenger trains around the biggest lake and the best mountain range in Hungary in the winter sun.
Végh József: Traisentalbahn
The ÖBB locomotive driver took his photos of the now shortened railway during his training.
Early Good-bye
We organized a photo charter for the MDmot trainsets a few weeks before their disappearence from the Hungarian branch lines.
Taken away by the Krampus
The last few kilometres of the Traisentalbahn and the first few kilometres of the Krumpe shut down in December, 2010.
Giselabahn
Taurus, Talent, 1044 and German trains, advertising livery locomotives from one of the most spectaclar routes of Tirol, in snow and in the sun by József Végh.
Weed killer
The weed killer train hauled by the distinguished M47 2023 and 2032 is presented in a dramatic photo report in their fight with the various weeds wrecking havoc on the trackbed around Balassagyarmat.
A selection from the railway to Wien
A classic Hungarian photosite is the cutting near Szár. Though I dont think I can say anything new of the place, hopefully youll enjoy the subjects and the photos!
The train after the last one
One day after the closure of the Szilvásvárad-Putnok line we used the railcar that returned to its depot at Miskolc to take some post-last-minute photos of one of the most wonderful lines in Hungary.
The First Autumn Photos this Year - Trip to the North
I went to the Királyrét Forest Railway to take a few shots of their newest acquisition: the newly built railcar Toby, and then went on to Slovakia to photograph some diesels in the mountains.
Ill-fated trip to the Westbahn
Many plastic trains and very few good photos from a trip on which we were less than prepared with photosites.
I visited Délegyháza
...and I saw a great-looking lake, many trees dressed in autumn colours and a lot of V43s!
Végh József travels Scotland
Some First ScotRail trains, the Deeside Railway near Balmoral Castle, the Royal Scotman charter and a few other train and landscape photos from Scotland.
Many Photos from the Great Plain
Steamer and railcar historic trains, everyday passanger and freight traffic from the Lajosmizse and Lakitelek branches.
My first journey on the Pyhrnbahn
One of the less-known railways through the Alps is the Linz-Selzthal railway.
150 Years Wörgl Hauptbahnhof
For the anniversary, many Austrian and German locomotives and trainsets gathered together.
M41 Rattlers at the Main Line of the Southern Alföld
To back up too small and not very numerous 6341 railcars trains hauled by M41 locomotives appered again at the Szeged-Békéscsaba railway.
The voyage of the Transcarpathia-express in 2010.
Transcarpathia in Ukraine has a normal gauge railway built so the winners of WW1 can run trains bypassing Hungary. Now we use this railway to link Hungarian nationals together with a wonderful rail tour.
József Végh: The ÖBB class 2068 diesel shunter locomotives
Another brief article from the locomotive driver from Wörgl about a seldom seen Austrian class.
107: The Last Day on the Sáránd-Létavértes Branch Line
I was in two minds if I was to go on a mourning of many railways. And which one, anyway? I chose the one I though to have the most to survive.
Beograd-express
Get on Beograd-express, travel to the Serbian capital and have a look at its railway network! A one-day adventure will show you the first few metres of the Bolgrade-Bar railway and the Sava river.
Main lines in the snow
Standard rolling stock, like V43s, V63s and FLIRTs are supported by the Haydn-Taurus, railjet trains and a black MRCE-Dispolok beauty.
A few photos of the Semmering railway
My second album with photos of the world-famous mountain railway adds pictures taken at Eichberg, Schlöglmühl and at Spital am Semmering to the gallery. More to come!
A photo charter with an M44 around the Mátra
The same place we visited with the trains.hu with a M40, but now during the best time of fall, with beautiful autumn colours supporting the green historically painted locomotive.
Snow and Hűvösvölgy
A short album with interesting photos and new videos of the Children s Railway (Gyermekvasút)!
Oh those eighties
Lines 80, 81 and 85 appear with their colourful rolling stock and the best motives of wintertime.
Winter gravel carriers
Eurocom freight trains on scenic routes from Veszprém to Paks on some now closed-down railways and the wonderful Bakony.
Secondary lines of the South
A journey on lines with a long past, but an unfortunately short future from Újszeged over Mezőhegyes, Battonya, Kisszénás, Kondoros and Szarvas.
Albania
The second part of our one-week trip to the Mediterranean with the beautiful desert mountain tour from Elbasan to Pogradec and many other pictures interesting to those who love the railways of the Balkan.
Belgrade - Bar - Vlore
Serbia and Montenegro show their most beautiful places and a nice railway that incorporates the world s highest railway bridge. Also includes the first few photos from Albania with the Shkozet depot and the Durres-Vlore railway.
A hundred years Jászapáti-Vámosgyörk
220,194, a very old steam locomotive took its train of two-axle coaches on a spectacular autumn celebratory ride to a trip on the lowlands.
Detoured InterCity trains
An old secondary line gains fame as M62 locomotives help the IC-s over a detour during a track reconstruction on the Budapest-Pécs railway.
A photo charter and a long trip
One day I was organizing a photo charter with the V42,527 historic locomotive, the other I found myself in Sarajevo, travelling to the famous Konjic viaducts in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Lovasberény, Lovasberény
Two photo charters to Lovasberény, once with an M62 and once with a nice little M43.
Secondary lines of Northern Romania
Follow the Malaxa railcar to Moldovita or the Ferkeltaxi from Bixad to Satu Mare! Also mind the photos of the Viseu de Sus narrow gauge railway after the devastating flood of 2008.
Light to the darkness
A shunting locomotive serves Pilisvörösvár station every Tuesday night. To capture its movements we took our high performance lamps and illuminated the station like a Hollywood studio. It s spectacular!
Going South
Passing Serbia and Montenegro to get to Albania is jeoparadized by policemen, mad drivers and spectacular opportunities of photography.
60 years Children s Railway
Contemporary and archive photographs from the last 15 years of the Gyermekvasút.
Ukraine 3: Kolomiya and Chernivtsi
2M62U locomotives mark our trail to as far as the Dniester river and the rail bridge over it at Zalischiki
Україна-2: The Tatar-pass
The second batch shows D1 multiple units manufactured by Ganz-MÁVAG on the scenic railway beside the Tisa and Prut rivers.
Україна-1: The Uzsoki-pass, Berehove a
The first batch of images taken on our trip to Ukraine and Romania.
The slowest fast train
As a surprise, an M40 locomotive recieved a fast train between Nagykanizsa and Zalaszentmihály-Pacsa. See what happens!
Preparing a photo charter at Lake Balaton
Many-many photos of M41-hauled trains on the Székesfehérvár-Tapolca and Ukk-Balatonszentgyörgy railways.
February panorama
The new V43 3xxx locomotives make their debut on benbe.hu! The landscape-lovers will enjoy my photos from Városlőd in the Bakony mountains.
Sunny Nógrád
Colours, flowers, a scenic landscape and THE TRAIN in one album! The Aszód-Balassagyarmat railway.
English: 113, 114, 115: Secondary lines around Mátészalka
MDmot trains and M41 locomotives make a two-hour regular timetable run as one of the bests in Hungary.
Photos from the Veszprém - Győ railway
Three viaducts and four tunnels make this line one of the most spectaculars in Hungary.
English: 87: A few photos of the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway
A preparation for multiple photo charters at the most spectacular railway of the country.
English: 45: A few photos of the Sárbogárd-Székesfehérvár railway
Both the line and its MDmot railcars have by now disappeared.
August panorama
The Children s Railway and the Red Bull Air Race highlight this gallery, but also ordinary photos of V43 and V63 locomotives make it worth a click.
Farewell, UV trams, farewell, Szabadság-híd!
A gallery of artistically produced report photography of the last metres of these 50-years-old Ganz streetcars on the streets of Budapest.
June panorama
Red poppies and Taurus locomotives go well together, but the secondary lines with M47 locomotives, Bzmot and Desiro railcars are more interesting to me.
Trams and busses of Helsinki
An insight in the complex public transport system of the Finnsih capital.
Streamlined steam
The MÁVAG class 242 appears refurbished and faster than ever in his elegant green colour scheme.
April panorama
A few M40 locomotives appeared inside Budapest. I also took a few photos at the construction site of the Kőröshegy viaduct on motorway M7.
A historic train in the Cserhát mountains
A Nosztalgia kft. photo special with BCmot railcars in my favourite Nógrád.
March panorama
Art, portraits and baguatells appear with some Combino trams and excellent train photos.
A photo special on the Lillafüred forest railway
Every locomotive of LÁEV pulled specials, the steamer, the C50s, the Mk48s and even the new, tiny B26 appeared!
The Börzsöny mountain wakes
Many Bzmots in the snow and under the warm sunlight between Szokolya and Berkenye.
January panorama
BDVmot trainsets have been directed to Monor, a sight I had to record. Also the Combino trams arrived to the city and I met a boiling steam locomotive during my travels.
Line 13, part two
On the Oroszlány branch the new Talent EMUs were finally added to service. These modern trains witness the last few moves of Bzmots on the Környe-Pápa line.
Környe-Oroszlány-Pápa 1.
Line 13 was due to close too. A pity I didn t have much time to take photos, I only managed to travel on this gorgeous line while learning physics.
October panorama
A German double-decker train visited Hungary, but also a NoHAB locomotive decided to move a bit around.
Spetember panorama
It was a low month regarding photography with only a few photos taken at an exhibition of a Talent railcar and around Kunszentmiklós station.
Shunting goods train at Tolmács, line 76
This railway is due to close soon so I decided to scout around Tolmács, where the local freight usually visits a siding. This day the freight brought so many cars to Romhány it didn t even fit in my field of view.
English: Red and green
Photos from the Wiener Neustadt - Puchberg am Schneeberg branch and the Semmering with many old locomotives. A real historic insight!
Industrial railways around Ajka
A photo charter on the remnants of the extensive rail network servng the mines and factories.
Holiday train
A Desiro on a 700 km train? What an idea! Follow me to Szeged on the special holiday InterCity and see some regional traffic on the snowy lowlands.
Snow story
Take a ride on various Bzmot railcars to the heart of Nógrád, a place of magic journeys. Follow my first visit to this lovely countrydie and my unexpected meeting with a Slovakian freight train.
Romhány, for the last time
In March, 2007. the socialist government shut down many small and - to them - unimportant branch lines. One of them was the branch to the now built-down industrial centre of Romhány.
A winter walk at Kispest
See what the M41-hauled passanger trains look like in this old industrial district and also meet a strong Russian!
Photo charter to Romhány
We took the historically painted M32 2040 from Balassagyarmat and started the first-ever trains.hu special train on the gorgeous little branch line from Diósjenő to Romhány.