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Covid mix 2.

Covid mix 2.

Mixed photos from various railways from the early 2020s.

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Snow-covered Pestszentlőrinc

Snow-covered Pestszentlőrinc

Stadler FLIRT, KISS multiple units, electric locomotives at a snow-covered line near my place.

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Triglav - Steam locomotive at Kemence

Triglav - Steam locomotive at Kemence

The narrow-gauge locomotive entered service after a huge overhaul.

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COVID-dump

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!

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Steam locomotive in the Hron valley

Steam locomotive in the Hron valley

Snow, a Noble woman, and great photo opportunities.

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Cool Swiss Narrow-gauge Experience

Cool Swiss Narrow-gauge Experience

Visiting Aigle and the four TPC railways nearby and running a short distance with the Mont Blanc-Express.

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Mostly narrow-gauge special trains

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.

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Kyiv-Lviv-Wolowets

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.

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Viseu, almost all the way

Viseu, almost all the way

The L45H almost took us along the entire way.

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142

142

Diesel-locomotive hauled trains on the capital commuter branch line.

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Lillafüred Logging Railway: 100 years and a little

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.

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Chabówka, steam museum

Chabówka, steam museum

Polish steamers and some visitors.

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With a Diesel to Bánokszentgyörgy

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.

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Höllentalbahn

Höllentalbahn

The Lower Austrian narrow-gauge railway leads from the feet of the Semmering Railway to the Raxalpe.

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Retro Weekend 2020/2

Retro Weekend 2020/2

Historic trains invaded the North shore of Lake Balaton.

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Retro Weekend 2020/1

Retro Weekend 2020/1

all those beautiful special livery locomotives and cars on the North shore of Lake Balaton.

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RhB - Hauenstein - Jura

RhB - Hauenstein - Jura

On this trip we visited the Arosabahn, the old Hauenstein railway and the Jura railway.

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Semmering and Steyrtal historic trains

Semmering and Steyrtal historic trains

Electric on the Semmering and steam preserved train on the Steyrtalbahn heritage narrow-gauge railway.

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142 - The class 424 to Lajosmizse

142 - The class 424 to Lajosmizse

The class 424 (nickname Nurmi or Buffalo) pulls a heritage train on the Budapest-Lajosmizse railway.

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The locomotives of the CFF Viseu de Sus

The locomotives of the CFF Viseu de Sus

On this trip we got familiar with the steam and diesel locomotives of the forest railway.

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KISSing goodbye!

KISSing goodbye!

The first Stadler KISS has gone in to regular service - for one day.

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The Waldenburgerbahn

The Waldenburgerbahn

Before being rebuilt to 1000 mm we paid a visit to the only 750 mm narrow-gauge railway of Switzerland.

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EMU.89, the historic Tatra Electric Railway tram

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.

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Photo charter at Balatonfenyves

Photo charter at Balatonfenyves

C50 with lorries as a freight train and an Mk48 for the photographers with a long train to Somogyszentpál.

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Daily railway photos 3

Daily railway photos 3

The third such collection has been finalized.

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Mocanita CFF Moldovita

Mocanita CFF Moldovita

Steam locomotives in he snow and freight trains from Eastern Romania.

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Snow at Viseu

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.

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Szarvaskő

Szarvaskő

The little station of the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway alone let us take photos the whole day thanks to the autumn colours.

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Bayern, München

Bayern, München

Two trips with electric locomotives, EMUs, the ICE, branch lines and public transport in Southern Germany.

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Szeged White Lake Fishery Railway

Szeged White Lake Fishery Railway

Class UE/28 locomotives on the fishery lake.

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KISS

KISS

Presenting the bi-level electric multiple unit to the public at Monor.

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Photo charter at Csömödér

Photo charter at Csömödér

With a steam locomotive and a freight train.

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Anina

Anina

The Banat Semmering is presenting all its beauty in this autumn gallery.

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Wolsztyn!

Wolsztyn!

The last timetabled passenger steam trains in Europe with lots of extra.

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Govora is closed

Govora is closed

The CFI Govora narrow-gauge industrial railway ran the 15th September, 2019 for the last time.

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A train to the Gornergrat

A train to the Gornergrat

Zentralbahn, Mont-Blanc-Express and Gornergratbahn on a Swiss Travel Pass trip in the summer.

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Retro Weekend at<br />Lake Balaton

Retro Weekend at
Lake Balaton

Class M61 Nohab, M62 Szergej and M40 Púpos at the North bank railway to Tapolca.

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With a steam locomotive<br />to Tapolca

With a steam locomotive
to Tapolca

A perfect day with the 424,247 and some other trains.

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Uzhhorod Children's Railway

Uzhhorod Children's Railway

Traveling on the newly reopened Uzhhorod Children's Railway and photos taken on the main line of long freight trains.

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TEZ and TREZ

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.

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Bluzsgyi - The blue Sprinter railcar

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.

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Southern Poland

Southern Poland

Katowice, Kraków and some Slovakian branch lines with historic trains.

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Rerouting

Rerouting

Class 628 freight diesel locomotives take over the trains around Székesfehérvár.

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Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other animals

Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other animals

Various narrow-gauge railways, high-speed trains and freight trains share these pages with metro and tram lines.

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Czech winter

Czech winter

Passenger and freight trains with diesel and electric locomotives in a surprise snowfall in April.

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Photo Charter of Lights

Photo Charter of Lights

The Holiday Trains at the Királyrét narrow-gauge railway have presented themselves to the photographers.

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Again riding the Tatra Electric Tram

Again riding the Tatra Electric Tram

The unpublished photos of the TEZ network.

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From the Mures to the Dunav river

From the Mures to the Dunav river

Transylvania, Petrila mining railway and some photos from the Jiu valley and the Iron Gates.

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Holiday trains in Slovakia

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.

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The Rodope Narrow-gauge Railway

The Rodope Narrow-gauge Railway

Beautiful autumn scenery and loud diesel sound in Bulgaria.

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50 years BKV tram parade

50 years BKV tram parade

Historic trams from the wood frame types to the famous FVV-Bengáli.

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Autumn in the two Tatras

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.

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Steam locomotive to Imeno

Steam locomotive to Imeno

Slovenian steam and some other photos-videos.

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Jubilee ceremony, parade and Steam Locomotive Grand Prix at the Füsti - Hungaria

Jubilee ceremony, parade and Steam Locomotive Grand Prix at the Füsti - Hungaria

Parade.

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From Ivano Frankivsk to Uzhhorod

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.

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Summer Historic Trains in Slovakia

Summer Historic Trains in Slovakia

Rack steam run on the Tisovec-Brezno and Pielstick special on the Sahy-Zvolen railway.

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MDmot Trainsets in Spring

MDmot Trainsets in Spring

MDmots among the flowers on the Hortobágy and the Debrecen-Nagykereki railway.

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Under Clouds at the Tatar-pass

Under Clouds at the Tatar-pass

D1, 2M62U, ChME3 - the usual Ukrainian vehicles in the breathtaking landscape of the Easter Carpathian Mountains.

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Special trains in Western Slovakia

Special trains in Western Slovakia

Kredenc, steamer, 753, retro-810 and many other spectacular sights from the Dunajská Streda, Nitra and Zlaté Moravce regions.

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Luzern-Interlaken-Express

Luzern-Interlaken-Express

The last part of our 2014 roundtrip: photographing along Brünigbahn and the connecting railways.

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Ik 260.43 at Borsod

Ik 260.43 at Borsod

A photo charter to the hilly countryside.

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Road to the Jungfrau

Road to the Jungfrau

BOB, WAB and SPB in the valley.

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Steam and diesel in the Bakony mountains

Steam and diesel in the Bakony mountains

A charter with a class 324 some years ago and some recent photos from around Veszprém.

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Snow in the Dinaric Alps

Snow in the Dinaric Alps

Snow-covered class 1141s and a visit to the Rijeka and Karlovac depots.

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Snow in the Buda Mountains

Snow in the Buda Mountains

A quick visit to the winter landscape with the rack railway and the Childrens Railway.

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The lights of the new year

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.

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Historic railway at the open-air museum

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.

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Fondue and chocolate by train

Fondue and chocolate by train

A visit to the Montreux-Berner Oberlandbahn and the Transport Publics Fribourgeois in French Switzerland.

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Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

St. Nicholas train with the Albatros steam locomotive around Bratislava accross the Whit Charpathian Mountains.

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Charters

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.

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Slovakia at the End of Summer

Slovakia at the End of Summer

Retro-locomotives and diesel freight trains in the focus!

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Day of the Railway at Kemence

Day of the Railway at Kemence

Photos and videos from the 2017 event on the narrow-gauge museum forest railway.

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Bosnia 2017

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.

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Váli-völgyi Zsúr

Váli-völgyi Zsúr

Photos and videos of the Flecsút Narrow-gauge Railway on one of its busiest timetabled days.

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My first times on Southern-Hungarian railways

My first times on Southern-Hungarian railways

Secondary railway lines with small railcars mostly photographed at stations.

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Slovakian panorama 1.

Slovakian panorama 1.

Classes 750, 754, 757, 751 and other interesting series from the Zvolen, Diviaky, Sahy region.

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South-Western Circle

South-Western Circle

Hungary, Slovenia and Austria with freight and passenger trains in a long circle driving.

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C50 locomotives and flowers

C50 locomotives and flowers

Three narrow-gauge railways show how beautiful they are in the early spring.

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RhB-MGB-DFB: Two trips to South Switzerland

RhB-MGB-DFB: Two trips to South Switzerland

Historic trains of the RhB, a few Austrian narrow-gauge railways and finnaly the Matterhorn-Gotthardbahn!

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From sunrise to sunset around the Börzsöny mountains

From sunrise to sunset around the Börzsöny mountains

Railcars above all with a few locomotives to support them.

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Transdanubian Panorama

Transdanubian Panorama

A last collection of yet unpublished images from Western Hungary from the GYSEV to the Dunaferr.

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Autumn forest railways

Autumn forest railways

Kemence and Transzbörzsöny with yellow leaves.

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Daily railway photos 2.

Daily railway photos 2.

The second daily updated album is now full and the third one is starting now.

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Felcsút narrow-gauge railway

Felcsút narrow-gauge railway

Opened in May, now have a look at the photo opportunities!

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Trans-Danubian Panorama 2.

Trans-Danubian Panorama 2.

Diesels everywhere - goods trains in the Bakony, Ludmilla on IC and 6 NoHAB to Tapolca in one train!

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Mixed photos from Hungarian Transdanubia

Mixed photos from Hungarian Transdanubia

GYSEV and not GYSEV, railways under electrifiation and a lot of trains.

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Austrian panorama

Austrian panorama

A lot of photos from short trips to various Austrian railways.

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West-Balkan

West-Balkan

The Croatian diesel sound and the atmosphere of Slovenian main line railroading.

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Twice in the Mátra

Twice in the Mátra

Two photo charter trains in the Mátra mountains on the narrow-gauge Forest Railway.

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Freight trains and a historic railcar on the branches around Plesivec, Slovakia,

Freight trains and a historic railcar on the branches around Plesivec, Slovakia,

Pelsőc

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A few Dutch photos

A few Dutch photos

School trips with very few trains.

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Hunting for Czech multiple units

Hunting for Czech multiple units

Diesels around Liberec and Tanvald supported by electric trains photographed at Ústi nad Orlici.

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Big Slovakian Wintertrip

Big Slovakian Wintertrip

...in the High Tatras and other diesel-intensive regions.

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To Central-Slovakia!

To Central-Slovakia!

Two trips to Prievidza and on to the High Tatras and Horná Stubna.

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The RhB under the snow

The RhB under the snow

Snow-covered trains on the Albula, Bernina, Engadin and Prättigau lines.

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Take the rack train to the Tatras

Take the rack train to the Tatras

Steam rack-and-pinion locomotive on the Tisovec to Brezno rack railway.

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School excursion to Scotland

School excursion to Scotland

...and a lot of transport related photos from The Netherlands as well.

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75+78=200

75+78=200

The 200th gallery demonstrates the variety of the landscape of the Nógrád region again.

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Autumn and Winter at the Semmering

Autumn and Winter at the Semmering

...the Neumarkter Sattel and the Murtalbahn.

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81 - Class 6341 DMUs in the mountains

81 - Class 6341 DMUs in the mountains

+freight trains with M62s, M43s and Slovakian locomotives between Hatvan, Salgótarján and Fülek (Fi'lakovo, Slovakia).

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Himmelstreppe trainsets at the Mariazell Railway

Himmelstreppe trainsets at the Mariazell Railway

Golden caterpillar invasion in the valley and in the mountains.

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Alföld (Great Plains)

Alföld (Great Plains)

Branch line romanticism and a visit to the biggest workshop in Hungary at Szolnok.


RhB Berninabahn

RhB Berninabahn

Historic and normal trains summer and winter on the highest railway of Graubünden and the Engadin.


Balkantour 2013

Balkantour 2013

Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Serbia, sightseeing and railways.


Divaca and around

Divaca and around

Diesels on the Slovenian mainline and the Koper ramp.


Diesels at Valea lui Mihai

Diesels at Valea lui Mihai

MDmot and M44 at Debrecen, class 60, class 841, M62 and M41 in Romania.


Snow in Slovakia

Snow in Slovakia

Central-Slovakia and Margecany under a white cover.


Snow

Snow

Photos from Szeged and from around Budapest.


Number 2

Number 2

Memories fromt the old railway to Esztergom.


Christmas Market in Weitra

Christmas Market in Weitra

Ride on the Waldviertler Schmalspurbahn with 2095 diesel locomotives.


Diesel in Western Hungary

Diesel in Western Hungary

Small, medium and big ones on the move.


A C50 to Királyrét

A C50 to Királyrét

Much like the old 600 mm gauge railway we had a wonderful time on this unique atmosphere photo charter.


The Mariazellerbahn

The Mariazellerbahn

Travelling from St. Pölten to Mariazell with many stops.


50 years MÁV M40

50 years MÁV M40

Photocharter around Hatvan.


Four seasons of Raaberbahn

Four seasons of Raaberbahn

A big circle in time and space around Sopron.


Field trip to Moscow

Field trip to Moscow


The RhB Engadine Railway

The RhB Engadine Railway

Photos from the St. Moritz to Scuol-Tarasp secondary line with a colourful set of trains appearing.


Preymesser

Preymesser

GYSEV M40 to Dorog with freight


School trip to Prague

School trip to Prague

Sightseeing with a few railway-related photos.


LOWA-locomotives

LOWA-locomotives

Photo trains on the Szob and Szilvásvárad forest railways.


Balaton Retro Express 2.

Balaton Retro Express 2.

With a NoHAB-GM locomotive around Lake Balaton.


Railway Museum

Railway Museum

The Night of the Museums and the Railway Day at the Hungarian Railway Park.


Daily railway photos 1. - closed

Daily railway photos 1. - closed

The first running gallery is closed.


Another try at Strecno

Another try at Strecno

A new battle against the fog in Northern-Slovakia.


With a Desiro to Szécsény

With a Desiro to Szécsény

To the locomotive parade.


Winters in Nógrád

Winters in Nógrád

Nógrád, the Királyrét forest railway and some other nearby lines not only with Bzmot traffic.


The RhB Albulabahn

The RhB Albulabahn

Our first photos on the railway linking central Graubünden with the Engadin taken in April, 2011.


Tram - 125

Tram - 125

The Siemens Company started its demonstrator tram from Nyugati pályaudvar 125 years ago.


Line 80, again

Line 80, again

Narrow gauge railway to Lajosháza and mainline trains around Nagyút in the sunset.


Štrba

Štrba

The rack railway and the mainline at the feet of the High Tatras.


Photographing Zsuzsi

Photographing Zsuzsi

A photo charter mixed passenger/freight train at the narrow gauge railway at Debrecen.


Heizhaus Strasshof

Heizhaus Strasshof

Rusty electric locomotives, live steam, and a sidetrip on the CAT and at the new Hbf at Vienna.


Sugar beet from Jászapáti

Sugar beet from Jászapáti

A freight train with an M62 and a number of railcars in the autumn landscape.


Péage-history

Péage-history

The trip of the M131 railcar from Zvolen to Velky Krtis over Ipolytarnóc.


The local freight in the Bódva-valley

The local freight in the Bódva-valley

An M47 in beautiful scenery.


Oldies on the Great Plain

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

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

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

Branches around Mátészalka

Bzmot and MDmot multiple units around endangered branch lines in Eastern Hungary.


M47 2032 with a photo charter

M47 2032 with a photo charter

...around the Mátra mountains.


94

94

The railway in the Bódva-valley at the last weeks of the diesel locomotives.


Lillafüred and the High Tatras

Lillafüred and the High Tatras

A snowy photo freight train at the LÁEV and photographing at the Tatra Electric Railways.


Derailment at Rácalmás

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

Diesel sound in the Zala valley

Electrification is almost complete, but still the lound engines rule the Zalaegerszeg-Hodoš railway.


Snow on the Semmering

Snow on the Semmering

Also rare locomotives appear at Breitenstein and Mürzzuschlag.


With a steam loco in the Mátra

With a steam loco in the Mátra

To Mátrafüred and Lajosháza.


The RhB Surselvalinie

The RhB Surselvalinie

...is a railway with high traffic, freight trains, a connecting rack railway and the appearence of the Glacier-Express.


Autumn Colours

Autumn Colours

Photos from around the Nógrád castle in beautiful colours.


The RhB Stammstrecke

The RhB Stammstrecke

An introduction to the superb scenery of the RhB by the Landquart-Chur-Thusis S-Bahn line.


RhB historic photos

RhB historic photos

Historic photographs from kind donators for illustrating the articles on the Rhätische Bahn.


Memories of the MDmot trainsets

Memories of the MDmot trainsets

My friends sent me their last photos of the legendary branch line class.


Phototrain with the ACSEV railcar

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

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.


The Day of the Children's Railway

The Day of the Children's Railway

Special train with the C50 locomotive.


Bakony and Balaton

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.


Colourful Börzsöny

Colourful Börzsöny

Hiking and travelling on the Királyrét and Kemence Forest Railways.


TRAXX

TRAXX

Photographing the newest MÁV locomotive 480 001-0 around the country.


Végh József: Traisentalbahn

Végh József: Traisentalbahn

The ÖBB locomotive driver took his photos of the now shortened railway during his training.


The last Rattlers in the Sajó valley

The last Rattlers in the Sajó valley

No more class M41 locomotives run from Miskolc to Ózd.


Early Good-bye

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

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.


First snow

First snow

A rare occasion: photographing the LÁEV historic trainset in the snow!


MDmots at Pécs

MDmots at Pécs

Old and new photos of the red secondary line trainsets from the Pécs-Villány railway.


Giselabahn

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My first journey on the Pyhrnbahn

One of the less-known railways through the Alps is the Linz-Selzthal railway.


150 Years Wörgl Hauptbahnhof

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.


Hillsides at Becske

Hillsides at Becske

Bzmots assume main roles in this springtime photo album.


A few photos of the Semmering railway

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

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.


Végh József: Stubaitalbahn

Végh József: Stubaitalbahn


Snow and Hűvösvölgy

Snow and Hűvösvölgy

A short album with interesting photos and new videos of the Children s Railway (Gyermekvasút)!


Oh those eighties

Oh those eighties

Lines 80, 81 and 85 appear with their colourful rolling stock and the best motives of wintertime.


Building a new bridge

Building a new bridge

The reconstruction works of the Újpest railway bridge at Budapest.


Végh József: ÖBB 2067

Végh József: ÖBB 2067


Winter gravel carriers

Winter gravel carriers

Eurocom freight trains on scenic routes from Veszprém to Paks on some now closed-down railways and the wonderful Bakony.


A Christmas present: White magic

A Christmas present: White magic

My gift to the readers of my website.


Three closed branch lines

Three closed branch lines

Another visit to three of the lines decided to close by December, 2009.


Secondary lines of the South

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

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.


Wachtlbahn Kieferfelden

Wachtlbahn Kieferfelden


Three days around Dombóvár

Three days around Dombóvár


Végh József: ÖBB 1063

Végh József: ÖBB 1063


Belgrade - Bar - Vlore

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

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

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.


At the border of Lower Austria

At the border of Lower Austria


From Székesfehérvár to Komárom

From Székesfehérvár to Komárom


Summers at Balaton

Summers at Balaton


A forgotten railway

A forgotten railway

A freight train on the closed Tamási - Keszőhidegkút-Gyönk railway.


Beware of the Humpbacks!

Beware of the Humpbacks!

The nice M40 locomotives occupy a few dozen frames in this new album.


A photo charter and a long trip

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.


The Great Slovakian Adventure

The Great Slovakian Adventure


Flowers of Nógrád

Flowers of Nógrád


Lovasberény, Lovasberény

Lovasberény, Lovasberény

Two photo charters to Lovasberény, once with an M62 and once with a nice little M43.


From Kosice to the Gemeran mountains

From Kosice to the Gemeran mountains


Bzmot 243 - Photo charter at the Diósjenő-Romhány railway

Bzmot 243 - Photo charter at the Diósjenő-Romhány railway


Secondary lines of Northern Romania

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.


Gravel train from Nógrádkövesd

Gravel train from Nógrádkövesd


Light to the darkness

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!


Trains around Fil akovo

Trains around Fil akovo


April panorama

April panorama


Two gauges in Romania

Two gauges in Romania


A 100 years on standard and narrow gauges around Szilvásvárad

A 100 years on standard and narrow gauges around Szilvásvárad


Many V43s 2.

Many V43s 2.


Going South

Going South

Passing Serbia and Montenegro to get to Albania is jeoparadized by policemen, mad drivers and spectacular opportunities of photography.


Before the electrification of the Zalaegerszeg-Hodos railway

Before the electrification of the Zalaegerszeg-Hodos railway


Many V43s

Many V43s


60 years Children s Railway

60 years Children s Railway

Contemporary and archive photographs from the last 15 years of the Gyermekvasút.


Phot charter on the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway

Phot charter on the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway


Another bunch of photos from the Eger-Putnok railway

Another bunch of photos from the Eger-Putnok railway


March panorama

March panorama

This is how I used to take photos some ten years ago.


Red Bull Air Race Budapest - 2008.

Red Bull Air Race Budapest - 2008.


Ukraine 3: Kolomiya and Chernivtsi

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

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

Україна-1: The Uzsoki-pass, Berehove a

The first batch of images taken on our trip to Ukraine and Romania.


The slowest fast train

The slowest fast train

As a surprise, an M40 locomotive recieved a fast train between Nagykanizsa and Zalaszentmihály-Pacsa. See what happens!


With an M61 NoHAB at the Balaton

With an M61 NoHAB at the Balaton

A MÁV-Nosztalgia kft. special excursion.


Preparing a photo charter at Lake Balaton

Preparing a photo charter at Lake Balaton

Many-many photos of M41-hauled trains on the Székesfehérvár-Tapolca and Ukk-Balatonszentgyörgy railways.


February panorama

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.


January panorama

January panorama


Sunny Nógrád

Sunny Nógrád

Colours, flowers, a scenic landscape and THE TRAIN in one album! The Aszód-Balassagyarmat railway.


End-of-year selection, 2007

End-of-year selection, 2007


A freight train at Zugló

A freight train at Zugló

A rare local goods train at Budapest


English:      113, 114, 115: Secondary lines around Mátészalka

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.


October panorama, part 2

October panorama, part 2


October panorama

October panorama


106-107: Photos from the Debrecen - Nagykereki and Sáránd - Létavértes railways

106-107: Photos from the Debrecen - Nagykereki and Sáránd - Létavértes railways


Christmas retrospective

Christmas retrospective


Photos from the Veszprém - Győ railway

Photos from the Veszprém - Győ railway

Three viaducts and four tunnels make this line one of the most spectaculars in Hungary.


Open day at the Debrecen tram depot

Open day at the Debrecen tram depot

Historic trams and a photo special.


English:      87: A few photos of the Eger-Szilvásvárad-Putnok railway

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

English: 45: A few photos of the Sárbogárd-Székesfehérvár railway

Both the line and its MDmot railcars have by now disappeared.


September panorama

September panorama


August panorama

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!

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

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.


May panorama

May panorama

With dance photos, narrow gauge and model railways!


Trains of Helsinki

Trains of Helsinki

The suburban railways of the Greater Helsinki.


Trams and busses of Helsinki

Trams and busses of Helsinki

An insight in the complex public transport system of the Finnsih capital.


Streamlined steam

Streamlined steam

The MÁVAG class 242 appears refurbished and faster than ever in his elegant green colour scheme.


April panorama

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.


Visiting factories 2.

Visiting factories 2.

We visit the HOLCIM cement works and a few ancient temples.


Visiting factories

Visiting factories

We visit the Mátra Coal Power Plant.


The Kecskemét narrow gauge railway

The Kecskemét narrow gauge railway


A historic train in the Cserhát mountains

A historic train in the Cserhát mountains

A Nosztalgia kft. photo special with BCmot railcars in my favourite Nógrád.


March panorama

March panorama

Art, portraits and baguatells appear with some Combino trams and excellent train photos.


The new Stadler FLIRT maintenance base

The new Stadler FLIRT maintenance base


A photo special on the Lillafüred forest railway

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!


February panorama

February panorama


With an M40 in the Mátra

With an M40 in the Mátra

A trains.hu special train on the Hatvan-Kisterenye-Kál-Kápolna line.


The Börzsöny mountain wakes

The Börzsöny mountain wakes

Many Bzmots in the snow and under the warm sunlight between Szokolya and Berkenye.


January panorama

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

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.

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.


Csajág

Csajág


October panorama

October panorama

A German double-decker train visited Hungary, but also a NoHAB locomotive decided to move a bit around.


Spetember panorama

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

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

English: Red and green

Photos from the Wiener Neustadt - Puchberg am Schneeberg branch and the Semmering with many old locomotives. A real historic insight!


English:      Schneebergbahn

English: Schneebergbahn


Industrial railways around Ajka

Industrial railways around Ajka

A photo charter on the remnants of the extensive rail network servng the mines and factories.


English:      Die Erste FLIRT

English: Die Erste FLIRT


Budapest lowlights

Budapest lowlights

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Birthday photo special with a Bbmot

Birthday photo special with a Bbmot

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Goods-passanger mixed photo charter at the Királyrét Forest Railway

Goods-passanger mixed photo charter at the Királyrét Forest Railway

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Track building at Tiszatenyő

Track building at Tiszatenyő

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Regional railway reconstruction at Aquincum

Regional railway reconstruction at Aquincum

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May panorama

May panorama

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End-of-year panorama

End-of-year panorama

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InterCity trains detoured

InterCity trains detoured

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Weed killing

Weed killing

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Holiday train

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

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

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.


July panorama

July panorama


Little red train riding

Little red train riding


June panorama

June panorama


Your daily dose of M62

Your daily dose of M62


January panorama

January panorama


A winter walk at Kispest

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

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.


April panorama

April panorama


March panorama

March panorama



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