The MÁV-START C50 5733 seen at Balatonfenyves GV Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 10:11:25 Tags: Balatonfenyves GV 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

The operator of the Balatonfenyves Gazdasági Vasút, MÁV-START Zrt. made multiple photo charters on the line. Out of these I attended the one I thought was the most interesting, the one where museal R lóré cars (or, in English-like terms, R lorries) were pauled by a C50 small diesel locomotive. The programme was easy to reach by fast train from Budapest, we got a welcome drink and there were so many people interested in it that three cars and an Mk48 locomotive were needed as the carrier charter. The C50 in the background, out of focus is the timetabled train with a single car. The lorry train is out of the frame, on my right, waiting for departure.

The MÁV-START C50 5713 seen between Balatonfenyves GV and Imremajor (used to be called Központi főmajor) Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 10:30:38 Tags: C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

Lorries could be used to transport sugar beet, straw, fertilizer or even bricks so it was the best known vehicle of Hungarian farm railways or agricultural railways. As these were mostly situated on level land a typical train had at least 20 cars in it, either loaded or empty. Now there are a lot less examples in running condition but even this problem had an authentic solution: an important coal delivery for theheating of the stations could have been necessary and all locations had a few dedicated bags of coal in the lorries. The typical motive power was also the black or green-red Csepel C50 small diesel locomotives.

The MÁV-START C50 5713 seen between Balatonfenyves GV and Központi főmajor Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 10:37:24 Tags: Kert kitérõ Balatonfenyves GV 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

The agricultural railway was built to serve the freight transport between the farms and to move the workers and their families on the land. As the youngest historical narrow-gauge railway in Hungary it has a unique atmosphere. The track reconstruction on the Imremajor line finished in 2019 with the help ofan Austrian tamper and trackbed shaping machine due to the malfunction of the Hungarian KV-01 76-cm tamper machine .

The MÁV-START C50 5713 seen between Balatonfenyves GV and Központi főmajor Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 10:47:51 Tags: Kert kitérõ Balatonfenyves GV 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

Photographing a class C50 locomotive at the Balatonfenyves narrow-gauge railway is not only a nice thing because it is hauling a freight train which is a rare sight at narrow-gauge but also because they are being used for regular trains less and less: Mk48 locomotives dispatched from the temporarily suspended Kecskemét railway (numbers Mk48 2008, 2013 and 2022) mean that the Balatonfenyves regular Mk48 2003, one of the oldest such locomotives does not have to be used anymore, there are plenty of locos for one of them to always be in a running condition, they have better heating in winter, many drivers assigned from other MÁV-START depots don't have a license to drive C50s, so everything points in the direction that my childhood experience of the C50 taking us to Csisztagyógyfürdő and my later experience of taking my first Balatonfenyves photo of a regular train with a C50 become part of the past. The new era with new track and better rolling stock is ahead.

The MÁV-START Mk48 2022 seen at Központi főmajor Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 11:19:20 Tags: Imremajor Központi fõmajor 39 Mk 48 Mk48 2022 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút Bax kisvasút dízelmozdony Rába-mozdony ipar nyílt vonal borult

In an economical environment clearly reminiscing the socialist era.

Imremajor passing loop and the Hunyadi Akol-delta (triangle) Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 11:21:29 Tags: Imremajor Központi fõmajor 39 Narrow gauge Kárpát-medencei kisvasút kisvasút

Csiszta to the left, Somogyszentpál to the right.

The MÁV-START Mk48 2022 seen between Központi főmajor and Pálmajor Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 11:41:50 Tags: Keresztezõ delta Pálmajor Csisztagyógyfürdõ 39 Mk 48 Mk48 2022 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút Bax kisvasút dízelmozdony Rába-mozdony borult nyílt vonal wedgie szántóföld

The default winter outfit consists of the snow plough.

The MÁV-START Mk48 2022 seen between Pálmajor and Somogyszentpál felső Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 12:38:26 Tags: Somogyszentpál felsõ Pálmajor 39 Mk 48 Mk48 2022 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút Bax kisvasút dízelmozdony Rába-mozdony wedgie nyílt vonal borult

The other fundamental vehicle of the Hungarian narrow-gauge railways apart from the class C50 is the class Mk48. It is time to have a look at a few colourful examples:

The MÁV-START C50 5713 seen between Somogyszentpál felső and Somogyszentpál at the house of an important noble Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 13:13:00 Tags: Somogyszentpál Somogyszentpál felsõ 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

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The MÁV-START C50 5713 seen at Központi főmajor Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 14:32:33 Tags: Imremajor Központi fõmajor 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút

If you enjoyed the photographs of the class C50 diesel locomotives, you can find additional pictures of them here:

The MÁV-START C50 5733 seen hauling the timetabled passenger train between Központi főmajor and Balatonfenyves GV Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 15:18:44 Tags: 4. Delta Imremajor Központi fõmajor Kert kitérõ 39 C50 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút C50 kisvasút Bax

You may find the map of the Balatonfenyves Agricultural Railway and the photo locations we have visited at the Map part of my homepage .

The MÁV-START 433 245 seen at Balatonfenyves Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:10 16:15:45 Tags: Balatonfenyves 30 V43 3000 (MÁV) 433 245 villanymozdony Cirmos-Szili borult felüljáró Szili

I am saying goodbye with this typical Balaton shore photo , I hope you will have a look at upcoming travelogues too! If you like narrow-gauge freight trains, here are a number of photos you must not miss.

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