The ŽSSK 754 014-9 seen between Vernár and Telgárt penzión Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 08:25:23 Tags: Besnícky tunel Hronský tunel Vernár Telgárt penzión 372 750 (ZSSK) 754 014 havas Szlovákia Búvár ŽSSK borult ZSSK Blonski festésű mozdony ZSSK Blonski kocsik nyílt vonal tél táj magaslatról legjobb havas fák dízelmozdony

It was a last minute decision that, as we were all free on Saturday, we will visit Central Slovakia at the day of the timetable change. It was snowing and we anticipated great photos. The first photo of the REX from Margecany to Banská Bystrica ended up exactly as we planned. Earlier the fast train Horehronec used to run from Bratislava or even Brno to Košice, it was only recently cut back to the current short track with even the simple passenger trains disappearing between Brezno Mesto and Mlynky. Still it used to be worth going photographing this line previously:

The ŽSSK 754 032-1 seen between Va¾kovňa and Červená Skala Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 09:33:32 Tags: Vereskõ červená Skala Nándorvölgy Va¾kovňa 372 750 (ZSSK) 754 032 havas Szlovákia Búvár ŽSSK borult ZSSK Blonski festésű mozdony ZSSK Blonski kocsik nyílt vonal havas fák tél dízelmozdony

When we took this photo we only considered it a nice shot with snow-covered trees of an ordinary REX train with class 754 locomotive at the Banská Bystrica to Margecany line. We learnt in the evening that from that day all remaining trains running at the entire length of the line will also be class 813/913 Bagetá railcars .

The ŽSSK 746 006-6 seen between Závadka nad Hronom obec and He¾pa Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 10:14:52 Tags: Helpa He¾pa Ágostonlak Závadka nad Hronom obec 372 746 (ZSSK Cargo) 746 006 dízelmozdony Szlovákia tolatómozdony tolatós tehervonat havas borult tél magaslatról táj hegyek havas fák határon túl ragadt vasútvonal

Eventually the local freight train (manipulák) remained the only locomotive hauled train at the mountain section of the route (the few BB to Brezno passenger trains that were also locomotive hauled remained). The class 746 are great locomotives, I have managed to photograph them a few times:

The ČHŽ U34 804 seen between Čierny Balog and Vydrovo Skanzen Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 11:09:50 Tags: Vydrovo Skanzen Dobrocs Dobroč 376 Slovakian narrow Szlovákia kisvasút Mk48 Kárpát-medencei kisvasút

Our next targets were the Santa Claus trains in Central Slovakia, two quite close to one another. The first one was the steam locomotive hauled train of the Čiernohronská Lesná Železnicá between Čierny Balog and Vydrovo. Though it was banked by a diesel helper locomotive, usually steamers run by their own as you can see in my summer photos from the network:

The ČHŽ U34 804 seen between Čierny Balog and Vydrovo Skanzen Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 11:10:00 Tags: Vydrovo Skanzen Dobrocs Dobroč 376 Felvidéki kisvasutak Szlovákia gözmozdony kisvasút Mk48 tológép Kárpát-medencei kisvasút

Our next targets were the Santa Claus trains in Central Slovakia, two quite close to one another. The first one was the steam locomotive hauled train of the Čiernohronská Lesná Železnicá between Čierny Balog and Vydrovo. Though it was banked by a diesel helper locomotive, usually steamers run by their own as you can see in my summer photos from the network:

The ČSD M240 0039 Singrovka seen at Fenyves Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 12:39:39 Tags: Fenyves Zbojská 374 SlovDiesel M240 0039 Szlovákia motorkocsi havas fák homlokátjáró

I finally managed to catch the Singrovka railcar usually stored at Tisovec and sometimes used for shunting duties somewhere outside at the line.

The ČSD M240 0039 seen at Fenyves Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 12:48:00 Tags: Fenyves Zbojská 374 SlovDiesel M240 0039 Szlovákia motorkocsi havas fák homlokátjáró

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The ŽSSK 812 020-0 seen at Medzibrod Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:12:08 15:54:13 Tags: Mezõköz Medzibrod 372 812 (ZSSK) havas napnyugta állomás Szlovákia határon túl ragadt vasútvonal ZSSK Blonski festésű mozdony motorkocsi ŽSSK Bézé

The afternoon Okularnyk-hauled fast train was replaced by Bagetá trainsets during the last days of the 2018 timetable. I managed to take this photo in Medzibrod, which ended up to be really interesting. Certain people are still optimistic about the locomotives returning when enough are going to be available, I hope they are right! Until then enjoy the photos of locomotive-hauled trains from this beautiful railway:

[VIDEO] The Rhodope Railway in Bulgaria from Septemvri to Dobrinyshte Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: unknown Tags: Henschel Bulgária dízelmozdony kisvasút videó Balkán hegyek osz magaslatról táj

I forgot to add the video to the previous gallery so I'm supplementing it here.

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