The MÁV-START 418 110 seen between Ócsa and Felsőpakony Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:21 12:46:49 Tags: Ócsa Felsõpakony 142 M41 (MÁV) 418 110 dízelmozdony havas Bhv nyílt vonal oldalról

It has been a while since I last had a new gallery published (Lillafüred Railway's 100th anniversary almost two months ago), and I really wanted to publish something. Digital teaching and a home refurbishment makes it really difficult but I managed to find a topic among my photos for which I didn't have to write an awful lot. Here come the seasons of line 142.

The MÁV-START 418 187 seen between Ócsa and Ócsai szőlők Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:02:21 13:12:37 Tags: Ócsai szõlõk Ócsa 142 M41 (MÁV) 418 187 dízelmozdony szembol havas nyílt vonal

The BDt 100 driving cars for class M41 locomotives are getting scarce so that's what made me start some chasing of trains on the line from Budapest to Lajosmizse. Now the news is that Desiro multiple units were relocated so my in-between shots of Desiros that I actually didn't enjoy those days are now important documents.

The MÁV-START 418 157 seen between Gyál and Gyál felső Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:03:02 16:07:36 Tags: Gyál Gyál felsõ 142 M41 (MÁV) 418 157 dízelmozdony borult havas jelzö alakjelzö elöjelzö nyílt vonal posta-Bhv wedgie

Though my Line Card feature is not (yet) available in English, the opening dates of the various sections of the railroad in question may be important. The Budapest-Tiszai HÉV (Local Railway) was created by the fusion of a number of smaller companies and developed small branch lines in the Kunság region of the Great Plain of Hungary. The line from Kecskemét, a current county capital, to Tiszaug, only led to the side of the Tisza river opposite Tiszaug village, where a wharf was erected. The railway only crossed the river after World War 2, when the rebuilt road bridge was strengthened to carry the railway as well. The line never had much economical impact and currently operates with no freight and minimal passenger traffic - it was considered a strategic development by the Soviet Union.

The rest of the network is in the commuter area of Budapest and Kecskemét, still the infrastructure, allowed speeds and stations don't reflect the potential the railway has. As it always had its mainline alternatives it was never really overdeveloped and even though the current Hungarian Orbán-government calls itself a railway friendly government, it is only true as far as loads of concrete structures can be built by one of the companies of the childhood friend of the prime minister.

The biggest problem with this railway is that here a lot of real work would have to be done instead of just re-laying the tracks where they had been, so here the profit margin is a lot less, and also, the development would have to be done from Hungarian money, not EU-funds as it is in the most developed region and there is no international benefit, which the governement doesn't really like; domestic funds can be directly stolen (for example just given to Matthias Corvinus Collegium, a private sunday school system that is closely tied to conservative ideology and politics, who recieved EUR millions in cash and stock without any kind of reason or required contribution), no need for some construction work to accompany it.

The speed limit is 40 to 60 kph, the modern-looking Desiro railcars are too old and too unreliable to serve the line, even though their relocation here was the most the government wanted to do for the line. The only improvement happening here in the recent past is Gyál station receiving a Prolan-designed electronic small station interlocking as a test with motorised switches and light signals instead of the semaphoeres with no connection to the status of the points; and the development of Inárcs-Kakucs station to be able to manage train passings which was necessary for the introduction of a periodic timetable.

The MÁV-START 418 110 seen at Gyál felső Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2018:03:02 17:22:29 Tags: Gyál felsõ 142 M41 (MÁV) dízelmozdony

The steam locomotive is Krauss XIIh 6633 (later 381,001), built in 1882.

The BDt 103 pushed by a class M41 locomotive Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:04:09 07:19:58 Tags: Kispest 142 Vezerlokocsi (MÁV) BDt 103 vezérlökocsi nemmozdony napos Bhv MÁV megújulás

The current freight traffic is miniscule but I have a few photos of the prior glorious days .

The MÁV-START 418 149 seen between Felsőpakony and Ócsa with a large diesel smoke Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:04:09 08:18:43 Tags: Ócsa Felsõpakony 142 M41 (MÁV) dízelmozdony

Ócsa is not only famous for the houses built by the state for those who have lost their homes due to their loans in foreign currencies, but also because of the spectacular moor and the 800-year-old church where Ken Follet and Ridley Scott filmed the made-for-television miniseries Pillars of the Earth. And also for the nice, sunlit entrance curve to the station.

The MÁV-START 418 149 seen between Felsőpakony and Ócsa with a large diesel smoke Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:04:09 08:18:51 Tags: Ócsa Felsõpakony 142 M41 (MÁV) dízelmozdony

Ócsa is not only famous for the houses built by the state for those who have lost their homes due to their loans in foreign currencies, but also because of the spectacular moor and the 800-year-old church where Ken Follet and Ridley Scott filmed the made-for-television miniseries Pillars of the Earth. And also for the nice, sunlit entrance curve to the station.

The MÁV Nosztalgia kft. MDa 3017 seen between Felsőlajos and Lajosmizse hauling the weed-killer train of MÁV-Kert Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:04:09 10:01:09 Tags: MDmot (MÁV)

MDmot is a secondary line trainset built with very light steel bodies that caused their premature disintegration in rusting. Locomotive 3017 has been preserved and is mostly used in departmental duties; the rest of the trainset has also been restored but has never been used ever since and its condition has greatly declined. MDmot is one of my favourite classes that certainly would have deserved more than this:

The MÁV-START Bmxfee 001 seen between Dömsöd and Kunszentmiklós-Tass Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:04:09 15:37:30 Tags: Kunszentmiklós-Tass Dömsöd 150 BDVmot (MÁV) Bmxfee 001 vezérlökocsi napos nyílt vonal wedgie

This is another line, but taking photos of class BDVmot and BVhmot multiple units is also important as they radually move to the East. Kunszentmiklós-Tass station is not very far away from Dabas and the road is rather scenic.

The MÁV-START BDdf 149 seen between Inárcs-Kakucs and Dabas Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:10:30 11:36:20 Tags: Dabas Inárcs-Kakucs 142 Vezerlokocsi (MÁV) BDdf 149 BDt vezérlökocsi nemmozdony napos bárányfelhok Bhv retró retró-kocsik osz legjobb nyílt vonal MÁV megújulás

Some other Retro-livery trains from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and other countries:

The MÁV-START 416 012 seen at Kispest station Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2020:12:28 10:19:19 Tags: Kispest 142 6341 (MÁV) 416 012 borult mellékvonal állomás felvételi épület magaslatról raktár gyár ipar motorkocsi Uzsgyi

The Metrowagonmash railbuses finally mean a reliable solution to the line, but some more contemporary solution would be desirable.

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