britishcolumbian Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I'm in Hungary for the next week and a half, so I'll try to take some photos as I can. Have one so far: a Class 86 at Budapest-Keleti. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2023 Its some years since we last travelled around Hungary, so will be interesting to see photos of whats changed since then. Look forward to your photos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 The little "station" at Vadna near Kazincbarcika, on Line 92, Miskolc-Kazincbarcika-Bánréve-Ózd. The line is double electrified to Kazincbarcika, double tracked to Bánréve, and non-electrified single track between Bánréve and Ózd. Two trains run in each direction each day, an early morning pair and an early evening pair. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 424.353 plinthed at Tokaj 431 070 at Tokaj 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Today was an eventful day, got a cab ride in a FLIRT along Line 2 from Budapest-Nyugati to Esztergom and back. Rode Bp-Ny to Esztergom, on the return trip I got off at Leányvár where I took like 200 pictures for modelling purposes. 2 hours later was my driver friend's train again, rode to Esztergom, then back to Budapest. Here's a selection of pics from this excursion. My ride: 415 108 Heading north into the only tunnel on the line: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Bzmot railbus at Esztergom Kertváros station: Esztergom station: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Leányvár is kinda run down nowadays, and it's now just a two-track passing station on a single-track line; I'll be modelling it as it was in the early 90s, with three tracks plus an industrial siding with car scale... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Some stations along the line: Dorog: Piliscsaba: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Pilisvörösvár: Óbuda: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Angyalföld: Entering Nyugati: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 This is the cockpit of a FLIRT EMU... doesn't look much different from a modern airliner... Shots from Nyugati: ČD 380 014 arriving with the Metropolitan from Prague: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 The Metropolitan runs several times daily between Budapest and Prague, always with a Czech loco all the way. The 380 above brought it in, the return was hauled by 380 017 in a special "Kometa Express" livery with the logo of Kometa Brno, one of the strongest hockey (ice) clubs in Czechia: 416 018: Russian-made DMU of metro design. MÁV didn't want these but they were sent by Russia as debt repayment; they're nicknamed "Putin's Curse" by railway workers: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 630 021 - my first Gigant seen this year: Passed through Budapest-Keleti on my way home in eastern Budapest from Nyugati, caught Bombardier TRAXX 480 020: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morello Cherry Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 In your model will the station master be stood outside the main doors of the station building to watch the train go past? In Romania it seems to have clung on as a practice. I always assumed that it was to provide some kind of visual check on the trains. They always seem to be stood in the same place, no matter how tiny the station is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Morello Cherry said: In your model will the station master be stood outside the main doors of the station building to watch the train go past? In Romania it seems to have clung on as a practice. I always assumed that it was to provide some kind of visual check on the trains. They always seem to be stood in the same place, no matter how tiny the station is. It seems to have been part of the operating procedures in a lot of Germanic / Austro Hungarian countries. I believe the Statiomaster giving the Driver a hand signal as the train passes was / is a confirmation of "Line Clear". I don't know whether any countries still have it in their Rule Book now that a lot of signalling is centralised and more stations are unstaffed than they used to be. On a model you could have a Stationmaster figure on the end of a rod which could be used to poke him through the station door.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted April 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2023 Are you going by Lake Balaton at all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 8 hours ago, Morello Cherry said: In your model will the station master be stood outside the main doors of the station building to watch the train go past? In Romania it seems to have clung on as a practice. I always assumed that it was to provide some kind of visual check on the trains. They always seem to be stood in the same place, no matter how tiny the station is. That's a tidbit I'd forgotten... but yeah I now remember seeing that in the 90s, so yes I'll have the station master standing there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 hours ago, OnTheBranchline said: Are you going by Lake Balaton at all? I *might* do a daytrip somewhere around there but don't know yet. Still have various kin to visit and only six days left... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Some pics from Bp-Déli yesterday 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 A few more 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Caught some GySEV power at Keleti this morning... Taurus in the GySEV 150th anniversary livery: And a Vectron: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 And some MÁV Tauruses in special liveries: "When I grow up I'm going to work on the railway": Poet Sándor Weöres's birth centennial: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Diesels don't come to Budapest anymore, so I went to Székesfehérvár to see a Csörgő and a Sergei... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcolumbian Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 And caught a Dacia too... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonwis Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 23/04/2023 at 22:48, 31A said: It seems to have been part of the operating procedures in a lot of Germanic / Austro Hungarian countries. I believe the Statiomaster giving the Driver a hand signal as the train passes was / is a confirmation of "Line Clear". I don't know whether any countries still have it in their Rule Book now that a lot of signalling is centralised and more stations are unstaffed than they used to be. On a model you could have a Stationmaster figure on the end of a rod which could be used to poke him through the station door.... It was part of railway operating practice across the Eastern Bloc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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