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European Railroad Discussion > Northeastern Hungary ShotsDate: 05/31/19 21:07 Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry On 4/29/19 I was driving from Kosice, Slovakia to Oradea, Romania through northeastern Hungary after saying goodbye to 86235 in Kosice.
1) Class 431 on a Miskolc-Nyiregyhaza train at Szerencs. 2) Class 418 arriving Szerencs on a local - not sure of the destination. 3) Both trains posing together before leaving town. Date: 05/31/19 21:19 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry 4) Crossing gates were down just outside Nyiregyhaza, so I parked quickly and caught this Class 431 on a train to Zahony on the Ukraine border.
5) Moments later this historic loco appeared deadheading - this is a NOHAB M61 class. These were built in Sweden by a GM licensee in 1963, and are essentialy an EMD F9 in a different carbody. They would sound very familiar to North American railfans. M61.006 is one of 3 in MAV's historic collection. 6) Class 431 on a train leaving Nyiregyhaza, passing NOHAB M61.006. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/19 23:19 by dwatry. Date: 05/31/19 21:29 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry 7) Class 431 on a train departing Nyireghaza.
8) Class 480 on a train arriving Nyireghaza. These are dual voltage locomomotives from Bombardier built in 2011. 9) Outside Debrecen, crossing flashers were going so I stopped for quite a display of dispatching prowess by MAV. In less than 15 minutes, MAV sent 4 trains north from Debrecen on 2 tracks, crossing over in front of other trains, and threaded a southbound local freight through the mix. First up was this train led by a Class 418 diesel from 1963. This train was running "wrong main" from Debrecen, then crossed over onto the correct main with another train on the right hand main. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/19 21:42 by dwatry. Date: 05/31/19 21:37 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry 10) Next up was this train behind a Class 431 running on the right hand main. Note following train in distance on wrong main.
11) Then another train behind a Class 431 approached running wrong main and crossing over. 12) Next a Class 448 switcher that had been waiting on a siding with a cut of tank cars approached from the north. These locos are from 1959. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/19 21:44 by dwatry. Date: 05/31/19 21:39 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry 13) Finally, another Class 431 running on the right-hand main approached. This was 5 trains in less than 15 minutes.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/19 21:45 by dwatry. Date: 05/31/19 21:57 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: 86235 Duncan, that's a great set of native MAV traction (with the exception of the Traxx in #8). I certainly didn't see that variety at the other end of the country back in 2014.
Date: 05/31/19 22:41 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: dwatry Yes most of these locos with the exception of the Class 480 were all built in 1963 or earlier! Quite a vintage power parade.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/31/19 22:42 by dwatry. Date: 06/01/19 06:54 Re: Northeastern Hungary Shots Author: GettingShort Great pictures from what looks like a great trip.
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