The MÁV M43 1081 seen at Diósjenő station Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2007:08:13 06:16:24 Tags: Diósjenõ 75 76 M43 (MÁV) M43 1081 dízelmozdony tolatómozdony borult álló formátum vonatból fekete-fehér Dácsia

This is the 200^th album at benbe.hu, which was launched at July, 2005, so quite a few years ago. In this album I return to the Nógrád region consisting of four main lines (line 75 from Vác to Balassagyarmat, its branch, the now suspended line 76 from Diósjenő to Romhány, the line 78 from Aszód to Balassagyarmat and its quite rarely served extension 78b to Ipolytarnóc), one of my favourite regions in Hungary. Some of the images are fairly old, but reflect the unique scenery and the interesting freight and special workings of those days. Now the region is mostly limited to Bzmot railcars and those only on line 75 and 78, 78b serving like two trains a day and 76 shut down. The only interesting thing to see is the Bzmot 343, a railcar repainted in the original red and yellow livery (mostly the less dynamic inverse of the current livery) which ironically this car neve wore as it is a newly built railcar, constructed from unmotorised trailers.

For this 200^th album I've created a new design for the page, mostly just altering fonts and colours leaving the functionality the same, but still a little bit of fine tuning is necessary so during the time of the transition a few glitches are to be expected. I apologise for any inconvenience.

The MÁV Bzmot 334 seen between Nagyoroszi and Drégelyvár Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2007:09:05 05:31:11 Tags: Drégelyvár Nagyoroszi 75 Bzmot Bzmot 334 motorkocsi Bézé eso jelzö meráfi

The standard, locally switched points have red and white counterweights while the spring-reversed point has a yellow one. The signal is a special signal used on lines with radio control or a system where the train crew asks for running permissions for themselves: here the signal doesn't allow you to proceed to a track (has no way of knowing if it's empty) only tells you that the technical conditions are met for proceeding (the spring-reversed point is in its standard state and the barrier is operational and closed).

The MÁV Bzmot 340 seen between Diósjenő and Borsosberény Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2007:12:14 08:28:41 Tags: Borsosberény Diósjenõ 75 Bzmot 300 Bzmot 340 motorkocsi magaslatról falu nyílt vonal táj hegyek mellékvonal tél napkelte Bézé

This one is a personal favourite - not because of the precise 45° sunny side composition (it is not that kind of perfect, it's not a wedgie), but because it has the quintessence of all the things I find beautiful in nature - a mountain range, characteristic trees, a quiet village and a rural area with a very rural railcar. Only some snow, mist and the smoke rising from the houses is missing for a perfectly atmospheric shot of the little village of Diósjenő.

The MÁV M43 1081 seen at Tolmács Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2007:12:14 12:10:53 Tags: Tolmács 76 M43 (MÁV) M43 1081 dízelmozdony tolatómozdony felhos teleobjektív hegyek álló formátum mellékvonal tehervonat tolatós tehervonat Dácsia

I hiked down from Borsosberény to Tolmács in the valley to catch the train coming back from Romhány, but I needn't have been in a hurry: the M43 1081 Dacia broke down by the siding of Erdőkémia, to where the tank car was brought so I had plenty of time to photograph the train there. After that, I took the train replacement bus (train traffic was suspended for passengers already those days) back to Diósjenő where I had plenty of time to drink one beer after the other at the station pub (how many other station pubs do you have left in Hungary, particularly in Hungary? Also, if you go to Nógrád, don't you dare missing the little pub at the foots of the Nógrád fort with exquisite Czech beers and a very good Gulasch (typical Hungarian stew made of beef sercved with wonderful dumplings!)

The M47 2041 seen between Nógrádkövesd and Galgaguta Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2008:04:28 12:13:08 Tags: Nógrádkövesd Galgaguta 78 M47 (MÁV) M47 2041 felhos dízelmozdony tolatómozdony hegyek nyílt vonal gépmenet Dácsia

So we went to take a few shots of the weed killer train. It was waiting for departure at Rákos station, but when the engineer had arrived from Balassagyarmat, he realised that a remotorised M47 was heading it, a type of locomotive he wasn't trained to drive. So they sent a car for him, went back to Balassagyarmat and took M44 501 with which he managed to get to Aszód station by afternoon. After that, the old M44 broke down, so he took a car again and returned by the trusty M47 2041, that finally managed to haul the weed killer train all around line 78 and its branches.

The MÁV-START Bzmot 343 seen at Balassagyarmat Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2008:07:30 01:34:24 Tags: Balassagyarmat 75 78 Bzmot 300 Bzmot 343 motorkocsi éjszakai futoház Bézé

Photographing early morning freight trains without a car was not easy: I travelled to Balassagyarmat with the late train and then spent four hours of the night in the cold at the station.

The Floyd kft. 40 44 003-4 seen between Ráróspuszta and Nógrádszakál Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2008:07:30 06:20:38 Tags: Ráróspuszta Nógrádszakál 78 Magánbobók 4044 003 dízelmozdony tolatómozdony magánvasút magánvasúti mozdony tehervonat külföldi vonat Magyarországon mellékvonal különleges téma Bobo

This is a freight train from LuČenec, Slovakia to Velky Krtis, Slovakia, but because of the terrain, the Slovakians built the railway accross Hungary - something the peace treaty of Trianon allowed them to do. On the Hungarian section they use the tracks of line 78b, a line they helped reinforce using Slovakian rails. After a severe flood in 2006 it was thought the line would not be rebuilt, but because of the Slovakian need for the line (and the regulation of the peace treaty) MÁV rebuilt. Because the Slovakian locomotives didn't have the necessary papers to travel in Hungary, a Hungarian private locomotive was added to the front of the train. Nowadays mostly ŽSSKC locomotives run on the track with the local freight travelling as far from the péage track as Szécsény, where ŽSSKC loads lumber for Hungarian forests (as the Austrian-owned RailCargoHungaria refuses to transport the lumber on the Nógrád network).

HÉV multiple unit no. MX/A 1956 seen with the flag built in remembrance of the heroes of the 1956 revolution Photographed by: Takács Bence Captured at: 2009:09:07 17:13:11 Tags: Szentlélek tér Árpád-híd Tímár utca 405 HÉV/Metró MX/A 1956 BHÉV napos nyílt vonal álló formátum felhos motorvonat

In fact, it is road number 999.

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