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Industrial railways around Ajka

Locomotive classes: A29, V43, V46, A26, A21, A27

Photo locations: 28, Tímföldgyár, Bauxitrakodó, Ajkai Hőerőmű, Ajka, 20, Felsőcsinger...

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The old industrial railways of Ajka inspire an intrepid researcher to organize a trip to visit the remnants of these once so indispensable railways. It was a very early saturday morning when we departed from the Déli pu. Our car was very new, at least with MÁV, as it was bought used from Germany, but right after an overhaul it's heating wasn't switched on, making it a good training field for our future tour with the industrial locomotive, which is incapable of heating anyway, so our By class car will be cold we knew.

The Csinger valley, an alumnia factory and a coal power plant was in our schedule. The two latter still have significant traffic on the rails, though far less than they used to, while Csinger valley used to have a spread out traffic of wood, manganese and coal, now only a portion of it remaines. The valley is one of the most beautiful ones in Hungary, no surprise that despite it's meant to be a freight line (it only used to bring workers to the mine), there's a yearly charter.

Our mood was high on the entire journey, only partly because of the precautions we took to fight the cold, but mostly because of the company and the fantastic program we got. 

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High quality photos

The A29 009 at the industrial sidings of Ajka alumina factory The A26 098 is going on with work in the alumina factory The A29 009 standing model in front of a snowy colline
The A26 098 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings The A29 009 pulls forward to the level crossing The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area
The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area
The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area We stopped at an overpass of the track to the bauxit loading area The A29 009 at the Csinger valley
The V46 051 is here to help freight trains climb a heavy slope

 

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All the pictures in this gallery

If you browse through the gallery pages, you're going to see the photos in order.

Arrival

The industrial locomotive A29 009 at Ajka station

The V43 1127 at Ajka station

The V43 1127 and V46 051 at Ajka station

Train enthusiasts

Train enthusiasts

The A29 009 at Ajka station

Esőbeálló

The view of Ajka station

The V43 1016 is arriving with a stopping train at Ajka

The V43 1158 is pre-heating at Ajka

The A29 009 at the industrial sidings of Ajka alumina factory

The A29 009 at the industrial sidings of Ajka alumina factory

The A29 009 at the industrial sidings of Ajka alumina factory

Freight cars in front of the engine shed of the alumina factory at Ajka

The A26 009 is bringing some freight cars to the MÁV sidings from inside the alumina factory

Freight cars await transport to the MÁV station at Ajka alumina factory. The red locmotive in the background is A26 065

The A26 065 in front of the engine shed of the Ajka alumina factory

The A26 065 and A29 009 in a single picture

The A26 098 is going on with work in the alumina factory

The A26 098 is going on with work in the alumina factory

The A26 098 is going on with work in the alumina factory

That often mentioned "inside" is this way

You can’t start early enough

The A29 009 standing model in front of a snowy colline

The A29 009 standing model in front of a snowy colline

The A29 009 standing model in front of a snowy colline

The A29 009 standing model in front of a snowy colline

The A26 is bringing a car to another group

The A26 is bringing a car to another group

The A26 is bringing a car to another group

The A26 098 poses with an abandoned building

The A26 098 poses with an abandoned building

The A26 009 and the A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A26 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A26 009 and the A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A26 098 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A26 098 and the A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

The A29 009 at the Ajka alumina factory sidings

Aluminium rods at the yard

Rdvision date of our locomotive

The A29 009 is posing near the entrance of the Ajka coal power plant

The A29 009 is posing near the entrance of the Ajka coal power plant

The A29 009 is posing near the entrance of the Ajka coal power plant

Coal used to arrive on conveyer belts and telph

The worker

The entrance of the power plant

The chimneis of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

The tumbler of the Ajka power plant

An army of train enthusiasts photograph the A26 018

I photograph A26 018

They finished photographing A26 018

I try to catch the other end of A26 018

The A21 007 at the Ajka power plant

The A21 007 at the Ajka power plant

The A21 007 at the Ajka power plant

An interesting machine

Chains

The A29 009 pulls forward to the level crossing

The A29 009 pulls forward to the level crossing

The A29 009 pulls forward to the level crossing

The A29 009 pulls forward to the level crossing

The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the bauxit loading area

The A29 014 (the red one) and A26 086 (the blue one) at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 014 (the red one) and A26 086 (the blue one) at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 014 (the red one) and A26 086 (the blue one) at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

The A29 009 at the Ajka bauxit loading area

We stopped at an overpass of the track to the bauxit loading area

We stopped at an overpass of the track to the bauxit loading area

The last stop: Csinger valley

The last stop: Csinger valley

The last stop: Csinger valley

The last stop: Csinger valley

The last stop: Csinger valley

The last stop: Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

The A29 009 at the Csinger valley

Our locomotive is going back to the factory

Our locomotive is going back to the factory

The V46 051 is here to help freight trains climb a heavy slope

The V46 051 is here to help freight trains climb a heavy slope

 

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