M62 517, one of MÁV's M62s fitted with broad (1520mm) gauge bogies, is seen at Eperjeske (Záhony) on 30 April 2002. The locomotive is pulling a train through the ore transfer plant where loaded broad gauge wagons are emptied for later loading into standard (1435mm) gauge wagons.
M62 517, one of MÁV's M62s fitted with broad (1520mm) gauge bogies, is seen at Eperjeske (Záhony) on 30 April 2002. The locomotive is pulling a train through the ore transfer plant where loaded broad gauge wagons are emptied for later loading into standard (1435mm) gauge wagons.
30th April 2002
Hungary
European Railway Photographs by Paul Steane
Believe it or not, this train belongs to Hungarian National Railways (MÁV)! This is the 13:55 departure from Somosgyszentpal to Balatonfenyves GV, with locomotive 5727 hauling one coach. This is one of the lines of the Balatonfenyvesi gazdasagi vasut (Balatonfenyves Farm Railway) and was built in the mid 1950s at 760mm gauge. Under threat of closure for some time, most of the Balatonfenyves system closed at the end of August 2002, leaving a limited seasonal service on some routes.Previous | NextFully restored in original livery, and ready to work an enthusiast's charter train, M62 001 stands at Szolnok depot on 6 September 2002. From 1965 onwards nearly 2500 locomotives of this and similar types were built at Lugansk, now in Ukraine, for Hungary, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia and the former German Democratic Republic. There have been widespread withdrawals from service in recent years, and the type only sees significant usage in Hungary on freight trains. Many more were built for the former Soviet Union's home market, including double versions.

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