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To the previous part of the series:
Regional Rail Express - 55: Lake Balaton II/Istria V (50 p.)
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Videos for this part:
July 14 2019
M61 001 hauling a freshly painted heritage livery express rake had taken me to Badacsonytomaj as Gy 1972 "Tekergő".
Meeting of two Pielstick-motorized M41s for the "Retro Weekend".
S 19702 "Kék Hullám" Budapest - Tapolca.
Long-distance regional rail express Gy 16906 "Tekergő" Tapolca - Záhony in front of Badacsony mountain. I was about to climb these slopes afterwards.
M62 089 approached near Badacsonyörs with S 19794 "Kék Hullám" to Tapolca.
Spotlight at Badacsonytomaj station.
1020 feet high Örsi-hegy in the background.
Long-distance 16907 "Tekergő" Záhony - Tapolca originating at the Ukrainian border.
M62 194 accelerated with lots of smoke. The scene on video:
S 19704 "Kék Hullám" towards Tapolca.
M62 089 took me homewards, more of the return trip can be watched on video.
July 10 2021
My pandemic visit to Lake Balaton took place on the first retro weekend in 2021. I had left Vienna already on Friday and checked into Halászkert hotel directly adjacent to Badacsony station.
Images from the trip there have been shown here already:
Regional Rail Express - 43: Citadella II (50 p.)
railroadforums.com
I walked to the western end of Badacsonytomaj early morning. My most desired object this trip – NOHAB-GM M61 019 - thundered past 25 minutes delayed with the first train at 5:16 a.m., VESz 19749 Tapolca - Balatonfüred.
Lake panorama with view of Fonyód on the southern shore.
Sunrays had made it above the clouds for VESz 19799 Tapolca - Balatonfüred at 5:40 a.m.
IC 1979 "Levendula" Tapolca - Budapest-Déli at 6:10 a.m. formed the only "proper" InterCity of the line with a total travelling time of 2:59h, all other express trains were stopping more frequently along one or another section of the railroad. Remotorized 418 308 (M41 2308) had also been freshly repainted.
On the way back to the center of Badacsony, I encountered this GDR-built IFA truck crane:
en.wikipedia.org
All cleaned up nicely after the Friday night party on Lake Balaton beach.
A windy morning.
View towards Badacsony table mountain of volcanic origin. "Bada" maybe is derived from the Slavic words "Voda" (= "water" of Lake Balaton) and for pier, the place probably carried the name earlier than the mountain.
Previously classified as semi-fast trains, "Kék Hullám" ("Blue Wave") had been upgraded to InterCities, IC 19707 Tapolca - Budapest at Badacsony.
M62 127 with a push-pull rake in heritage livery formed several local train pairs on Saturday, here VESz 19747 Tapolca - Balatonfüred. A car and a few passengers have been removed digitally.
IC 19797 "Kék Hullám" Szombathely - Budapest hauled by nostalgic red M41 2103.
I walked on to Badacsonytomaj for the return of M61 019 pulling VESz 19742 Balatonfüred - Tapolca.
Typical concrete walls around MÁV-property which are omnipresent throughout the country.
M40 219, nickname "Púpos" = "hunchback".
Long distance train Gy 1972 "Tekergő" Szolnok - Tapolca meeting an UAZ jeep in a composited panoramic image.
M62 194 and M41 156 arriving with 35 minutes delayed IC 19702 "Kék Hullám" at Badacsony around noon.
VESz 19734 Balatonfüred - Tapolca provided one of the best departures of the day, on video:
The restored push-pull train.
VESz 19745 Tapolca - Balatonfüred plus Badacsony in the background.
July 11 2015
Badacsony panorama into the other direction featuring M61 017 six years earlier.
July 9 2021
Friday evening, I walked uphill into the vineyards - view including IC 19706 "Kék Hullám" Budapest - Tapolca. Almost no boats could be found on the lake due to strong winds, warning lights kept blinking at the harbors.
VESz 19746 Balatonfüred - Tapolca passed by punctually, in the background half an hour delayed IC 853 "Tópart" Nagykanizsa - Budapest-Déli on the Lake Balaton southern shore line near Fonyód.
View towards Szigliget castle (in Hungarian, please use autotranslate):
hu.wikipedia.org
VESz 19781 Tapolca - Balatonfüred approached at 7:50 p.m. from Badacsonytördemic-Szigliget station.
Near Badacsonylábdihegy halt. Rókarántó hill with chapel in the distance, we will visit it next time.
To the previous part of the series:
Regional Rail Express - 55: Lake Balaton II/Istria V (50 p.)
Regional Rail Express - 55: Lake Balaton II/Istria V (50 p.)
Hi, To the previous part of the series: Regional Rail Express - 54: Lake Balaton I/Istria IV (50 p.) https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/regional-rail-express-54-lake-balaton-i-istria-iv-50-p.20311 June 30 2019 We return to Balatonkenese station, the loess bluff of...
Videos for this part:
July 14 2019
M61 001 hauling a freshly painted heritage livery express rake had taken me to Badacsonytomaj as Gy 1972 "Tekergő".
Meeting of two Pielstick-motorized M41s for the "Retro Weekend".
S 19702 "Kék Hullám" Budapest - Tapolca.
Long-distance regional rail express Gy 16906 "Tekergő" Tapolca - Záhony in front of Badacsony mountain. I was about to climb these slopes afterwards.
M62 089 approached near Badacsonyörs with S 19794 "Kék Hullám" to Tapolca.
Spotlight at Badacsonytomaj station.
1020 feet high Örsi-hegy in the background.
Long-distance 16907 "Tekergő" Záhony - Tapolca originating at the Ukrainian border.
M62 194 accelerated with lots of smoke. The scene on video:
S 19704 "Kék Hullám" towards Tapolca.
M62 089 took me homewards, more of the return trip can be watched on video.
July 10 2021
My pandemic visit to Lake Balaton took place on the first retro weekend in 2021. I had left Vienna already on Friday and checked into Halászkert hotel directly adjacent to Badacsony station.
Images from the trip there have been shown here already:
Regional Rail Express - 43: Citadella II (50 p.)
Regional Rail Express - 43: Citadella II (50 p.)
Hi, To the previous part of the series: Regional Rail Express - 42: Citadella I (50 p.) https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/regional-rail-express-42-citadella-i-50-p.18080 July 9 2021 Finally, some current photos for this series: Friday morning, I took an IR "Helikon" from...
I walked to the western end of Badacsonytomaj early morning. My most desired object this trip – NOHAB-GM M61 019 - thundered past 25 minutes delayed with the first train at 5:16 a.m., VESz 19749 Tapolca - Balatonfüred.
Lake panorama with view of Fonyód on the southern shore.
Sunrays had made it above the clouds for VESz 19799 Tapolca - Balatonfüred at 5:40 a.m.
IC 1979 "Levendula" Tapolca - Budapest-Déli at 6:10 a.m. formed the only "proper" InterCity of the line with a total travelling time of 2:59h, all other express trains were stopping more frequently along one or another section of the railroad. Remotorized 418 308 (M41 2308) had also been freshly repainted.
On the way back to the center of Badacsony, I encountered this GDR-built IFA truck crane:
IFA W 50 - Wikipedia
All cleaned up nicely after the Friday night party on Lake Balaton beach.
A windy morning.
View towards Badacsony table mountain of volcanic origin. "Bada" maybe is derived from the Slavic words "Voda" (= "water" of Lake Balaton) and for pier, the place probably carried the name earlier than the mountain.
Previously classified as semi-fast trains, "Kék Hullám" ("Blue Wave") had been upgraded to InterCities, IC 19707 Tapolca - Budapest at Badacsony.
M62 127 with a push-pull rake in heritage livery formed several local train pairs on Saturday, here VESz 19747 Tapolca - Balatonfüred. A car and a few passengers have been removed digitally.
IC 19797 "Kék Hullám" Szombathely - Budapest hauled by nostalgic red M41 2103.
I walked on to Badacsonytomaj for the return of M61 019 pulling VESz 19742 Balatonfüred - Tapolca.
Typical concrete walls around MÁV-property which are omnipresent throughout the country.
M40 219, nickname "Púpos" = "hunchback".
Long distance train Gy 1972 "Tekergő" Szolnok - Tapolca meeting an UAZ jeep in a composited panoramic image.
M62 194 and M41 156 arriving with 35 minutes delayed IC 19702 "Kék Hullám" at Badacsony around noon.
VESz 19734 Balatonfüred - Tapolca provided one of the best departures of the day, on video:
The restored push-pull train.
VESz 19745 Tapolca - Balatonfüred plus Badacsony in the background.
July 11 2015
Badacsony panorama into the other direction featuring M61 017 six years earlier.
July 9 2021
Friday evening, I walked uphill into the vineyards - view including IC 19706 "Kék Hullám" Budapest - Tapolca. Almost no boats could be found on the lake due to strong winds, warning lights kept blinking at the harbors.
VESz 19746 Balatonfüred - Tapolca passed by punctually, in the background half an hour delayed IC 853 "Tópart" Nagykanizsa - Budapest-Déli on the Lake Balaton southern shore line near Fonyód.
View towards Szigliget castle (in Hungarian, please use autotranslate):
Szigligeti vár – Wikipédia
VESz 19781 Tapolca - Balatonfüred approached at 7:50 p.m. from Badacsonytördemic-Szigliget station.
Near Badacsonylábdihegy halt. Rókarántó hill with chapel in the distance, we will visit it next time.
