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Hi,
To the previous part of the series:
Regional Rail Express - 64: Transylvania Puszta Special (50 p. + 1 v.)
railroadforums.com
August 5 2018
From the summer regional rail express tour through Romania, I arrived at Püspökladány by IC 366 "Hargita" Brașov - Budapest at 6:48 p.m. - time to focus on this "espicopal" railway junction in a special ("Püspök" = bishop).
Püspökladány is located on the Szolnok - Debrecen line (both links in German, please use autotranslate):
de.wikipedia.org
Here, the railroad towards Oradea branches off (including a picture of the station before modernization):
de.wikipedia.org
A V63 "Gigant" arrived from Budapest hauling S 6296, which I had taken two years earlier to Nyíregyháza.
418.174 switched alongside welcome scenes - only the old-school engineer somehow didn't like railroad photography... but otherwise, no one cared.
After a long day in over 30-degree heat, often humid - it had started around six o'clock in the morning at Poieni:
Regional Rail Express - 59: Transilvania II (50 p.)
railroadforums.com
I decided not to wait around another hour for the "Corona" overnight express. The weather was supposed to be clearer anyway early the following morning.
Instead, I checked into the "Korona" hotel - last stop of the tour - and enjoyed a cool drink alongside a grill platter.
August 6 2018
I walked past the station.
To the eastern level crossing: 6240 Szolnok - Nyíregyháza leaving at 5:42 in the morning.
416.009 built by Russian Metrowagonmash at 5:45 a.m. as Sz 6420 to Biharkeresztes.
At 5:57, EC 140 "Hortobágy" Záhony - Vienna consisting of a Slovak ZSSK set plus Ukrainian sleeping car from Kyiv arrived.
S 6199 Nyíregyháza - Budapest-Nyugati at 6:03.
Overnight IC 406 "Corona" Brașov - Budapest approached five minutes late in the steamy morning haze from Romania. The electrification only reached past this curve at that time.
Sz 369 Püspökladány - Oradea - Salonta left right after the arrival of "Corona" at half past six.
S 6202 Budapest-Nyugati - Záhony at 8:52 a.m.
I walked along the line to the end of the electrification and waited for the punctual departure of well-known IC 367 "Hargita" Budapest - Brașov at 9:29.
Once more the video scenes from Püspökladány:
July 8 2023
IC 604 "Nyírség" Budapest-Nyugati - Nyíregyháza had taken me on a weekend trip to Berettyóújfalu last summer - the "Giants" still rule.
Not long ago indispensable in passenger traffic, GySEV V43s are now increasingly on freight duty away from home.
Constantin Grup Kutter 60-0434 met mgw Service Vectron 193 846.
And the circular IC 562 "Tokaj" Budapest-Keleti - Miskolc-Tiszai - Nyíregyháza - Budapest-Nyugati.
National regional services on the soon-to-be-electrified line to Biharkeresztes were only operated by Bzmot railcars that weekend.
Traveling by "Lunchbox" through the Puszta near Báránd.
At the station, freight Foxes were bustling in the background.
With road support.
April 29 2023
During the trip to Șuncuiuș last spring, I captured a more modern version. In the background, FOXrail Romanian Cutters and PSŽ EffiLiner 1600 "Bizon" 753.608 (heavily modernized Czech diesel).
April 22 2003
A great page about the station/local history (in Hungarian, please use autotranslate) worth scrolling through completely. Until World War I, there had been a magnificent wooden platform roof construction here:
Exactly twenty years earlier, I had managed to capture almost the same perspective from the window of an Ukrainian sleeping car from L'viv.
Unfortunately, the historic locomotive shed has been demolished in 2014 as part of a complete yard renewal.
I had already shown more pictures from the trip here (in German):
Hungarian East '03-'16 - 7: Through the Puszta to Chop (50 p.)
July 8 2023
Streamlined class 242 steam tank engines had been at home here and hauled the "Balt-Orient-Express" as double header (see linked historical page for pictures).
Now, various other shapes were meeting here.
April 29 2023
Something Styrian stayed hidden.
Engine change for IC 367 "Hargita" Budapest - Brașov; we were traveling in the first class compartment.
A large part of passenger traffic is now dominated by Stadler FLIRT EMUs.
August 6 2018
Mixed rolling stock with Metrowagonmash railcar and ČKD locomotive during shunting.
Arrival of IC 362 "Ady Endre" from Cluj. It was about to take me to Budapest where a sleeper compartment on the "Istria" express was waiting, directly to the sea at Opatija (see previous reports in the series or video).
July 9 2023
Last summer, I wanted to take our star train EC 146 "Transilvania" Cluj - Vienna... here it still operated relatively punctually.
431 344 in front of the CFR car in old livery.
The "shortened" M41.
Next time, we'll follow "Transilvania" (almost?) (completely?) to Vienna - and then move on to other areas...
To the previous part of the series:
Regional Rail Express - 64: Transylvania Puszta Special (50 p. + 1 v.)
Regional Rail Express - 64: Transilvania Puszta Special (50 p. + 1 v.)
Hi, To the previous part of the series: Regional Rail Express - 63: Transilvania VI (50 p.) https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/regional-rail-express-63-transilvania-vi-50-p.22083 The new video for this part: April 29 2023 We are travelling from Oradea towards Hungary. A...
August 5 2018
From the summer regional rail express tour through Romania, I arrived at Püspökladány by IC 366 "Hargita" Brașov - Budapest at 6:48 p.m. - time to focus on this "espicopal" railway junction in a special ("Püspök" = bishop).
Püspökladány is located on the Szolnok - Debrecen line (both links in German, please use autotranslate):
Bahnstrecke Szolnok–Debrecen – Wikipedia
Here, the railroad towards Oradea branches off (including a picture of the station before modernization):
Bahnstrecke Püspökladány–Oradea – Wikipedia
A V63 "Gigant" arrived from Budapest hauling S 6296, which I had taken two years earlier to Nyíregyháza.
418.174 switched alongside welcome scenes - only the old-school engineer somehow didn't like railroad photography... but otherwise, no one cared.
After a long day in over 30-degree heat, often humid - it had started around six o'clock in the morning at Poieni:
Regional Rail Express - 59: Transilvania II (50 p.)
Regional Rail Express - 59: Transilvania II (50 p.)
Hi, To the previous part of the series: Regional Rail Express - 58: Balaton V/Istria VI (50 p.) https://railroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/regional-rail-express-58-balaton-v-istria-vi-50-p.21390/ Video for this part: January 7 2023 The most photographed train of the past months...
I decided not to wait around another hour for the "Corona" overnight express. The weather was supposed to be clearer anyway early the following morning.
Instead, I checked into the "Korona" hotel - last stop of the tour - and enjoyed a cool drink alongside a grill platter.
August 6 2018
I walked past the station.
To the eastern level crossing: 6240 Szolnok - Nyíregyháza leaving at 5:42 in the morning.
416.009 built by Russian Metrowagonmash at 5:45 a.m. as Sz 6420 to Biharkeresztes.
At 5:57, EC 140 "Hortobágy" Záhony - Vienna consisting of a Slovak ZSSK set plus Ukrainian sleeping car from Kyiv arrived.
S 6199 Nyíregyháza - Budapest-Nyugati at 6:03.
Overnight IC 406 "Corona" Brașov - Budapest approached five minutes late in the steamy morning haze from Romania. The electrification only reached past this curve at that time.
Sz 369 Püspökladány - Oradea - Salonta left right after the arrival of "Corona" at half past six.
S 6202 Budapest-Nyugati - Záhony at 8:52 a.m.
I walked along the line to the end of the electrification and waited for the punctual departure of well-known IC 367 "Hargita" Budapest - Brașov at 9:29.
Once more the video scenes from Püspökladány:
July 8 2023
IC 604 "Nyírség" Budapest-Nyugati - Nyíregyháza had taken me on a weekend trip to Berettyóújfalu last summer - the "Giants" still rule.
Not long ago indispensable in passenger traffic, GySEV V43s are now increasingly on freight duty away from home.
Constantin Grup Kutter 60-0434 met mgw Service Vectron 193 846.
And the circular IC 562 "Tokaj" Budapest-Keleti - Miskolc-Tiszai - Nyíregyháza - Budapest-Nyugati.
National regional services on the soon-to-be-electrified line to Biharkeresztes were only operated by Bzmot railcars that weekend.
Traveling by "Lunchbox" through the Puszta near Báránd.
At the station, freight Foxes were bustling in the background.
With road support.
April 29 2023
During the trip to Șuncuiuș last spring, I captured a more modern version. In the background, FOXrail Romanian Cutters and PSŽ EffiLiner 1600 "Bizon" 753.608 (heavily modernized Czech diesel).
April 22 2003
A great page about the station/local history (in Hungarian, please use autotranslate) worth scrolling through completely. Until World War I, there had been a magnificent wooden platform roof construction here:
Vasúttörténet - Püspökladány anno
*** Püspökladányi vasúttörténet: Magyarországon a legelső gőzvasút 1846. júl. 15-én indult Pest és Vác között. A szabadságharc előtt már vaspálya kötötte össze Pestet és Szolnokot. Tervbe vették a szolnok-debreceni és a váradi vonal építését is, de a terv csak a szabadságharc után valósulhatott...
puspokladanyanno.hu
Exactly twenty years earlier, I had managed to capture almost the same perspective from the window of an Ukrainian sleeping car from L'viv.
Unfortunately, the historic locomotive shed has been demolished in 2014 as part of a complete yard renewal.
I had already shown more pictures from the trip here (in German):
Hungarian East '03-'16 - 7: Through the Puszta to Chop (50 p.)
Magyarischer Osten '03-'16 - 7: Durch die Puszta nach Tschop (50 B.)
Magyarischer Osten '03-'16 - 7: Durch die Puszta nach Tschop (50 B.)
www.mstsforum.info
July 8 2023
Streamlined class 242 steam tank engines had been at home here and hauled the "Balt-Orient-Express" as double header (see linked historical page for pictures).
Now, various other shapes were meeting here.
April 29 2023
Something Styrian stayed hidden.
Engine change for IC 367 "Hargita" Budapest - Brașov; we were traveling in the first class compartment.
A large part of passenger traffic is now dominated by Stadler FLIRT EMUs.
August 6 2018
Mixed rolling stock with Metrowagonmash railcar and ČKD locomotive during shunting.
Arrival of IC 362 "Ady Endre" from Cluj. It was about to take me to Budapest where a sleeper compartment on the "Istria" express was waiting, directly to the sea at Opatija (see previous reports in the series or video).
July 9 2023
Last summer, I wanted to take our star train EC 146 "Transilvania" Cluj - Vienna... here it still operated relatively punctually.
431 344 in front of the CFR car in old livery.
The "shortened" M41.
Next time, we'll follow "Transilvania" (almost?) (completely?) to Vienna - and then move on to other areas...
