Hungary 

 The Forestry Railway of Lillafüred (LÁEV) owns a tiny B-26 type locomotive from 1954. It used to work in a sugar factory and it is the only preserved one of this series. Sometimes it runs in special trains.

 There are special locomotives on the Forestry Museum Railway of Kemence. This series's nickname is "Kuli", they used to work mostly in brickyards. In the picture it is running on a temporary track.

The passenger trains on the museum railway are usually pulled by MD40 locomotives. This locomotive came from a narrow gauge railway operated by a fish farm near Szeged.

Locomotive number P2 is the symbol of the museum railway. It is the only surviving MD40 series locomotive with such a driver's cab. Some other railways also have MD40 locos but they don't use them in passenger service.

 Series C50 locos were produced in the 1950s with truck engines. They have pedals and a gearbox in the driver's cabin like in a truck. 600 mm gauge version has a little bit different engine hood. The picture was taken on a removed mine railway. 600 mm gauge C50 locos currently run only in Almamellék.

 C50 locomotives were common on forestry and agricultural narrow gauge railways. I took this photo in Kaszó, at the endstation of a short forestry railway. They work regularly on the forestry railways of Gemenc, Csömödér, Nagybörzsöny, Felsőtárkány and Pálháza, as well as on leisure railways in Pécs, Debrecen and Tiszakécske.

The Lenti Forest Railway was connected to the Csömödér network in 2000, and is currently the longest narrow gauge railway in Hungary. The picture shows a red C50 locomotive, which is rare, only found in Csömödér and Felsőtárkány. Occasionally, C50 locomotives also run in Nagycenk, Budapest, Balatonfenyves and Lillafüred.

Type L-60 locomotives were built in East-Germany in the 1950s. One of them operates regularly near to the Danube Bend, between Szob and Nagyirtás. The Forestry Railway of Szilvásvárad also have one loco of this type. 

The Mk48 series was an other widely use type of narrow gauge locomotives in Hungary. They were produced in Rába Factory in Győr between 1960 ans 1961. This picture represents the Forestry Railway of Királyrét near Budapest with Christmas decoration. 

 "Mátravasút" in Gyöngyös has diesel locomotives only from Mk48 series. They have typical colours here. Type Mk48 is the usual locomotive on the forestry railways of Szilvásvárad and Lillafüred. These 2 other railways have even few modernised, hybrid ones of them, as well as the Children's Railway in Budapest.

The Zsuzsi Forest Railway is the oldest narrow gauge railway in Hungary, still in operation today. Passenger trains are pulled by Mk48 locomotives. The Csömödéri Forest Railway also has two green colour Mk48 locomotives, but these are rarely used. We can also find this type of locomotive in Slovakia and Austria.

The Balatonfenyves Agricultural Railway is Hungary's last narrow gauge railway line with little commuter passenger traffic, operated by MÁV. These Mk48 locomotives arrived from Kecskemét, a closed railway line. MÁV's Mk48 locomotives can also be found in Viktor Orbán's hometown, in Felcsút.

The MK48 type (LDH45) is very close to my heart because I used to work for the Children's Railway of Széchenyi-hegy for several years. This strong series was produced in Bucuresti and became a common type in several countries. In Hungary they operate only in Budapest.

Germany

Although the LDH45 is a widely used series, I have only encountered it outside of Hungary on the Zittauer Schmalspurbahn.

The 199.8 series were truly special, originally standard gauge type 112 locomotives, later their gauge was modified to 1000 mm. However, steam traction was eventually retained on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, so these special locomotives are rarely used. Two of them (including this one) were equipped with standard gauge folding buffers.

Orenstein-Koppel built three three-axle diesel locomotives for the Brohltalbahn in the 1960s. This railway also has a four-axle Henschel diesel locomotive, but unfortunately I did not see it.

Bulgaria

 On the Rhodope Narrow Gauge Railway I managed to travel by a 4-axles Henschel diesel locomotive from 1965. At the end of the 1980s, the FAUR Factory in Bucuresti copied this type, but the original one was a better construction.

Poland

The L30H series (Polish: Lyd2) were widely used on Polish narrow gauge railways, including industrial railways. These three-axle types were manufactured by FAUR in Bucharest between 1973 and 1983. They are regularly used on passenger trains by Bieszczadzka Kolejka Leśna in south-eastern Poland.

The Wls 150 series (Lyd1) locomotives are not in service on this forestry railway, but I saw a working locomotive in Środa Wielkopolska in 2023. This type was mainly used on industrial railways.

Slovakia

The BNE-50 series locomotives were built in the 1950s with Škoda engine. On the Čiernohronská železnica they use it mostly in work trains. The narrow gauge railway of Szob has also one of this type.

TU29.2 series was a modified narrow gauge version of type T211 shunting locomotives. This locomotive originally was built on standard gauge by ČKD factory. It has been working on the Children's Railway of Košice since 2018.

Czech Republic

ČKD produced TU47 series narrow gauge locos in the 1950s in Prague. These have 2 driver's cab which is not so common on narrow gauge lines. This one operates in Osoblaha which is the last narrow gauge line of ČD.

The Jindřichův Hradec Local Railways (JHMD) also operates some locos of TU47 series, both in red and green colours. These series also previously operated on the former narrow gauge line of Ružomberok, which is now located in Slovakia.

Austria

The ÖBB 2095 series diesel locomotives were built by Simmering-Graz-Pauker Factory between 1958 and 1962. On the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn they were operated regularly in 2007. This one has beautiful original BBÖ colours.

Zillertalbahn got 7 high-permormance diesel locomotives between 2004 and 2012. They are used for both freight and passenger trains. Their local nickname is Lupo. The loco in the picture was sold to the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn.

Lithuania

The TU2 series was built in the 1950s by Kaluga machine factory in the Soviet Union with tank engines. They are in operation only on the last Lithuathian narrow gauge line (Panevežys - Rubikai) and on Ukrainian narrow gauge railways. They are suprisingly quiet vehicles.

Ukraine

The Borzhava narrow gauge railway was shut down just before the war. TU2 diesel locomotives are still in operation in other parts of Ukraine, such as Haivoron. This type is the last in my collection to have two cabs.

The former Vyhoda Forest Railway has become a tourist attraction under the name "Carpathian Railway". This TU6P locomotive or railcar from 1988 built in Kambarka was the standard engine for passenger trains.

Latvia

The TU7 series locomotives were built in the same factory which produced TU6 type. This TU7 engine works on the last daily operating narrow gauge railway of the Baltics, between Gulbene and Alūksne.

Wales

The Snowdon Mountain Railway is the UK's only narrow gauge cogwheel railway. Hunslet-built diesel or steam locomotives take passenger trains up the summit of Snowdon.

Slovakia

The Zvolen - Vrútky railway was the first line built by MÁV, was opened in 1872. It passes through the Kremnica Mountains. 

The endstation of the Tatra Electric Railway (Slovak: Tatranská elektrická železnica) in Poprad, in the background with the High Tatras. The Poprad - Starý Smokovec section was opened in 1908.

The newly independent Czechoslovakia needed west-east lines in Slovakia, as they only had a single railway line in that direction to eastern Slovakia. The Červená Skala - Margecany railway line was finally opened in 1936.

The Telgárt - Dedinky section is particularly beautiful with its viaducts, tunnels and the Slovak Ore Mountains.

This part of the route crosses the popular Slovak Paradise National Park. 

Czechoslovakia built another west-east railway between Turňa nad Bodvou and Rožňava to connect Košice and Lučenec. They finished it in 1955.

A double-track line was built on the new section, except for a long tunnel that crosses the Slovak Ore Mountains.

Ukraine

Travelling towards the Uzhok Pass by an old Elektricka. This line is electrified but it has only one track.

The Lviv-Mukachevo-Chop main line crosses the Carpathians under the Volovets Pass in a tunnel. The picture shows a long-distance train pulled by a two-section electric locomotive.

A single-track, non-electrified railway line goes through the Yablonitski Pass. In this picture you can see the Upper-Tisa river in the Carpathians.

Romania

The Salva - Sighetu Marmației railway is spectacular with the mountains, its viaducts and few tunnels. The Salva - Vișeu de Jos section was finished in 1949.

In the background, the Plopiș Mountains near Ciucea in Northern Transylvania. The Oradea - Cluj line is currently undergoing an electrification and modernization project.

The Oravița - Anina line is a scenic, mountainous line with narrow curves, so special vehicles operate on it. And although the train reaches its maximum speed at the Oravița switch area, as a Hungarian tourist sarcastically remarked during our trip, the first viaduct is not far from the starting point of the line.

When the railway line was opened, passenger traffic was not allowed due to its danger, and it was only permitted later. The line has tunnels, viaducts and cuttings. It is called sometimes as the Semmering of Banat.

The Podu Olt - Piatra Olt railway line is the only non-electrified line that crosses the Carpathians in Romania. The train heads towards the Turnu Roșu Pass, the only place where a river (the Olt) flows through this mountain range.

There are high mountains.in the Olt River valley. This picure shows also a light railway signal.

From Brașov towards to the Predal Pass and the Carpathians.

Between Predeal and Sinaia you can see breathtaking mountains from the window of the train.

Bulgaria

The Rhodope narrow gauge railway has the highest railway station in the Balkans. However, the line between Varvara and Kostandovo stations, including the valley of the Chepinskaya River, is more spectacular than the higher section. This railway is less crowded than the Šargan Eight in Serbia.

Bosnia

A long section of the Ploče - Sarajevo line runs through the Neretva River valley, surrounded by mountains.

The Neretva river from the window of the train.

Between Konjic and Sarajevo the railway line has several U-shaped curves, tunnels and few viaducts. This viaduct is located between 2 tunnels and is visible from an other point on the railway line, too.

Montenegro

The Belgrade - Bar standard gauge railway was finished in 1976. It is a very spectacular line through the mountains of Serbia and Montenegro. On the Montenegrin side you can travel at daylight only by local trains or in summer by the Tara fast train.

There are rocks and tunnels everywhere. About 20% of Montenegro's railway lines is located in tunnels.

The railway line runs along the side of the mountains. The layers of the fold mountains can be observed.

Hungary

The Ganz factory produced famous diesel railcars also for narrow gauge railways. This Abamot railcar from 1929 is one of the first ones. It used to run in Miskolc (on the forestry railway of Lillafüred) for decades but since the 1990s it serves on the Children's Railway in Budapest.

Ganz Dmot type is a narrow gauge baggage railcar. The last preserved one from 1940 has been running on the museum railway of Nagycenk since 2021. Ganz exported several narrow gauge passenger railcars to former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The Rhodope Railway in Bulgaria plans to renew a preserved one.

In the 2010s the engine shed of the forestry railway of Királyrét transformed 2 cargo wagons to railcars. One of them runs there and the other one (in the picture) works nearby, between Szob and Nagyirtás.

Romania

The famous Vaser Valley Forestry Railway in Vișeu de Sus manufactured a railcar from a passenger wagon around 1960. Unfortunately it doesn't run, it is part of the open-air exhibition.

You can find several light railcars there, mostly transformed Ford Transit minibuses. 

Poland

The Park Railway Maltanka in Poznań has a railbus built in 1932.

Slovakia

The M21.004 Tatra railcar from 1939 is a valuable vehicle of the Čiernohronská železnica (ČHŽ).

Czech Republic

The Jindřichův Hradec Local Railways (JHMD) bought a MBxd2 series railcar from Poland. They reconstructed it in an unconventional way in 2014. Its nickname is Submarine.

Austria

The ÖBB used to have narrow gauge railways in the past. Railcars type 5090 were common vehicles on these lines. The track to Ybbsitz has been already removed, I took this picture in 2007.

Type 5090 railcar in Mittersill in 2007. They still run there on the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn. This series was built by Jenbacher Werke in Austria.

Murtalbahn has also very similar vehicles to type 5090. In one train they use a railcar and a driving trailer. Unfortunately the driving trailers lost their traditional colours in 2023 and they are currently white.

Portugal

On the last narrow gauge line of Portugal only series 9630 diesel multiple units serve the daily traffic.

Germany

In Bautzen they built 4 vehicles of VT 137 series. Only one of them survived which was 80 years old in 2018 when I traveled with it to Jonsdorf on the Zittauer Schmalspurbahn. Unfortunately currently it is out of service.

Number 187.013-8 railcar was built in Talbot factory in 1955. Nowadays it runs on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen. They have one more railcar of this type.

Number 187.015-3 is a prototype railcar of HSB from 1996.

Verkehrsbetriebe Nordhausen GmbH got 3 Combino Duo type vehicles in 2004. They have also a diesel and an electric engines and use a short section of the HSB network.

Wales

Sir Haydn locomotive is shunting at Nant Gwernol station on the Talyllyn Railway. This tiny steam was built in 1878 and it changed its colour, currently is red.

Edward Thomas is the second youngest steam loco of this museum railway, but it is also over 100 years old.

Talyllyn is the oldest locomotive what I have even seen in operation. It was built in 1864.

Dolgoch, a cute steam loco from 1866, is about to depart from Tywyn Wharf station.

Probably the Ffestiniog Railway is the most famous among of the museum railways of Wales. It is the only place where fairlie steams are in operation. Fairlie locos have double engine and 2 fronts. James Spooner is a new one, was produced in 2023, but the museum railway has some old ones, too.

Garratt locomotives were mostly used in Africa. This one was built in Manchester in 1951 and then served in South Africa until 1985. It has been operating on the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway since 2021.

Llanberris is the start station of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It has also a museum railway next to the lake. Thomas Bach, the tiny steam loco has arrived at the endstation with its red and green carriages. 

Isle of Man

The smallest steam locomotive which has ever pulled my train on the Great Mine Laxey Railway. It is a new one, based on an old plan. They have an other same loco.

The Groudle Glen Railway is a 900-meter-long narrow gauge railway operated by railway enthusiasts. Brown Bear is a replica locomotive. It pulled an extra train ordered by German railway fans on our visiting day.

Isle of Man Steam Railway operates only original locomotives of the same local type which started their service there. Kissack (number 13) is one of the operable steams.

Kissack is meeting with the train pulled by Maitland (number 11) at Castletown station.

Germany

Steam locos from the typical series of Harzer Schmalspurbahnen in Wernigerode. They were built after WW2.

HSB owns also few Mallet steam locomotives but they rarely run. This is the oldest one, around from 1900. 

99-222 is the only high performance steam loco of HSB from before WW2.

 Zittauer Schmalspurbahn has similar locomotives from the 1920s. This one is waiting for the departure time in Kurort Oybin.

Poland

Px48 is a common steam loco series in Poland. I traveled with this between Środa Wielkopolska and Zaniemyśl.

Bieszczadzka Kolejka Leśna is a narrow gauge railway in South-Eastern Poland. Steam locomotives of Kp4 series were common here after 1957, but this one arrived from a sugar factory.

Latvia

The only daily operating narrow gauge line in the Baltics is situated between Gulbene and Alūksne. In summer some weekends there are steam loco pulled trains, usually by Ferdinands (Gr-319) from 1951.

Hungary

 447-401 (Lilla) is a steam locomotive of LÁEV but unfortunately is out of service since 2011. This type was produced in MÁVAG in the 1950s. It has a tender like the previous Polish and Latvian locos.

"Triglav" is the oldest operating narrow gauge locomotive in Hungary. It runs on the Forestry Museum Railway of Kemence. It was built by Krauss Factory in München and originally worked near the Triglav summit. 

394 was a series of tiny steam locomotives by MÁVAG. Number 023 was produced in 1923 and had served different places before arrived in Debrecen in 2006. It pulls special trains.

MÁVAG has been produced type 490 steam locomotives for decades. The Children's Railway in Budapest has two operable steams of them. 490-039 was built in 1942. 

490-056 was built in 1950. There is one more operable loco of this original series in Hungary in Balatonfenyves.

Romania produced very similar steam locomotives to MÁVAG 490 series. Most of them were built in Reșița which became the nickname of them. "Ábel" from 1955 runs on the forestry railway of Csömödér.

Romania

A "Reșița" in their homeland, in Romania is filling water on the Vaser Valley Forestry Railway which is the most famous narrow gauge railway of the country. "Mocăniță" is the Romanian nickname of narrow gauge steams.

Slovakia

MÁVAG series 492 locomotive on the Čiernohronská železnica (ČHŽ) from 1916. It is very similar to type 490. This forestry railway has other operable steams and some interesting diesel vehicles, too.

Czech Republic

The "Reșița" of JHMD is departing from Jindřichův Hradec. This railway was closed for few years, was reopened in 2024 but its future is still in danger.

The Czech Railway Museum in Lužná u Rakovnika has a short narrow gauge track. This popular tiny steam (produced by Krauss in Linz in 1912) runs there.

Austria

 An other Krauss steam locomotive from 1906 on the Taurachbahn in Mauterndorf. This railway is operated by railway enthusiasts.

 Achenseebahn is a meter gauge rack railway in Tyrol. Its steams were produced in 1889 in Wien, in Floridsdorf.

Austria

Semmering line was the first mountain railway in the world. It crosses picturesque landscape and it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. This photo shows a gallery tunnel of the railway in the rocky mountains.

A 4020/6020 series EMU is about to enter a tunnel. It looks like a model railway.

Payerbach-Reichenau station of the Semmeringbahn is the starting point of the Höllentalbahn which is a narrow gauge museum tram. In the background you can see the Rax mountain range.

Mariazellerbahn is a narrow gauge mountain railway between Sankt Pölten and Mariazell. The mountains were very beautiful of the colors of autumn and the windows of this nostalgic train were openable.

Tamsweg is the endstation of the daily operating section of Murtalbahn. The background shows the Alps.

Reisseckbahn was a system of 3 funiculars and a narrow gauge railway in Carinthia. The endstation was situated at 2250 m altitude. Unfortunately this railway was closed in 2016.

Slovenia

Slovenia used to belong to Carinthia for centuries. I took this picture of a nostalgic train in the Bohinj area. The Bohinj Railway is the most spectacular line in Slovenia.

Italy, South Tyrol

 A former storage building of San Candido railway station with the famous Dolomites in the background.

Norway

 Myrdal is the junction between the Oslo - Bergen line and the famous Flåm Line (Flåmsbana). The station is situated 867 m above the sea level.

Though the altitude of Mjølfjell station is only 627 m, the nearby mountains were snowy also in May.

 Åndalsnes is the endstation of the scenic Raumabahn, you can see the tracks. The town lies in a fjord.

Scotland

Scotland has also fjords and some lakes look similar. This is Loch Shiel in Glenfinnan. You can see a short section of railway track which is situated between the famous viaduct and Glenfinnan railway station.

Wales

 The panorama from the Snowdon Mountain Railway's window is breathtaking.

The mountains nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog were used for slate mining. It is the endstation of the famous Ffestiniog museum railway and of a normal gauge secondary line.

Portugal

 A tight section of the Douro River Valley in Portugal. You can do this trip either by boat or by train.

Switzerland

 The Pre-Rhine valley between Tamins and Ilanz has spectacular rocks.

Clouds, mountains and a train of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) near Disentis in summer.

The Disentis - Andermatt section, through Oberalppass is one the most scenic part of the Glacier express route. In winter usually snow covers everything.

From Nätschen to Andermatt the train passes several U-shaped curves before arriving in the valley.

The view in December is quite different from in May.

Kleine Scheidegg is a junction between Wengernalpbahn és Jungfraubahn. Jungfraubahn has the railway station at the highest level in Europe (3454 m). You can see Jungfrau summit (4158 m) in the background. 

The Luzern - Interlaken section of the Golden Pass route goes next to Alpine lakes. Lungerersee is situated at the highest altitude of them, at 688 m. Unfortunately the windows of the trains can not be opened to take photos.

After Interlaken the Golden Pass route continues on normal gauge at the side of Lake Thun.

The landscape of the Golden Pass route between Spiez and Montreux is different from the previous part of it.

Rhaetian Railway's Arosa line is not as well known as Albula or Bernina, but goes through beautiful mountains.

Rhaetian Railway operates nostalgic trains between Filisur and Davos from May to October with normal fare.

Let's finish this series with some pictures of other UNESCO World Heritage railways. Albula line was opened in 1904. In this picture the train is in shadow near Bergün but the mountains bright in sunshine.

 The Bergün - Preda section is the most exciting part of the Albula line, it has several lops and U-shaped curves.

Bernina line, the highest adhesion railway in Europe is also part of UNESCO World Heritage. Its highest point lies 2253 m above sea level. The photos shows a typical landscape between Pontresina and Bernina Pass.

The train goes down from Alp Grüm to Poschiavo through plenty of curves. It has already left the foggy, higher altitude part of the route.

 Tram Museum of Prague

 Tram number 3062( "Ponorka") is about to start a nostalgic run from the tram museum. It was built in 1942 during WW2 and the years of the Nazi occupation of Czechia

In Prague red is the common colour of the traims. Number 444 was produced in 1923.

Number 88 from 1900 is the oldest tram of the museum.

Controllers of trams

Number 200 used to be the Mayor's tram until 1951. It is also from 1900.

Trolleybus number 431 was produced in 1954 by ČKD factory in Prague

Elegant Tatra T2 prototype from 1955

Tram Museum of Porto

Unfortunatelly it is only a replica of an open tram from 1910, the original tram was destroyed in a fire in 1928. This tram can be hired for private runs.

American style tram from about 1905 built by the local company.

Porto's tram museum is small but interesting. Electric car number 288 (left) arrived form Belgium in 1928. Tram number 250 (right) was built in Porto around 1927.

Tram Museum of Lisbon

Car number 283 is the only remaining open tram from the early 20th century in the museum, built in 1902.

In 1901 CARRIS, the local tram company got 75 comfortable new trams, number 444 is one of them.

 American style tram from 1924 built by CARRIS.

Double decker buses used to run in Lisbon for decades. This one was in operation from 1957 until 1981.

Transport Museum of Dresden

Transport Museum is located in the city center of Dresden. So it doesn't have very big territory and in the collection there are only few trains. The replica of the first steam locomotive of Saxony is the most interesting train there.

Transport Museum of Switzerland, Lucerne

 The oldest electric motorcar of the collection, built in 1888 for Vevey-Montreux-Chillon company.

Electric locomotive of the Jungfraubahn. It was produced in 1898.

However electric trams already ran that time, Bern Tramway company ordered a steam loco in 1894.

 This narrow gauge rack steam locomotive of SBB was used on Brünig line between 1909 and 1957.

This picture shows 2 different  type of cog tracks: left one is the Riggenbach, right one is the Abt system.

Narrow gauge steam from 1912 of the Waldenburg Railway.

Electric locomotive Ge 2/4 number 207 of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) from 1913. In 2022 I saw an other Ge 2/4 locomotive (RhB 222) in operation.

The Ae 4/4 was an electric locomotive series of Bern-Lötschberg-Simplom (BLS) railway company. Only 8 locos were produced of them, this last one in 1955.

Tram Museum of Vienna

 This WIVO type bus from 1928 was a typical vehicle that time in Vienna.

This train from the 1920s was used on former Stadtbahn of Vienna.

 The WL 777, a type G railcar from 1929.

 The “Wiener Schnauze”, a bus that travelled through Vienna after the Second World War, also stands between trams. 

Tram number 4208 was built in New York in 1939. It arrived in Vienna in 1949.

The bus that fell into the Danube when the Reichsbrücke collapsed. After that it was repaired and ran again.

 Type F tram is similar to type E. The E series trams were iconic vehicles of Vienna and were used for decades.

Tamási és Keszőhidegkút-Gyönk állomások között már 1990-ben megszűnt a személyszállítás, néhány évvel később a teherszállítás érdekében azonban a vonal felújításra került. 2013-ban "Mozdony és madárfütty" szlogennel különvonatot szerveztek helyi vasútbarátok. A Bz mellékkocsival érkezett Tamási állomásra.

A Győr - Veszprém vonalon (a Bakonyvasúton) sokáig rendszeresek voltak a nosztalgiavonatok. 2013. szeptemberében az egyetlen üzemképesen megőrzött MDmot mozdony vitte a MÁV-Nosztalgia Kft. különvonatát.

A mezőcsáti szárnyvonalon 2007. március 3-án ment el az utolsó menetrend szerinti személyvonat. Vonalra én 2016-ban jutottam el, egy kisdácsiás különvonattal. Azóta már a vörös tárcsa is kikerült rá, a pálya járhatatlan. 

Újabb megismételhetetlen felvétel: a NOHAB-GM alapítvány mozdonya Lovasberényben, az egykori Székesfehérvár - Bicske vasútvonalon, ami 2017-ben vasútbarátok különvonatát vitte. Azóta már ez a pálya is ki van zárva a forgalomból. 

2019-ben a Rákos - Hatvan vasútvonal felújítása bizonyos fázisában Vácrátót - Galgamácsa - Balassagyarmat viszonylatban jártak személyvonatok. Fényképem Galgamácsán készült az irányt váltó szinkron Bz szerelvényről. Akkor még nem sejtettük, hogy a 77-es vonal személyforgalma állandó jelleggel is újraindul a jövőben. 

A "Vasparipák" oldal Cibak expressz 2019. szeptemberi különvonata Balkány állomáson egy IK211 társaságában. Jelenleg Nagykálló és Nyíradony között már csak pályafenntartási vonatok közlekedhetnek, max. 10 km/h-val.

A különvonat a Nyírbátor - Nyíregyháza vonalon tért vissza a szabolcsi megyeszékhelyre. Itt Kállósemjén állomáson vár a menetrend szerinti vonattal való keresztjére. Habár a pályaállapotok errefelé se rózsásak, szerelvénymenetekhez mindenképpen szükséges a vonal, ami megmentette a személyforgalom fenntartását.

A Somogyszob - Nagyatád vasúti mellékvonal egykor Barcsig vezetett, rövidke túlélő szakasza is több halállistán szerepelt. A 2020-as "járványügyi menetrendek" bevezetése előtt kerestem fel, amik lecsengése után még rövid időre feltámadt a vonal, de a 2023-as nyári módváltás óta nincsen rajta személyforgalom. 

Lakitelek jellegzetes formájú állomása a háttérben egy Kecskemét - Szolnok viszonylatú vonattal. Korábban négyes keresztek is voltak az állomáson, de a 2023-as nyári módváltás óta Kunszentmárton felé nem indít vonatokat. Fényképeim innentől kezdve a rédicsi képemmel bezárva 2020. május-júniusban készültek.. 

Turisztikai szerepe és közúton való nehézkes pótlása miatt a Kál-Kápolna - Kisújszállás túlélt minden bezárási kísérletet, bár a "járványügyi menetrendek" ideje alatt próbálkoztak részben buszos pótlásával. Különlegessége a kiskörei közös közúti-vasúti híd. A vonatok hagyományos keresztezési helye Kisköre, ahol biciklis bakter szolgál.

Történelmi és hálózati besorolás szempontjából egyértelműen fővonal, de utasforgalma alapján inkább mellékvonallá süllyedt a Hatvan - Somoskőújfalu közötti vasút. Pedig egykor neves nemzetközi vonatok is koptatták erre a síneket. 2020 nyarán jellemzően Uzsgyik közlekedtek, néhány Csörgős vonattal kiegészítve.

Az Újszász - Vámosgyörk szárnyvonal Vámosgyörk - Jászapáti szakasza 2009-ben volt 100 éves. Sajnos a mellékvonalak többségéhez hasonlóan itt is folyamatos leépülés figyelhető meg.

Tiszalökre 1896-ban ért el a vasút a Tiszapolgári HÉV kivitelezésében, melyet takaros állomásán emléktábla hirdet. Egy évvel később bekötötték az állomásra a Debrecen-Hajdúnánási HÉV vonalát is. 2009-es decemberi menetrendváltás óta Polgár felé már nem járnak vonatok, a görögszállási és debreceni irány maradt meg.

A Karcag - Tiszafüred vasútvonal jelképe Pusztakettős megállóhely, a 2213-as Csörgő homlokfalával és egyéb vasúti emlékeivel. A 2023-as nyári módváltás óta itt sem vonatozhatunk. 

 A Debrecen - Nyírábrány - Nagykároly (Carei) vasút fővonalnak épült, hivatalosan országos törzshálózat, de csak a Nagyvárad (Oradea) - Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) vasútvonal átépítésének köszönhetően tölt be újra átmenetileg fővonali szerepet. Nyírábrányban vár debreceni visszaindulásra a Bz a júniusi alkonyban.

Mátészalkáról 6 irányba is indultak a közelmúltig vonatok, habár két irányba más közeli állomáson volt a tényleges elágazás. A 2023. nyári módváltás óta a napi két csengeri vonatpár esett ki ezek közül. A jellegzetes formájú felvételi épület előtt várakozó szerelvények közül az InterPicivel folytattam az utam Tiborszállásra. 

Vásárosnamény felújított állomásépülete erős kontrasztot képez az innen kiinduló vasútvonalak  pályaállapotával. Különösen Nyíregyháza és Záhony felé versenyképtelen a vasút, Mátészalka felé valamivel jobb a helyzet. 

A több szakaszban megépült Tiszatenyő - Hódmezővásárhely vasútvonal mellett több műemléket is találunk. Talán ismertebb a bagimajori szélmalom, de Mártély felvételi épülete is figyelmet érdemel.

A battonyai vasútállomás is egy az egykori Arad-Csanádi Vasút gyönyörű típusépületei közül. A vesztes első világháborút követő új határok kettészelték a vasútvonalat, azóta csonkán végződik Battonyán. Számos halállistára felkerült, végül a 2023-as nyári módváltással tűntek el róla a személyszállító vonatok. 

Rédicsen is az 1920-as országhatárok eredményezték a vasútvonal csonka végződését. Bizakodásra ad okot, hogy az anyagi forrásokhoz jobban hozzáférő, agilisabb GYSEV-hez került a vonal. Azóta Bz-k helyett Jenbacherek pendliznek rajta. Határon való visszaépítése a közeljövőben így sem valószínű.

Zirc és Dudar között eredetileg keskeny nyomtávval, szén szállítására  épült vasút, melyet 1947-ben építtek át normál nyomtávra. A bányák bezárásával az 1990-es években megszűnt rajta a személyforgalom. A Bakonyvasút Szövetség 2020. szeptemberében különvonatot indított, melynek mozdonya jár körül Dudarbányán. 

A tiszaújvárosi vasútvonal teherforgalma megkérdőjelezhetetlen, de a személyforgalom szüneteltetése sokszor felmerült. Végül tartósan 2023. augusztusában következett be, de a képen szereplő Tiszapalkonyára már 2013. decemberétől nem jártak ablakos vonatok. 2021 május végén vasútbarátok különvonatával jutottam el ide. 

A Sajó-völgyi vasutat a MÁV építette, legnagyobb forgalmát a szocializmus éveiben bonyolította le. A '90-es évek végén, 2000-es évek elején InterPIci vonatok is jártak Miskolc és Ózd között. A 2021-es júniusi miskolci retró hétvégén egy InterPIci szerelvény visszatért a vonalra.

A miskolci retró hétvége keretében a tornanádaskai vonalon két szerelvény Szergej (M62) vontatással került kiadásra. A felvételen a vasárnap koraeste Szendrőhöz közelítő vonat látható. Sajnos azóta egyre kétségesebb a vonal hosszú távú jövője a járműhiány, a pálya állapota és az egyeskocsi fuvarozás állami támogatásának megszűnése miatt.

 2021. júniusában Kunsági Vasúttúra keretében lehetett a szünetelő személyforgalmú Kunszentmiklós-Tass - Solt és Kiskőrös - Kalocsa között vonatozni. Én csak Kalocsára tartottam a csapattal, felvételem is itt készült. Hátha a 77-es vonalhoz hasonlóan ide is visszatérnek a személyvonatok, csatlakozva a Budapest - Belgrád vonalhoz.

2021. szeptemberében a Szeged - Békéscsaba vonal volt az őszi retró hétvége helyszíne. A felújított orosházi állomásra érkezett meg a jelenleginél eggyel korábbi festésű 001-es Szergej. A fővonal mellett a Mezőtúr - Mezőhegyes mellékvonal is keresztezi az állomást, ami végpontja a Szentes felől befutó vicinálisnak is.

2022. márciusában néhány hétig átmenetileg újra járható volt a teljes Pápa - Veszprémvarsány vonalszakasz, aminek alkalmából 2 különvonat is indult. Fényképem a másodikról készült, Bakonytamási megállóhelyen. Azóta a Pápa - Franciavágás szakasz már hivatalosan sem számít vasútvonalnak. 

Egy héttel a második pápai különvonat után miskolci csapat Mátrakerülő fotósvonatot szervezett, mely végigment a szünetelő személyforgalmú Kál-Kápolna - Kisterenye vonalon. A Mátramindszenten készült felvétel a Ladával a '80-as, '90-es éveket idézi. A vasútvonal egy szakasza komoly teherforgalmat bonyolít le a recski kőbányából.

A 2022. szeptemberi pécsi retró hétvégén egyes mellékvonalakon is különleges járművek közlekedtek. A sellyeit az ABbmot motorkocsi  szolgálta ki, melyen állóhely is alig maradt a sok vasútbarát mellett.

Villány és Mohács között a személyvonatok többsége egy retró festésű M43-as vonatásával közlekedett. Itt épp a hétvégi programját fejezi be a szerelvény Villányban. Érdekesség, hogy először Villányban láttam menetrend szerinti személyvonatot kisdácsiával, még 2010-ben Magyarbólyba indulva, de sajnos nincs fényképem róla. 

 A retró hétvége fénypontjának volt szánva a BCmottal közlekedő komlói napi 2 vonatpár. Baleset és műszaki hiba miatt vasárnap ez nem jött össze, délután egy szakadt dombóvári Bobó segítségére volt szükség. Komlóra 2023. augusztusa óta nem járnak ablakos vonatok, és a teherforgalom dacára veszélyben van maga az állomás is.

Bár néha felmerült a 2007-ben leállított személyforgalom újraindítása Zalaszentgrótra, a tervek nem valósultak meg. 2023 májusában a "Vasparipák" oldal szervezésében jutottam el ide. Zalaszentgrót csak 1974-ben lett fejállomás, előtte Sármelléken át Balatonszentgyörgyig vezetett a sínpár.  

2023. júliusában ünnepelte a Dombóvár - Bátaszék vasútvonal a 150. évfordulóját. Ebből az alkalomból a személyvonatok az 50 éves évfordulóját ünneplő Csörgővel közlekedtek, és egy gőzvontatású különvonatot is indítottak a meghívott vendégeknek. Sajnos átlagos napokon az utasforgalom jóval elmarad ettől a hétvégitől. 

2023. novemberében igazi különlegesség volt a Budapest - Esztergom - Almásfüzitő között 2 napon közlekedő dupla Csörgős vonatpár. Mindkét vonalat a Budapest-Esztergom-Füzitői HÉV építette. Míg a Budapest - Esztergom vasútvonal fontos elővárosi vonallá vált, az Esztergom-Kertváros - Almásfüzitő szakasz megmaradt mellékvonalnak, komolyabb teherforgalommal. A képen Esztergom-Kertvárosba érkezik a vonat Tokod felől.  

2025-ben ünnepelte a Szergej (M62) sorozat a 60 éves évfordulóját. A gőzvasút 200 éves évfordulóján az egyetlen dízelvontatású Budapestre érkező vasúton, a lajosmizsein majdnem minden vonatot Szergej húzott a jeles napon. Bár pont a képen szereplő Inárcs-Kakucs megálló-rakodóhely állomássá átépítésével történt jelentős menetrendi fejlesztés, a vonal infrastruktúrája mellékvonali jellegű, pedig hatalmas elővárosi potenciállal bír.

Budapest-Angyalföld railway station gave a place of nice international railway parades when I was a child. But unfortunately I don't have own photos from these events. The Hungarian Railway Museum was opened in 2000 with a big locomotive parade on a turntable. In 2001 the museum became a regular place of regional steam locomotive Grand Prix, with guest locos from Slovakia, Czechia, Germany, Serbia and Poland. Unfortunately this tradition ended and only 3 bigger railway parade weekend was held in the museum since 2017. Slovakia has regular railway parades every year in Bratislava and also in Kosice. The ČD Museum has also nice events in Lužná u Rakovníka. The traditional date of the steam parade of Wolsztyn is the first Saturday of May, I attended there 2 times. I try to share the feeling of these parades and some more with you.

Hungarian Railway Museum, Budapest

109.109 (left) was the most used steam locomotive in nostalgic trains for more than 20 years. Probably we will not see again moving by its own power. In 2011 MÁV 328-054 (right) was operable and attended the Locomotive GP.

Former BHÉV Nr 27 locomotive (left) won the Locomotive GP multiple times. Its boiler would have to be changed. The Class MÁV 424 (middle) is the most popular and famous Hungarian steam locomotive. Some of them were exported even to North Korea. The Class 242 (right) was the fastest of MÁV steams. Unfortunately it is out of service since about 2018 and was taken to an other exhibition which is open only temporary. 

Guest locomotives from Serbia at the Locomotive Grand Prix of 2006.

486.007 (Anton) arrived from Vrútky to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV). In the backfround there is a guest loco from Austria (middle) and MÁV 411.118 (right) which  was originally built for the US Army in 1944.

Former ACSEV railcar from 1904 (left) originally had a petrol-electric drive. M260.001 (2nd from left) arrived form Czechia. It was built in 1939. Abbmot from 1957 and BCmot from 1928 were produced by Ganz in Budapest.

The vehicles after their own showing time on the turntable of the parade in 2018. There is a NOHAB (built in Sweden) in the left of the 1st row, a Ganz-MÁVAG M40 diesel loco in the middle and MÁV Class M43 shunting loco (right) produced by Faur Factory in Bucharest.

Ganz "Árpád" class railcar from the 1930s. It is the only surviving piece of the series but unfortunately it is out of nostalgic service and was taken to an other exhibition which is open only temporary.

From M274 (right) series only one railcar was preserved. Škoda factory built it in 1934. It was a guest railcar from Bratislava of the 200th anniversary railway parade in Budapest. Sometimes runs in special trains. M131 (left) railcar was produced by Studenka factory in1955. It also came from Slovakia and runs regularly in special trains.

Other 2 guest railcars from Slovakia, both produced by Studenka factory. M262 (right) was built in 1958 and M286 (left) in 1966. They usually operates in special trains to the railway museum in Bratislava or on other lines. I haven't seem them attending the railway parade itself in Bratislava-Vychod.

Slovakian Railway Museum, Bratislava-Vychod

M240 railcar arrived with a special train to the annual "Rendez" railway parade. This series was produced for secondary lines from 1959 until 1964.

 Three iconic diesel locomotive series from the 1960s. MÁV M61 produced by NOHAB factory (left), ČD T678 ("Pomaranč, 2nd left) built by ČKD and ČD T679 ("Sergey", 2nd from right) produced in Luhansk. The Class 754 is more modern (right), but an other legendary series from the 1970s.

 ČKD built 221 diesel shunting locos of Class T458 in the 1960s, several ones for foreign countries. The "Rendez" railway parade usually is hold on the turntable.

T478.1 series ("Bardotka") is popular among of railway fans. It was produced by ČKD between 1964 and 1971.

After WW2 ČD need for strong locos but the technology of diesel locos didn't reach the desired level. So Škoda factory built some big and stong new steam classes, 475.1 was one of them. 

 The beautiful 498 ("Albatros") was the other class of Škoda of post WW2 strong steam locos.

ČD Museum, Lužná u Rakovníka, steam locomotive parade in 2024

ČKD steams are waiting for their own turn during the parade in Lužná u Rakovníka. 464.102 (Ušata, left) was biult in 1940, 477.013 (Papagáj, right) in 1951. 

The ČD Class 434 locomotives were built before 1921. Between 1924 and 1941 they were modernised. Their staff liked this type and they served until the end of steam loco era.

354.7152 locomotive (left) had been produced in 1917, before Czechslovakia became an independent country in 1918. An other one of this class attended the railway parade. 431.032 steam (right) originally was an Austrian loco, it arrived in Czechia only in 2016.

 The Class 213 is a tiny industrial steam locomotive. Slovakia has also an operable one. In the background there is a ČD Class 310 locomotive. They were built before WW1 in different factories and were used on secondary lines.

Wolsztyn's steam locomotive parades, Poland

 In 2023 only one local steam attended the steam parade. The tiny green loco ("Tubize") arrived from Belgium. At the background there is an other guest steam, "Energie" from Luxemburg.

The PKP class TKt48 was a class of Polish freight tank 2-8-2 steam locomotive form the 1950s. This one arrived from Chabówka to attend the Wolsztyn's parade in 2014.

The PKP Class Ol12 locomotive also arrived from Chabówka in 2014. It is the Polish equivalent of ČD Class 354.7.

 Local participants of the parade of 2014: PKP Class Ty 42 (left, DRG Class 52) and Ol 49 (middle, from the 1950s) in the famous locomotive shed.

The PKP SM42 diesel locomotives were widely used in passenger trains. On the turntable there is a modernised one of Polregio. In the background there is the only local participant steam (Pt47-65) of Wolszty's parade in 2023.

Railway Museum, Chabówka, Poland

In 2018, modern Poland celebrated its 100th birthday. The vehicle parades in Chabówka was organized partly around this theme. This picture shows the PKP Class Okz32 steam loco which was built in Poznan in the 1930s.

The former industrial steam locomotive number TKh 05353 arrived from Wroclaw.

As a highlight of the first parade, the 8 participating steam locomotives interlocked together.

 The only diesel vehicle was introduced during parades was the Ganz railcar with track number SN61-168.

Open air railway collection, Vilnius (Lithuania) 

 The Ganz D1 DMU from the 1960s was the most interesting vehicle of the exhibition for me.

Open air Railway Museum of Romania, Sibiu

 The museum and the vehicles were not so well maintained in 2008, but there were some beautiful steam locos.

As a railway fan, I love visiting railway and transport museums. Some of them were important part of my bucket list. In this post I introduce the highlights of 6 railway museums, included the National Railway Museum in York and the Deutsche Bahn Museum in Nüremberg. Let us see some legendary vehicles together!

 National Railway Museum, York

The most famous one of LNER A4 class locomotives is Mallard (Nr 4468) which is the fastest steam loco in the World. The A4 class was introduced in 1935, Mallard was built in 1938.

Replica of the Rocket in its original condition. It is the most famous locomotive of George and Robert Stephenson. The original Rocket locomotive still exists but it had significant modifications. Since September of 2025 it is also part of the Nataional Railway Museum's collection.

 Beautiful replica carriages belong to the Rocket locomotive.

When I visited the museum in 2023, Flying Scotsman celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Fairlie is a very special steam locomotive construction. They have an independent engine both side of the loco. On the Ffestiniog Railway and on the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales they operate fairlies in tourist trains.

Great Northern Railway's 4-2-2 locomotive was built in 1870 for fast passenger trains. 

The Shinkansen was the first high speed train in the World. In York you can take a seat in the cabin.

The famous British high-speed vehicle, the Inter City 125 (or HST), which is diesel-powered. 

Deutsche Bahn Museum, Nüremberg

Adler was the first steam locomotive in Germany, built by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1835. The museum has 2 replicas, one of them sometimes runs in railway fans's special train and takes a part in railway parades. 

 A replica of Siemens's first electric passerger train from 1879. An original loco is visible in Münich.

A decorated carriage of II. Ludwig's Bavarian king train.

Flying Hamburger is a legendary Diesel Motor Unit from the 1930s. 

The DRG Class 05 had been the fastest steam locomotive for a few years, until the Mallard broke the speed record.

The first one of the iconic DB 103 eletric locomotive class. Its regular speed was 200 km/h.

Deutsche Bahn Museum, Koblenz

The E19 electric locomotive was another legendary guest of the weekend. Only 4 of them were built in the Third Reich between 1939 and 1940. Its designed travel speed was 180 km/h and it was considered the most powerful single-section electric locomotive of its time. After the World War II, it was clocked at 140 km/h, because this was the only way it could meet the railway's braking regulations. 

The prototype of DB E10 Class is a valuable piece of the museum. 

The first diesel-hydraulic express train locomotives of the West German railways were the V200s, production of which began in 1953. The iconic vehicles continued their career in many other countries after the Federal Republic of Germany, including Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy and Greece. 

 The pride of the DB Museum in Koblenz is the TEE diesel multiple unit, series VT 11.5, later renumbered 601. Its speed was initially 140 km/h, later increased to 160 km/h.

Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf  

The DR Class VT 18.16 is the brother of DB TEE train. The first DMU was built in 1963 and its maximum speed was 160 km/h.

The DR Class VT 2.09 was a typical railcar on secondary lines, was produced from 1962 until 1969. Its common nickname is Ferkeltaxe.

 Steam locomotives in the engine shed. The DRG Class 52 was a simplified version of Class 50 and a typical locomotive in WW2.

 The DR Class V60 (left) was a heavy diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive. The DR Class V180 (right, later 118) was the most powerful diesel locomotive type built in the DDR.

 The DRG Class E94 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built from 1940.

The DRG Class 41 was a standard steam locomotive class, built between 1937 and 1941. Due to an event in the museum, I could see it in operation.

National Railway Museum, Entroncamento (Portugal)

Steam locomotives in the engine shed. 

The train of the former king is the most valueable part of the collection.

The carriages of the Presidential Train. Antónia Salazar, the former dictator of Portugal used it for decades. Nowadays it operates in special tourist trains.

Railway Museum of Lousado, Portugal 

The northern part of the country originally had mainly metre-gauge railways, which were later rebuilt or dismantled. Therefore, the museum in Lousado only exhibits narrow-gauge vehicles.

Mallett type steam locomotives were rarely built for narrow gauge railways. 

The picture shows the largest steam locomotive on display and a specially shaped diesel railcar. The steam locomotive was built in Germany, at the Henschel factory.

I have traveled through half of Europe by train, included several beautiful railway lines. Inspired by my friend, Tiago, who is a structural engineer, I decided to make a thematic collection of spectacular railway viaducts and bridges where I managed to take a photo. In this collection you can find several iconic viaducts but also some less famous ones.

 Landwasser-viaduct in Switzerland, Graubünden canton is well-known, it is the symbol of the Albula-line. Both Glacier and Bernina Express use it.

Langwieser-viaduct is very impressive on the Arosa line, however less people have heard about it than about Landwasser. It was a technical miracle at the beginning of the 20th century.

Nor Landwasser, neither Langwieser is the highest vidauct of the Rhätische Bahn. It is the Wiesner-viaduct, 89 metres above the land, on the Filisur-Davos line. The viaduct also has a narrow sidewalk.

Rhätesche Bahn has a 4th iconic viaduct in Brusio, on the Bernina line which is a part of a loop.  

Semmering Railway was the first line which crossed higher mountains, built between 1848 and 1854 in Austria. Near the railway there is a special tourist route (Bahnwanderweg) from where you can take nice photos of the line.

Kalte-Rinne-viaduct is the highest one of the Semmering Railway. Near this viaduct there is a small museum about the railway designer, Carl von Ghega. The Semmering line is part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

Mariazellerbahn has a scenic route from Sankt Pölten to Mariazell. It has several stone viaducts, you can find this one near Annaberg station. There are more beautiful railway viaducts in Austria but I haven't taken photos of the Arlbergbahn and the Tauernbahn.

 Solkan bridge is an iconic viaduct near Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, on the Sežana - Jesenice line.

In Bača pri Modreju there is an other impressive brige on the Bohinj Railway. 

These are the most famous railway viaducts of Hungary, in Biatorbágy, however since 1979 they are out of use. In 1931 a crazy inventor blew up a rail. As a consequence the Budapest - Wien fast train derailed and fell down. Several people died in this accident.

Hungary doesn't have high mountains and viaducts, this is a relatively big one on the scenic Veszprém - Győr line, between Veszprém and Eplény stations. 

The Czech Republic has only few bigger viaducts. Smržovka viaduct is one of them on the Liberec - Tanvald line.

This viaduct is situated in Handlová, in Slovakia on the Horná Stubňá - Prievidza secondary line. 

The viaduct of Telgárt is part of the only standard gauge railway loop in Middle-East Europe. 

The Tisovec - Brezno line in Slovakia is really spectacular, especially between Tisovec and Zbojská. It is a former rack railway. The cog rail was rebuilt and in summer there are historic trains with steam locomotive.

The Korpássky viaduct in Slovakia is the odd one in my collection: it is a part of an unfinished railway, no train has ever rolled on it. But nowadays it is a tourist attraction, you can pass through on it by foot or by bike.

The railway line of the Uzhok Pass in Ukraine has few bigger viaducts, it is one them. The line is electrified but it has only single track.

The Mukacheve - Lviv railway in Ukraine has several viaducts in the Carpathians.

Ukraine has 3 railway lines through the Carpathians. It is the 3rd one which goes via Yablunytsia Pass. The biggest viaduct of this line is situated in Vorokhta. The old viaduct is out of use but it was preserved next to the new one.

The viaduct of Romuli in Romania is the biggest on the Salva - Sighetu Marmatiei railway. However because of poor maintanence only light railcars can use it since last December.

The Ilva Mică - Vatra Dornei railway was built on hard ground through the Eastern Carpathians. It was finished in 1938. The line has several viaducts and tunnels. 

The Oravita - Anina line is the oldest railway in Romania. It was built to carry coal from Anina. The railway has tight curves, tunnels and some viaducts.  

My train is rolling on the highest railway bridge in Europe. You can find Mala Rijeka bridge in Montenegro, near Podgorica.

The level of the bridge is situated 198 metres higher than the level of the small river.

The stucture of the railway bridge in Donja Drežnica, Bosnia is not so special, but the landscape around it is fabolous.

The Porto-Pocinho is a scenic route by train, by car or by boat in the valley of Duoro, but the railway crosses only once the river.

The Dom Luis I. bridge is a symbol of Porto. Its second level is used by light metro trains and pedestrians.

The viaduct of Glenfinnan in Scotland is well-known, especially from Harry Potter movies. About 200 tourists were waiting with me for taking photos and videos of the Jacobite Steam Train. 

I finish my collection with an other iconic bridge, situated in Scotland. Forth Bridge was finished in 1890 and it is a masterpiece of engineering achievement. 

I have chosen an other photo to show the enormous size of Forth Bridge.