In this series of videos we experience one of the iconic GM designed, NOHAB-built 6 axle diesel locomotives delivered in the 1960's. Tall and majestic, locomotive No. M61.019 with its distinctive round nose pulls our private charter train consisting of luxurious Swiss Schlierren coaches and dining cars out of Budapest's Keleti station towards Lake Balaton, Central Europe's largest lake. The first part of our journey is along busy main lines shared with a multitude of freight and passenger trains, both national and international to Székesfehérvár after which the lines fan out serving different routes and destinations until our route is down to a single track with passing loops. The countryside beyond Székesfehérvár is relatively flat, prime agricultural land, dotted with attractive small towns and villages. Part 1 finishes at Csajág, Part 2 will take our train around Lake Balaton, passing numerous holiday resort towns established in the Soviet era.

To learn more about our locomotive, please click on this link - [ Ссылка ]

Maps - Google Earth/Maps

Track Gauge - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Tour date - 18th May 2023

This trip was part of a tour arranged by the Railway Touring Company (RTC), to learn more or maybe to book a similar trip, please click on this link - [ Ссылка ]

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