Két jó barát
As not many foreigners might know, the international relations of Poles and Hungarians throughout history have been very close, confirmed by a famous folk proverb about mutual friendliness. Hungarians supported Poles in times of hardship and political struggle, by providing shelter and asylum.
To this day, our societies share some sympathies, and so I find that it's no wonder, that Attila helped us before our trip to Hungary and provided us with some valuable info about interesting things to spot in the area.
An area of interest turned out to be Ózd, a town which just recently was stormed by railfans, due to a special retro event, during which the local regio trains of MÁV were hauled by classic M62 locomotives. We however were more interested in the M44 family locomotives working at the local steelworks. This series of locomotives is a real treat for us - knowing that they used to run in Poland too, but never having seen them live, meant that we really wanted to get them on picture.
After around 10 minutes of waiting at a railroad crossing we were greeted with the sight of 449.034 pulling empty slag wagons, as it was returning from the slag heap towards the industrial plant's premices. The loco appears to have received some weird modernisation, judging by the engine sound and the odd-looking exhaust.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Két jó barát
As not many foreigners might know, the international relations of Poles and Hungarians throughout history have been very close, confirmed by a famous folk proverb about mutual friendliness. Hungarians supported Poles in times of hardship and political struggle, by providing shelter and asylum.
To this day, our societies share some sympathies, and so I find that it's no wonder, that Attila helped us before our trip to Hungary and provided us with some valuable info about interesting things to spot in the area.
An area of interest turned out to be Ózd, a town which just recently was stormed by railfans, due to a special retro event, during which the local regio trains of MÁV were hauled by classic M62 locomotives. We however were more interested in the M44 family locomotives working at the local steelworks. This series of locomotives is a real treat for us - knowing that they used to run in Poland too, but never having seen them live, meant that we really wanted to get them on picture.
After around 10 minutes of waiting at a railroad crossing we were greeted with the sight of 449.034 pulling empty slag wagons, as it was returning from the slag heap towards the industrial plant's premices. The loco appears to have received some weird modernisation, judging by the engine sound and the odd-looking exhaust.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus