16th September 2003
Mercia Charters Limited
The Eye of the Beholder (Day 2 of 4)
A four-day railtour round the north-east of Hungary.
Locos Used | M40 006, M44 211, M44 415, Mk48 2009, M62 273 & M62 505 |
Stock Used (main tour) |
80 55 117 9003-5 (Da6404) + 30 55 117 9006-8 (ABa2305) + Aa1078 (no UIC no. carried) |
Stock Used (broad gauge) |
80 55 117 1077-4 (identified inside as 99-10 315) |
Stock Used (narrow gauge) |
Bax350 + Bax352 (Bax352 only for run to depot and back) |
Train Reporting Codes:
13632 : Debrecen - Záhony
64841 : Záhony - Komoró
13625 : Komoró - Debrecen
1326 : Debrecen Fatalep - Hármas Hegyalja
1321 : Hármas Hegyalja - Debrecen Fatalep
6875 : Debrecen Szabadag - Debrecen
Loco | Route |
M40 006 | Debrecen - Apafa - Nyíradony - Nyírbogát mrh. - Nyírbátor - Hodász - Mátészalka |
M40 006 | Mátészalka - Nagydobos mrh. - Vásárosnamény - Tornyospálca - Záhony |
M62 505 | (1) set back [loco propelling] in Záhony depot (1) |
M62 505 | (1) Záhony depot - Eperjeske Rendezö - end of yard (1) |
M62 505 | (1) end of yard - Eperjeske Rendezö (1) |
M62 505 | (1) forward from one road, propel back into another at Eperjeske Rendezö (1) |
M62 505 | Eperjeske Rendezö - Komoró yard (1) |
M62 273 | Komoró - Kisvárda - Demecser - Sóstóhegyi elágázás - Északi kitérö - Görögszállás |
M44 211 | Görögszállás - Tiszalök |
M44 211 | Tiszalök - Tiszavasvári - Hajdúböszörmény - Nyulas ipv. kiág. - Biogal (2) |
Mk48 2009 | Debrecen Fatalep - Hármas Hegyalja |
Mk48 2009 (3) | Hármas Hegyalja - headshunt |
Mk48 2009 | headshunt - Hármas Hegyalja - Debrecen Fatalep |
Mk48 2009 | shunt round Debrecen Fatalep station (4) |
Mk48 2009 | Debrecen Fatalep - depot |
Mk48 2009 (3) | depot - Debrecen Fatalep |
M44 415 | Debrecen Szabadag - Debrecen |
Notes :
(1) Broad gauge (1520mm).
(2) For bus to narrow gauge railway.
(3) Mk48 2009 propelling.
(4) Optional depot visit, not made by all tour participants. Train ran from the
station platform out to clear points at the Hármas Hegyalja end of
station, back through run-round loop to clear points at the depot end of the
station then drop back into the platform. Empty coach Bax350 was then uncoupled
and the move to the depot and back was made in coach Bax352 only.
Source : Gary Thornton (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked &
Actual)
(from Gary Thornton)
Km (diff) |
Location | Booked | Actual |
0.0 | Debrecen | 06.30d | 06.31 |
7.8 | Apafa | 06*38a ~ 06*41d | 06/41 |
9.5 | Hadjúsámson | 06/52 | 06.50a ~ 06.53d |
9.4 | Aradvánpuszta mrh. | 07/03 | 07/02 |
6.1 | Nyíradony | 07/10 | 07.07a ~ 07.09d |
8.9 | Nyírgelse | 07/20 | 07/24 |
8.0 | Nyírbogát mrh. | 07/30 | 07/32 |
3.6 | 451/452 szelv. ipvk. | 07/34 | ??/?? |
5.2 | Nyírbátor | 07*41a ~ 07*48d | 07.40 ~ 07.48 |
4.5 | Nyírcsászári mrh. | 07/52 | ??/?? |
4.7 | Hodász | 07/57 | 07/56 |
9.1 | 561/562 szelv. ipvk. | 08/07 | ??/?? |
1.0 | Mátészalka | 08rL09a ~ 08rL39d | 08.11 ~ 08.40 |
11.8 | Nagydobos mrh. | 08/53 | 08/53 |
8.5 | Vásárosnamény | 09/02 | 09/05 |
6.0 | Gyüre mrh. | 09/09 | 09/12 |
4.8 | Aranyospáti mrh. | 09/15 | 09/18 |
7.3 | Tornyospálca | 09/23 | 09/29 |
7.1 | Mándok | 08/31 | 08/36 |
6.0 | Fehérolaj átfejtö ipvk. | 09/38 | ??/?? |
4.1 | Záhony | 09.50a | ??.?? |
0.0 | Záhony depot | (11.00d) | 11.03 |
(10.8) | Eperjeske Rendezö | (11.30a) | 11.48a ~ 11.51d |
(0.7) | Eperjeske Rendezö (end of yard) | no timings provided | 11.55a ~ 12.18d |
(0.7) | Eperjeske Rendezö | (12.00d) | 12.23a ~ 12.38d |
(9.8) | Komoró | (12.30a) ~ 12.55d | 13.06 ~ 13.12 |
4.3 | Fényeslitke | 12/59 | 13/16 |
3.4 | Fényeslitke-É. r. elág. | 13/03 | ??/?? |
1.1 | Kisvárda-Hármasút mh. | 13/04 | 13/19 |
2.5 | Kisvárda | 13/07 | 13/21 |
8.2 | Pátroha | 13/14 | 13/26 |
7.4 | Demecser | 13/21 | 13/31 |
6.3 | Nyírbogdány | 13/27 | 13/35 |
4.4 | Kemecse | 13/31 | 13/38 |
7.5 | Sóstóhegy | 13/38 | (13/45) |
6.3 | Sóstóhegyi elágazás | 13/51 | 13/54 |
2.5 | Északi kitérö | 13/54 | (13/56) |
6.1 | Nyírtelek | 13/59 | 14/00 |
6.2 | Görögszállás | 14L04a ~ 14L19d | 14.06 ~ 14.20 |
10.4 | Kisfástanya mrh. | 14/30 | ??/?? |
8.0 | Tiszalök | 14r38a ~ 15r20d | 14.40 ~ 15.22 |
8.2 | Tiszavasvári | 15*29a ~ 15*53d | 15.32 ~ 15.57 |
14.0 | Hajdúnánás | 16/07 | 16/11 |
5.8 | Hajdúdorog | 16*13a ~ 16*18d | ??/?? |
15.6 | Hajdúböszörmény | 16/34 | 16.36a ~ 16.38d |
7.1 | Zelemér mh. ipvk. | 16p42a ~ 16p47d | 16.46 ~ 16.53 |
2.0 | Hajdúszentgyörgy mh. ipvk. | 16/50 | ??/?? |
2.2 | Józsa ipvk. | 16/53 | ??/?? |
2.2 | Nyulas ipv. kiág. | 16.56a ~ (17.00d) | 17.00a ~ 17.10d |
?.? | Biogal | (17.20a) ~ ??.??d | ??.??a ~ ??.??d |
Timings from here are for the ECS movement |
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?.? | Nyulas ipv. kiág. (ECS) | 18.10d | ? |
4.8 | Tócóvölgy | 18/15 | ? |
5.3 | Debrecen | 18.21a | ? |
Timings from here are for the narrow-gauge railway |
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?.? | Debrecen-Fatalep | no timings provided | 18.21d |
?.? | Hármas-Hegyalja | no timings provided | 19.14a ~ 19.30d |
?.? | headshunt | no timings provided | 19.32a ~ 19.33d |
?.? | Hármas-Hegyalja | no timings provided | 19.34a ~ 19.35d |
?.? | Debrecen-Fatalep | no timings provided | 20.21a ~ 21.20d |
?.? | Debrecen depot | no timings provided | 21.36a ~ 21.44d |
?.? | Debrecen-Fatalep | no timings provided | 21.48a |
Timings from here are for the MÁV train back to the main station |
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0.0 | Debrecen Szabadog | no timings provided | 22.16d |
(3.0) | Debrecen | no timings provided | 22.23a |