Tag Archives: MÁV

Modelling the railways of Hungary in N scale

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Marcus Wong

Continuing my theme of modelling the railways of eastern Europe in 1:160 N scale model railways, this time I’m looking at the railways of Hungary and state operator MÁV (Magyar Államvasutak). Ready to run These models are ‘ready to run’ […]

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Riding the Children’s Railway in Budapest

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Marcus Wong

Up in the hills above Budapest is a unique railway – the Gyermekvasút (Children’s Railway), where children aged 10 to 14 operate the railway under the supervision of adult staff. Opened in 1948, the 1.2 kilometres long 760 mm narrow […]

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Budapest to Bucharest by train

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Marcus Wong

Our rail journey from Budapest in Hungary to Bucharest in Romania was a long one, because we made a pit stop in Transylvania to see Dracula’s Castle. So what did we see along the way?

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Stumbling upon a heritage train in Hungary

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Marcus Wong

I spent a couple of days in Budapest on my trip across Europe, and on one of them I was lucky to stumble upon a heritage train parked at Budapest Keleti railway station.

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Leaking roof at Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Marcus Wong

Budapest’s Nyugati pályaudvar (western railway station) is one of three rail termini in the capital of Hungary, and to my eye the grandest. But something very inconvenient happens each time it rains.

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