Hungary

Class M61 at Sékesfehérvar M61 001 at the head of the 11.55 Budapest - Zalaegerszeg, at Székesferhérvar, on 4 June 1993. These classic NOHAB diesels were withdrawn from regular service in 2000, but a few (including M61 001) have been preserved.
Class M47 at Lepseny M47 2046 stands in the rain at Lepseny, with a single passenger coach forming the 09.50 to Veszprém, 4 June 1993.
Class Mk48 at Kiskunmajsa Narrow-gauge diesel Mk48 2021 at Kiskunmajsa K. K. (narrow-gauge station), after arriving with the 08.15 from Kecskemet K. K. on 23 October 1995. At the time of my visit, this line had 3 trains per day, with the first one departing from Kiskunmajsa at 03.26 (in the morning!). The trains had wooden seats and a coal-burning stove for heating. This line closed in December 2009.

GySEV Class 1047 at Budapest Kelenföld

The Győr Sopron Ebenfurti Vasút (GySEV) is an Austro-Hungarian railway company, partly owned by the state railways of Austria and Hungary. In this picture, "Taurus" locomotive 1047 501 is seen at Kelenföld, in the Budapest suburbs, at the head of the 11.40 Budapest Keleti to Győr on 28 April 2008.
Class 431 at Füzesabony Class 431 (former V43) locomotives have been working passenger trains throughout Hungary for many years. This is 431 218 arriving at Füzesabony with train IC505 "Borsod", the 13.29 Miskolc to Budapest on 14 January 2017 when heavy snowfall had caused some disruption to services.
GySEV Class 471 at Sopron Brand new Siemens "Vectron" 471 002 at Sopron on 31 August 2017, at the head of the 16.21 express to Budapest.

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