Driver's Eye View (Hungary) Part 1 - Budapest to Csajág with an iconic 1960's GM / NOHAB Diesel loco

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 - www.nohab-gm.h...
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 - www.railwaytou...

[@gamersbeware]

looking forward to watching this; i’ve never seen this route before! thanks

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I hope you enjoy the ride.

[@rogertemple7193]

I really enjoy watching these train cab rides looking at the most beautiful scenery and countryside sitting up front in cab this is really very awesome thank you.🇭🇺👋🇭🇺

[@Timsvideochannel1]

I love Hungarian railways, there is so much variety with old trains sharing the tracks with the very latest trains, some on international services to faraway destinations and there is no better place to see the action than from the drivers cab. We owe the driver a big “thank you” for allowing us to share his view. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Cheers Tim

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Keith, I hope you are keeping well and I'm glad you enjoyed the video😊.

[@sellier-bellot22]

Bad weather follows you this time !! LOL😄

[@Timsvideochannel1]

The weather cheers up in Part 2, hopefully the video will be available next weekend ☔🌤🌞.

[@sellier-bellot22]

@@Timsvideochannel1 fingers crossed ! LOL😄

[@KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody]

Hello good video , like, my friend .

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Thank you my friend, that'd nice to know.

[@Keikdv]

Not have the money to go to Hungary again soon, but this takes me back to the trips with the English PTG organisation who did trips in and around Hungary from 2017 to 2019, using a lot of Nohabs. Nice to watch, thanks!

[@Keikdv]

09:55 good bridge to watch trains at the biggest yard of Budapest 10:54 in the future a new station to interchange with tram and HEV downstairs, also 4 tracks than. Notice the long trams on the right! 18:04 on the right: THE spot to watch lot's of action. 18:32 line to the right to Györ and Vienna.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, PTG put on some good trips. In today's economic climate it's getting harder to justify overseas rail tours and the participants are getting older. I'm making the most of travelling before I retire from work and such luxuries will be beyond my reach. I guess you noticed a few changes as a result of modernisation since you made your trips to the area. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Harmonica-Rudi]

Tolle Bilder, sehr gut. 👍👍👍

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Ihnen das Video gefallen hat 😊.

[@johannperaus6890]

Hi Tim! A Nohab-Diesel is a Scandinavian powerful engine 👍. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Hans, locomotives licenced and built to the same GM design can be found in the USA, Sweden and Australia today, the design and build quality must have been very good. 🍻🍺. Tim.

[@MrTazman]

There is a slight mistake in the video. The plate at 0:28 is from a remotorized Csörgő (Rattler), not from a NOHAB. Originally our M41 Rattlers were built with SEMT Pielstick engines, but some of them are remotorized with Cat engines. Actually, quite a few classic Csörgő have survived.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Gosh, you know your locomotives - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hungarian-locomotive-m41-csorgo.jpg , I slipped up there. As we continued our journey around Lake Balanton the overhead catenary finished at Balatonfüred after which trains were diesel, mostly hauled by older locomotives such as 418 319. I must have used the soundtrack from one of our station stops where we passed other locomotive hauled trains.

[@MrTazman]

@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks! Yes, the 418.3xx series has Cat engines, but the 418.2xx and 418.1xx series has the original SEMT Pielstick V12. Sadly the 3xx series lost their characteristic rattling sound. I hope You had a wonderfull journey.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

@@MrTazmanHi, thanks for the extra information, it will make editing the rest of the video more interesting as I will be listening out to see if I can recognise the engines fitted to the locomotives.

[@smyle78]

@@Timsvideochannel1 beside its number you can definitely distinguish them by their sound if you already heard both :) you can hear the original engines beautiful sound from couple of kilometers away easily :)

[@Timsvideochannel1]

@@smyle78 Thank you 😊.

[@billtimmons7071]

I'm biased .. I used to work for EMD. I love the sound of two-stroke medium speed diesel engines (567, 645, 710 series). Watching this video, listening to a smooth running diesel, while watching high voltage catenary pass by is bit ironic isn't it? Great video sir.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hi, there is nothing wrong with being biased when it comes to the sound of a GM diesel locomotive. They must have been good locomotives because some of the streamliners still survive in every day service in Australia, they can also be found on heritage railways and special trains at a number of locations around the world. As this trip progresses we lose the catenary, I'll be posting Part 2 next weekend. It's nice to know you enjoyed the video.

[@juanvidelaramos9428]

Como siempre un vídeo de alta calidad, pero un mal día para el viaje.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado. Perdón por la lluvia.

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

I like the thought that went into another track over the Danube.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Forward thinking and confidence in the future is rare these days.

[@pt4765]

Ładny przejazd pociągiem z fajną starą lokomotywą 👍 Szkoda, że pogoda deszczowa była 😢

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Witam, cieszę się, że podobała Ci się jazda starą lokomotywą spalinową. Szkoda, że ​​padał deszcz, ale przestał padać do końca podróży. Proszę zwrócić uwagę na część 2, która będzie dostępna w przyszły weekend.

[@robertcoleman4861]

It really is a beautiful country & the rail system looks fist class, Thanks Tim looking fwd to part 2 cheers bob, It's still raining in Syd.🌧☔☕🫖🥶

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Hello Bod, rain seems to be the order of day, it's wet over here too. Hungary is a very underrated country, it's clean, scenic and full of beautiful old buildings. The people are friendly, the beer is nice and it isn't expensive. The railways are in good condition and new trains are being introduced, although it's the old ones I like 😊☔.

[@robertcoleman4861]

@@Timsvideochannel1 On your last QLD vid the term new England came up there is such a place it's a area in the northern tablelands of NSW nth of Syd with the towns of Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, & Tenterfield which is not far from the QLD border cheers bob.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

@@robertcoleman4861 Hi, I believe the conversation was about places in Australia being named after places in the UK, but mostly without the addition of "New" in front as often happens in the USA and Canada. I looked up the area you mentioned - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(New_South_Wales)#:~:text=New%20England%20is%20a%20geographical,the%20North%20West%20Slopes%20regions. The article made interesting reading 😊.

[@robertcoleman4861]

@@Timsvideochannel1 SORRY.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

​@@robertcoleman4861 There is nothing to be sorry about, I enjoy learning about things I might not otherwise know about.

[@gerryconmy]

Is the engine sound dubbed !!

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Most of the engine sound is original although I have replaced the sound in some places to avoid personal conversations between members of the locomotive crew being broadcast to the world. I hope you can appreciate and understand why it is necessary to respect the crew's privacy, they don’t always realise that the camera records sound as well as video.

[@gerryconmy]

​@@Timsvideochannel1 Thank for your comment I really enjoyed your videos.

[@Timsvideochannel1]

@@gerryconmy Thank you, that's nice to know.

[@neilforbes416]

Hungary.......? They must be staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarving! LOL😁

[@Timsvideochannel1]

Oh no, I knew that was coming 🥴.

[@neilforbes416]

@@Timsvideochannel1 LOL😄