on narrow gauge in Hungary - T2M

Figure 6.: Wagon 31 in the Majlath depot (2010)Table 4.: General datas about the Wagon 31 made by Lillafured Forestry Railway(datas from LAEV)General datasNumber of axles 4 Gross Weight 6 tGauge 760 mm Axle load 1,5 tFull lenght(beetwen the bumpers)10200 mm Pivot distance 6120 mmLargest high 3000 mm Seating capacity 32Largest widht2440 mmThe B-26 disesel locomotive and the passanger carriages are daily used nowadays.They are being modernized, they have air brake system so the rail transport is more secure.The interior of the wagons, the stove, the banks are the same than 80 years ago. The steamlocomotive is now out of order, because it’s furnace is cracked. It could not move on it’s ownsince 2008.Railcar on the Children Railway:Nowadays in Hungary only the Children Railway has a railcar. Earlier, beetwen theWorld Wars the Hungarian narrow gauge railways had many railcars. The most famous is theABamot2, which still operates. (The ABamot1 was scrapped in 1980.)These two railcars were build by the GANZ Hungarian Wagon- and Machine Factory(figure 7.). The railcars consisted of two parts. One half was first class, the other half wassecond class. The GANZ made two carriage, too (figure 8.). One was a first class wagon, theother was a saloon wagon with a luggage box. The Orenstein & Koppel Hungarian factorybuilt three other wagons, which are the same as the GANZ wagons (figure 9.). Two weresecond class carriages and the third was third class with a luggage box. The second andprincipally the third class was for the commuters.The trains ran daily, from 1929 until 1948 they were used on the Lillafured ForestryRailway. At 1940 the ABamot1, at 1948 the ABamot2 received a new engine. It was