The International Steam Pages


Stationary Steam Relics in Hungary

Chris Capewell reports on miscellaneous items spotted on a 2013 rail orientated trip to the country:


A timber plant mill engine at Lenti-Csomoder narrow gauge line museum. The inscription appears to read "Röckistvån Ës Elsö Brunnigëpg. Yár R.T.1506 .8Z. Budapest 1922"

Brown Coal Pit - Tatabanya - Adolf Becker of Vienna

Also here are a couple of duplex pumps:

Finally relics from the River Danube paddle tug Vertes (ex-Tihany) which operated from 1914 until 1963 outside Budapest Transport Museu. See also http://www.paddlesteamers.info/Vertes.htm.


Rob and Yuehong  Dickinson

Email: webmaster@internationalsteam.co.uk