Reagan to Ludmilla to Malaxa - Spring Diesel Tours 2015
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This video features my Eastern European diesel railway exploits of the past months:
In Slovenia I visited the Bohinj Railway for some SZ 644 class GM-powered Avtovlak action, then moved on to Borovnica where all mainline trains to and from Koper and Italy are still being diesel hauled since the massive ice rain blizzard in February 2014 as rebuilding of the overhead wires is continuing. GM class 664 Reagan diesel locomotives are sharing the load with Eurorunner engines hauling heavy freight up long and steep grades. Electrics on site were mostly class 363 Brigitte for the freight.
In the Czech Republic I visited the line Brno - Kyjov featuring old semaphore signals, including originally 1960s-70s built DMUs of CD class 854 and class 750 diving glass locomotives.
In Hungary I explored the GySEV lines featuring class 651 Ludmilla InterCity traffic, the regular route from Csorna to Szombathely as well as the reroute via Sopron. I also encountered diesel-hauled freight trains, GySEV V43 electrics out and about as well the tiniest of GySEV diesels on weedkilling duty at the Széchenyi narrow gauge museum children's railway.
In April I spent several days in Romanian Sibiu / Hermannstadt with excursions to the surroundings at Talmaciu, Olt Valley and other picturesque places still alive with CFR class 60/62 Sulzer and 65 (EMD renewed) diesel action. Even pre-WWII class 77-900 Malaxa railbusses still could be encountered on traditional local duties in Olt Valley. Night trains to Bucharest like IR 346/347 Dacia from/to Vienna are diverted via Sibiu due to extensive modernisation of the mainline to Brasov providing more interesting traffic.
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--- Slovenia, April 24-26 2015 -----------------
------- Bohinj Railway ---
0:17 DMU ride, Avtovlak at Grahovo, Most na Soci, 2016 freight
4:42 Podbrdo class 644 Bohinj Tunnel departure
------- Borovnica diesel drags ---
7:34 Borovnica horseshoe curve, class 664 passenger drag
9:22 horseshoe curve uphill GM freight, viaduct, station
13:09 Borovnica station full throttle GM departure
18:39 refuelling and starting 664 Reagan, MV 482
21:01 Ljubljana, special Vienna - Opatija, class 342
--- Czech Republic, March 3 2015 -----------------
------- Brno - Kyjov line ---
22:02 Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz), class 750
23:05 Nemotice, DMUs, class 750
26:59 semaphore signal sunset
--- Hungary, January 28, April 11 + 16 2015 -----------------
------- GySEV Sopron - Szombathely line diversions ---
28:33 Sopron, Ludmilla, V43 Schlieren coaches and ICs
30:24 Széchenyi museum line narrow gauge diesel, Ludmilla freight
32:42 Harka M40 freight, Ludmilla IC, Szombathely MÁV M41
35:51 Harka smoky Ludmilla meeting, ICs and freight
------- GySEV Csorna - Szombathely line ---
38:20 Csorna, Vica
39:18 Ludmilla ICs, ex DB 290 freight, NOHAB engineering train
--- Romania, April 1-5 2015 -----------------
------- Sibiu - Talmaciu - Olt Valley ---
42:19 IR 347 Dacia, class 65, Sibiu
44:35 class 60 ride, class 65 IR meeting
46:10 Talmaciu class 60s, 65s, Dacia
48:56 Olt Valley class 60 ride
53:14 Monestary Turnu, class 60, Malaxa
56:03 Podu Olt evening, Malaxa, class 60, 65, Dacia
58:47 IR 346 Dacia departure, Sibiu
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Pannonia was an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located over the territory of the present-day western Hungary, eastern Austria, northern Croatia, north-western Serbia, northern Slovenia, western Slovakia and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 (Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom or 1956-os felkelés), was a nationwide revolt against the Communist regime of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Though leaderless when it first began, it was the first major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove Nazi Germany from its territory at the end of World War II.
The revolt began as a student protest, which attracted thousands as they marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building, calling out on the streets using a van with loudspeakers. A student delegation, entering the radio building to try to broadcast the students' demands, was detained. When the delegation's release was demanded by the protesters outside, they were fired upon from within the building by the State Security Police, known as ÁVH (acronym for Állam Védelmi Hatóság, literally State Protection Authority). One student died and was wrapped in a flag and held above the crowd. This was the start of the revolution. As the news spread, disorder and violence erupted throughout the capital.
The revolt spread quickly across Hungary, and the government collapsed. Thousands organised into militias, battling the ÁVH and Soviet troops. Pro-Soviet communists and ÁVH members were often executed or imprisoned, and former political prisoners were released and armed. Radical impromptu workers' councils wrested municipal control from the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party and demanded political changes. A new government formally disbanded the ÁVH, declared its intention to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and pledged to re-establish free elections. By the end of October, fighting had almost stopped, and a sense of normality began to return.
After announcing a willingness to negotiate a withdrawal of Soviet forces, the Politburo changed its mind and moved to crush the revolution. On 4 November, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest and other regions of the country. The Hungarian resistance continued until 10 November. Over 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed in the conflict, and 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees. Mass arrests and denunciations continued for months thereafter. By January 1957, the new Soviet-installed government had suppressed all public opposition. These Soviet actions, while strengthening control over the Eastern Bloc, alienated many Western Marxists, leading to splits and/or considerable losses of membership for communist parties in capitalist states.
Public discussion about the revolution was suppressed in Hungary for more than 30 years. Since the thaw of the 1980s, it has been a subject of intense study and debate. At the inauguration of the Third Hungarian Republic in 1989, 23 October was declared a national holiday.
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Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard ...