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track. The main goal of this refurbishment is the raising the max. permitted axle load on the line (26 kN to 40 kN), so the traffic of heavier locomotives (with more traction power) as the recent MD-40's will become possible. More traction power could mean longer passenger trains with greater capacity. Additional benefit of the new track will be the better drainage and the less maintenance required.
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In August of 2020 Ipoly ErdƑ Zrt. (the state forestry company, owner of the railway) started the complete refurbishment of operational section of the line. The new track is being built with brand new concrete sleepers, ballast and used "i" (23.6 kg/m) rails retrieved from KirĂĄlyrĂ©t Forestry Railway's
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Every line was created to continuously slope in the direction of the village, therefore horses (and later locomotives) were required only to distribute the empty carriages in the morning, and then, when the cars were loaded, they were only needed to be braked by a brakeman, the gravity successfully
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The widespread of forestal roads meant that the railway has a dark future ahead itself. In 1968, the Kirålyhåza line was abandoned. The last remaining Csarnavölgy line survived it with 22 years, officially closing in 1992, however, it had almost no function in its last years. However, the tracks
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The rolling stock is very heterogeneous: the locomotives are mostly consisting of MD-40 locomotives either originating to Kemence, or found and saved from defunct railways, but you can find Ue-28 and MV engines as well, and Kemence is the sole forest railway in Hungary where electric (El-9)
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In the first four years, the railway operated in a short, but after the flood, intactly remained 1.8 km section between Kemence and GodĂłvĂĄr-Strand. After restoring three bridges and several stolen sections, the line was extended with another additional 1.8 km, to the now defunct
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The first railway line in Kemence was laid in 1910 between Kemence and Kirålyhåza. The Csarnavölgy line, that is still in operation, was opened in 1913. After the two main lines were opened, several other minor railroads were constructed, most of them serving only some years.
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This was the first time the Kemence railway – renamed to its current name, Kemence Forest Museum Railway, referring to the museal rolling stock, most of which was saved from other 600 mm gauge railways that ceased to exist – became a tourist railway.
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Seeing the saddening fate of the railway, volunteers decided to save this unique railway. From 1 January 2000, the Kisvasutak BarĂĄti Köre EgyesĂŒlet ("Association of Narrow Gauge Railway Friends") loans the track and the properties from the forestry.
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In 1995, a flood damaged two of the bridges and some of the railroad embankment, and an even stronger one in 1999 destroyed almost everything in the valley, ruining all bridges except one, while only the tracks in the village's outer parts survived.
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Throughout its history before 2000, the Kemence Forest Railway was never meant to transport passengers. There were no settlements around the railroad, and the forestry was not interested in creating a tourist railway.
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After its abandonment, the conditions were fastly declining. In the last few years, only one locomotive remained viable. The track conditions became poor, with some of the rails being stolen.
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In January 2017, the railway is 4.1 kilometers long, with an additional 3.1 km waiting for renovation.
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Pityur-rétje station. Feketevölgy station was reached in 2009, and its second platform was built in 2015.
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EL-9 electric mine locomotive in front of the depot, with a homemade open air passenger wagon
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The bridge over Kemence creek at the plage in 2002, shortly before its restoration
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Ulrike Pröbstl; Veronika Wirth; Birgit H. M. Elands; Simon Bell (23 April 2010).
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locomotives can be found. The passenger cars are mostly locally built.
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Departing train from Kemence station on the 2003 Day of the Narrow Gauge Railway
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