Zsuzsi Erdei Railway Office.

Good place to visit.

Good road.

Feeling

The city of Debrecen wanted to cultivate its 37.4 km2 forest, which is located 24-38 km from the city near Gúth. ” Rail was needed to transport the harvested wood. The city announced a tender for the construction, operation and supply of the harvested timber line. The tender was won by Kopf-Steinberger contractors. The first section of the railway was opened on July 16, 1882. This was the 21.5 km section between Debrecen-Fatelep and Nyírmártonfalva. The railway was built in a way unique to the country with a track gauge of 950 mm. The track was formed by dog-headed rails laid on wooden walls, without a separate substructure, laid on the rammed sandy soil. The line, though only slightly, steadily sloped to a lumber yard built on the outskirts of the city at the time. The railway was renamed Debrecen-Guthi Railway Company (DGVV). Initially, two steam locomotives operated on the railway. The "I." was a 107 hp wood-fired locomotive with track number. This locomotive was named ZSUZSI, which is still worn by the light rail. A “II.” track number locomotive was a 133 hp coal-fired machine, 1909 vintage. The locomotives were powered by wet steam at a speed of 20 km / h. Later, other steam locomotives also served on the light rail. From 1902, the city of Debrecen took over the railway under its own management, called the Debrecen City Industrial Railway (DVIV). Side lines were built with a Swapping Forest branch to the South. A reinforced concrete tortoise bridge curved over the main railway main line. The bridge designed by Szilárd Zielinszky was the first reinforced concrete bridge in Hungary. At the same time, the main line was largely relocated to a new route. Until 1923, there was only freight transport by rail, at which time limited public traffic was allowed. The 4.4 km section of Nyírmártonfalva - Gút was built in 1924. Since 1925, the light rail has been operating regularly. In 1926 and then in 1931, new sections were built, Gúth - Angyaltelek (6.4 km), then Angyaltelek - Turistaház (2.3 km). The name of the line was changed to Debrecen Municipal Forest Railway (DVEV), and then to Debrecen Municipal Economic Railway (DVGV) during the crisis. In 1931, motor towing began. The first motor car, a four-axle vehicle, was given the BC mot 101 track number, powered by a 60 hp Cadillac petrol engine. The second motor car was built on the railroad in 1936, but it was already a two-axle vehicle. Original track number C mot 102, also equipped with a 60 hp petrol engine. The permitted speeds of the motor cars were 35 and 50 km / h, respectively. Tourists were also happy to use it on weekends, the Gút Forest and the Shelter were also popular. The railway was advertised on wall stickers all over the city! In 1937 the Turistaház - Megyehatár (1.5 km), in 1945 the Megyehatár - Nyírlugos (3.5 km), in 1949-50 the Nyírlugos - Nyírbéltek (8.5 km) sections were built. A II. The first newly built railway line section in Hungary after World War II was here. The sidings and bridge were demolished by 1945. In 1949, the railway was taken over by the Hungarian State Railways, under the name MÁV Debrecen Small Railway (MÁV DK), so the last section of the line was already built in MÁV colors. Standardization has begun: 2 C-50 locomotives, 5 Bax and 10 Jah cars have been procured with a plate stop design. The snowfall of 1940, followed by the spring flood, the II. World War I, and caused an accident in the mid-fifties when two passenger trains collided on the open track. From reconstruction to liquidation The 950mm gauge was not used elsewhere in the country, which was also a problem in vehicle procurement and maintenance. The railway was rebuilt in 1961 to a gauge of 760 mm in accordance with the MÁV standard. Thus, the then modern Bax series passenger cars, Jah-Gah freight cars and Mk48 diesel locomotives were placed on the light rail, which made the operation of air-braked trains common. Most of the old vehicles were scrapped, some were rebuilt and then returned to work in Debrecen and Cegléd. Some of the old wagons rebuilt remained in the service of the PFT. Passenger traffic was very strong in the ’70s, with 5-car trains packed to capacity. Freight traffic is also dominant throughout

It was a great experience for an adult, a child, to travel back and forth on the nostalgia steamer in October. The road between Fatelep and Hármashegy seemed a bit long, despite two locomotives pulling the train, but there were a lot of them, thanks to the good weather. So at one of the stations, the steamer disappeared to bring another car from the plant. The weather was good too and there was no problem with a lot of people at the terminus.