The first border crossing

Any bordercrossing is a little exciting; are you going to get across or not... At this first crossing it seemed we were already going to be in trouble: Hungarian officials wanted to to check the loco's 'gabarit' (this is the maximum width and height of a railway vehicle) to make sure we didn't hit any trackside installations.

Luckily everything was found to be in order; the P8 fits wonderfully well on the Hungarian track.

This means that at 2 pm our journey will continue. Our itinerary will take us past Püspökladány, Kapcag, Kisújszállás, Szajol, Szolnok, Újszász, Rákos, Rákosrendezó, Rákosplta, Úp, Dunakeszi and Vác to eventually arrive at Szob on the border with Slovakia.