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Ajka, Csingervölgy, December 29, 2020 16:00 - The memories of legendary chartered trains, a steam locomotive on exhibition, and a lifeless track – that's what’s left of the Csingervölgy spur line winding between the homes of miners and deep in the woods. It did not manage to become Ajka's excursion railway, but at least the steamer named Csingervölgy was brought home here and got renovated with the help of railway fans and parochialists. This steam engine was built in 1890 at the Vienna Locomotive Factory, and until 1935 it worked on the railway network of the Ajka Coal Mines. Due to its unique construction, it was neither put into a locomotive class, nor given a track number. It is now standing alone at the edge of the forest again, with the last freight train of the line carrying manganese ore being gone over the summer of 2016.