The beginnings

From�1910 a new railroad were built to reach the good quality wood in the west B�rzs�ny from Kemence. The area's owner in this time�the Primateship of Esztergom was. In the first 20 years about 30-40 km railroad were built in 2 main�valleys that can be�approached from the village.

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In 1910 the Wolfner-Schanczer�&�sons company started the buildings from the forestry's yard. In the first year the Kemence-Wirterh�z-Kir�lyh�za-Kir�lyk�t (11 km) railroad was built (On map).�In 1911 the jobs were continued with the Kir�lyh�za-Rakotty�s line (On map):
new tracks were laid to T�zk�ves-Bangol�k (1 km), and to Rakotty�s (On map)�and Sz�noldal. The last two lines were�side-lines lines to workplaces, their long was�in all�3 km.

(The side-lines were built only for some years, just only for carry the wood to the main lines from the working area. After finishing the cut - maybe for years - these were taken up.)

In 1913 new railroad was built to the Csarna Valley (On map), its name was Csarnav�lgy Railroad and it was 9,4 km long.

In 1916 some side-lines were built by Dobo Company on the Csarnav�lgy Railroad, their name was: Talprakod� ~ 0,8 km, Kett�sh�d ~ 1,2 km and R�kospatak ~ 2,0 km (On map).

In 1919 the Hidi-Vint Company built three more side-lines: Olt�rk� ~ 1,5 km, Hangy�s ~ 0,7 km, Mogyor�s ~ 1,2 km (On map).

The Kemence-Kir�lyk�t railroad in 1920 were renewed: sleepers were�thickened and the�bridges were strengthened. In 1925 a new side-line were built here: Fonotts�g ~ 0,7 km (On map).

The Pog�nypatak side-line were built in 1927, it was 2,1 km long (On map).

New side-line were laid in Dosnya Valley by Marcher Company in 1926, the Sz�sz Company built the Bacsina side-line in 1933, it was 3,3 km long. The system's highest ascent was on this line: 12%.

Also the Marcher Company built the Nagy�rcs�lye side-line in 1927�(On map), it was 3 km long.

In the Csarna Valley the innovate�was continued: in 1926 the Hidi-Vint Company built the R�kospatak-Olt�rk� side-line which was 0,5 km (On map). The highest bridge in the system was on this line�above the Olt�r-steam, it was 21 m long and 8 m high.

From 1928 the Schmiedl Company built three more side lines in the Csarna Valley: Hangy�s-Sov�nyg�d�r ~ 0,7 km, in 1929�the Drin�patak (On map) ~ 1,7 km and in 1933 the Kurucpatak (On map) ~ 1,8 km.