THE STATUS OF HUNGARIAN RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY FACILITIES

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
The Status of Hungarian Railways and
Railway Facilities
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I. Repair Shops and Roundhouses
II. Railroads and Double-lrack Roadbeds
III. Manufacture of Locomotives
TV. Pullman Cars (Sleeping Cars)
V. Marshalling Yards
VI, AvailabTe Rolling Stock, 1945 and later
,VII. Signals and Switches
VIII. Status and Condition of Hungarian Rolling Stock
IX, Detailed Charts of Major Railway Repair Shops
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I. Repair Shops and Roundhouses
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Szekesfehervar
a. In 1938 the Hungarian Government purchased the Austrian Railway, DSZAV
(Danube Sava Adriatic fiallway). Several Hungarian engineers were assigned
' the project of converting Austrian roll stock and e ui...,t
it to the Hungarian Railway pattern.
Szekesfehervar roundhouse and repair shops During the
following five years I visited the area upon a number of occasions.
b. The roundhouse was comparatively large, and as I can recall, it could 50X1
house as many as twenty locomotives at one time.
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c. The main repair shop for Southwestern 'Hungary in 1945 was located at
Szekesfehervar. It could handle general repair on any of the Hungarian
rolling stock.
d. By 1945 Sz kesfehervir ha0_ become the major railway junction for Southwest
Hungary. Three impe'tant raaway lines carried the traffic through Szekesfe-
hervar. These were as follo&N
(1) A main line from Szekese-or to Budapest via Martonvasar. The rails
were for heavy duty and were lail specifically for fast trains.
(2) A line f r light rolling st ck 1.as laid to Budapest via Bicske.
(3) The third line served Komarom, qyor and Kisber.
(4) A less important line Linked Vesurem and Siofok.
e. Incidentally email plant which produced acetylene gas was located n one
otths rail sidings one-half kilometer from the repair shop. The Hungarian
State Railway utilized th acetylene gas for lighting purposes. In order to
provide light for passenger and pullman cars, tanks were mounted under the
bodies of such care. The tanks were of three sizes - three, five and fifteen
, cubic meters. I have mentioned this plant because I know that it didnit
suffer from bombings during World War II. The Hungarian State Railway has
since 1940 converted from acetylene to butane, but in 1945 a number 4 the
passenger car werestill using acetylene for lighting purposes.
I. It must be remembered that the Szekesfehervar railroad facilities are parti-
cularly important to Southwest HUngarys, for this junction, in addition to
providing an edit from Western Europe by rail, also serves as a marshalling
area Tor the agricultural produce and livestock of Southwest Hungary.
2. Istvantelki Fomuhely
a. IstvanteIki Fomuhely was in 1945 the largest repair shop in operation by the
Hungarian State Railway. It is located on the outskirts of Budapest between
the capitol city and the large suburb, Ujpest.
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c. We, did considerable new constrUction at Istvanteiki Fomuhely between 1940
and 1943i), The shops 'were well equipped with furnaces, steam, electric and
hydraulic hammers 'and tools It was considered the best equipped railroad
repair works in all of Hungary. In addition to actual repair and construction
of equipment we Carried on'constant research and development pr jects in
all phasesof railroad-equipment and operations.
d. Prior to World War II the jorsonnel was apTire2d.matel,* 3300 but was expanded
to 4500 during the wer. LThese figures are representative o� the adminietrae
tion, the repair and maintenance people who worked at these repair shopA/
e. With reference to new construction we averaged three new passenger cars
pe*month. � - � '
I. In rebuilding rolling -*lcki, we were able* do 85 to (90%fofthe.
necessary' work. Thic the usual amOutt,of repair, that is to say, the
rolling stock was almost worthless when We rideived it.- ls I recalli we
.rebuilt from'125,tO 130 freight cars'per�mOnth. �
50X1 g4 repair-necessary-On-railway oiltankers was effected at
Is!,,iantelki,Fomuhely. FUrther, most railway tank cars were Wilt at this
'installation. We had allothe required tooling for tank car construction,
steel rollslowelding equipment, riveting machines and presses. All replace,
iment�parts .for tank cars were stored at Istvahtelki Fomuhely and shipped to
other junctions and repair shops Whelersquested beothemo ,
h. Istvantelki Fomuhely,didet produce new locolotivesbut.did do repair work or
modify them whenever alteration or change was directed by the State Railway.
i. We built oil tank oars in three siies. 10 tons. 15 tons and 20 tons. In
1943 we had begun to build
30eton tankers,
f0 1 stated that these shops were the largest in Hungary. They covered.
an area about five kilometers long and approximately two and one-half kilo-
meters wide. The main building was a two-story affair with steel frewins
and brick walls. Activoly all of the buildings had steel fremieg. ,During
World War II the Allies bombed Istvantelki Fomuhely. About 5.O% of'
the appurtenances wer destroyed, but I o , recall that the steel framing
of the buildings remained erect.
(1) The machine shop; perhaps the most important s ction of Istvantelki
Fomuhely� was unt000'o, d. I recall, however, that USSR mortars did
make hits in two or three spits but did relatively minor and inconse-
quential damage.
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.(2)_ Thepaosenger and freight car,repa# section-was. Aemolishedi to the
. _extent of appr ximately 90%4 . ' �
(3). ApprolomAtoly 50% of the locomotive repair section was destr yed.
When.the forces f.the 'USSR took over the Budapest area therlave
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.4n.HUngary in 19,4? that zepair effected by the Soviets, who utilized
Hungarian personne4';Nz.d roturned the installations toyanalmost normal
.capacity (T cannot skay,. however.. .that. the repair was..100%:�completed).
k. The repair shop had onel.incoming +-:,-,-wk:.and one oUt.goingtrac4.,.The incoming
traCkbranche&out:int five mainarteries .plus a. sixth artery used exclusively
'tor :passenger car repair.: There was Of. 40, separate tracks inside
tbe,se: repair h ps.. -� . : '.r ;
TheiMPgr.taxIce_of 'et anteikt,F.w,ely-can.best'-he expressed -as followsvif
. it wemnot functiningl 60%, �f the rolling,stock,of.A11..:Hangary.would,suffer
for thin i the only. shop HungarTwhich,can.affect_majorrepairs on loco-
.-.motives an&rolling stockLover, 15.tens,in weight. -Heavy lift equipment
.00nsists,of a:60-ton electric lift which was usedf elevating locom tives.
,1041.4.35-7ton�electric lift lwereinforped thislift.� so that 40 tons could be
,H,elevatedYwhich was used ln, the passenger apdireighticasection f Istveu2telki
.4 4 .NOar-DAvantaki Fomuhelyis locatedone.of ths.onlytw�'.oxygen plants iiI,Hungary,
Thevoutput�of this plant .in 1945 was, 30 cubio,meters.per h nro,..The.plantwas
-operated by eight.men.whcv.were-employees.of,the:Nungarian StatoAailway.
The oxygen derived from the installation:was:used primprily-by=the,railways
and the army. I know for certain that 30% of all oxygen produced in Hungary
-,came*.frem...this source. source states that the oxygen plant was intact and
in noway damaged during World War 11j :incidentally, .50%,of.alLpxygen
,consumed by Hungarian industry was purchased in. Irienna,..Austriaup-te 1945.
� I tam ,recall that we received occasional shipments from Vienna,
3. Ferenc f- Varos8 The Northern repair shop (Sasaki 17tmuhely).,
.a. There was a large repair shop at Fereno-Varoavalso near,Budapest 'In fact
, it was,the third largest ,in Hungary. . ,
h., This installation had the, facilities to repair one p,artictiolar-type of steam
,drivenl.wom tiver all types. of electrically.driven locomotives, freight
, cars and.tankers. (Incidentally this was the only r .ahop in Hungary
specifically equipped to repair electriCloc..otives.
c. In. oar rapairr, Easaki Fommhely consistently turned out more repaired freight
, ears per month than antother ohoPc
4. Szombathely& ;.
a., 'The repair shops at Szombathely are about the same size as those at
Ssokesfehervar.' . . ., .. , , , , ., , .., . ,
b. The repair facilities were designed for amallerire4lUolT..stvokosuch:oas the
small Hungarian l000Motivevand,freight and passenger cars withlass...than
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� The Parma:nal, who cam510.0reasomo3T(neAr:Amw-xmcw
to, their mitarv
nroeram.� took over control and -a4ministration'of-:this
center.
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. a. The second largest railroad Junction and railway center in Hungary is located
at Debrecen.
b. The, number of workers at the repair shop during World War II was approximately
one:, thousand (complement now unknown to source). . -� .
c. The repair shop located at the edge of the city in the Southeastern'
sector. This shop is about four kilometers
d. It has one incoming track and one outgoing track, Inside-theShop the total
amount.of tr cks with all Arteries is 24. ',.. :=1- J-,
e. The work at the Deb.recen'Sheps is essentially cmcentrat/-ed i1f repair,of
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rolling stook and body construction.
f. The bodies manufactured are 4f two categories ; both pasetnger ear and
freight car bodies are turned out. .
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g. Although Debrecen Was well equipped With toOlse it couldn't be'oOmpared to
the shops at Istvantelki�F mulvay. *
I might mention the'general organization Of the shop at Debrecen for it ls
representative of ail the: iliger'shops in Hungary:, '
(1) The Administration Depplrents The Atied-of this'department-,Wap"Oyula'
Komaras',.whO is now de ase,:. From what I ha va heard Genesy Sndorlis
now (Sept mbar 1953) Chief ,MMitiatrator of the ShOpa. '
(a) Genessy Sendai Should be. abut 55 years of -age.. He is i'graduate
f J. eph University� Budapest. I believe th" Veer dftrA44atiO4:
was about 1926. Sandor is god railway technician, is bright and
-eterciaas good Julignient.' He has a strOng forceful personality.. He
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'Chief' sf the p seinger and freight car 's Ctionc:. As 'I 'recollect,'
when the USSR. feces entered Debr cen, Sandor left - kta' �aonta unknown
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' � destination... Germany in 1945 that Sandor 50X1
returned' to Debrecen 'seven or 'eight mont
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aCCepted the Communist Party line but -that. it'all:probability he
h.' 'gone along with the 06.0#16t5 as a-matter of etOeUincy. He
des posses a certainleierness which should invite caution when
dealing with him. . . � , ,
The 'Chief is responsible for repair Coi3struction and mtaintenance as
well as. resiarch*and design. - 'He' is aLIfio in charge Of the other *
departments,:' ' ' �
(2) The &lilting and Accounting D(..artments
- (a), ' This department handles' the personnel reCorde which incluakes salaries
� and wages. � � '' ' '
' (b) All auditing �for the -shops' is handled. in this 'section.;
Machinery. Departments' The top man in this dePartment,' of c6Urse, is a
qualified engineer.
`('4) ' Locomotive Repairs This department it 1947 was suPerfieed by. Benedek 5 �xi
50X1 `Sandor;� know that he is no longer' there' but don" 1,cnOW:�10:03' present
..whereaboutsa-) He is probably. 57 years of age now (Seiiteitter,
�Although he has a fair.' technical .bathenTinds,..`Benedek is 'a :rather �stxper-50X1
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he,.alwari relied upon. � Benedek, nrior t ugsk oodithittiong vas a'
Member of the Hungarian Peasant 'Party.,
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(5) 'The Repair Shop for Passenger -anti Freight Cars.
(6) By 1945 a sixth department was added. It was referred to as the main
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i. The shop at, Del:webs:I was able to renumia live large .,....giee�Eirr-c s- la .
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small: p..k4zo?nger-care-per month. ,
J. The'repair.of Pasienger.cars'amonnted-tc.25'per month.'- ' "' -
k. fro 15 to' 20 freight cars were rebuilt per month. and from 1,00 to 110 .freight
'tars 77ro repaired dUring'the eanieiial...)�-.
1. The f2.e:ight car bodies' bUiltat'Dibreceni4ore-Of'three-eizes's .
(1) The apacity:of the smallest was 10 tons.
(2) 15.Abn freight cars'.'CIlbst'Of'the freight cars utilized�on-Enngari
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raiIways'veraged 15 tons :i ' '
(3)' Thsrlargeet fr ight cars up to 1945 were of 20-ton capacity.
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Co..;equently that same year we came ou wi & a ton
size. Production in lerge volume of the'25-ton size didn't get underway
until 1949.
During World War II tanker repair got underway. From three to four tankers
per month Were repaied. Tank repair facilities and equipment were excellent.
� We 0.61)1d -repair the tank shells and as I recall trIkkesure equipment Utilized
in testing tanks was very go...
Debrecen ala pe.zsessed fa*ilities for repairing the trucks of rolling stock.
This repair includ d work on 'he axles, springs, bearings and- wheels.
The shop at Debrecen suffered critical damage froM USSR assault and Allied
bombings. By 1949,' however, they were-verating at 100% capacity and efficiency.
(The .function of this sknp were impeded about 67% by th World War II damage.)
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Some of the finer precision. tools for Hungarian railway work were located
at, Debrecen. There was one machine in. particular which I feel is worthy
of mention. It is a machine turret affair which 'contains a.large press
and a,ro.a,chine lathe. It nnuld press the outer flanges of wheels for
locomotives, This press cou.i.A� of course, press up,to 1.8 meters -in
diameter with precision. I104.5 calibrated to a precision �of 1/1000 of
an/mm(I n7t know the Englist, for. this .machine but recall that in
Hungarian we called it a merry-go-T=11d lathe and press),.
II. Railroads and Douhle.Track .14adbeds
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There were ery few.double..track ro tibed.s in Hungary In 3.945. . I pen, hotiever,.
recall and deseribe the following ness,, � ,
a. Vienna-Gy r-i3u.dapest was: double tracked the entire dietan' ce between the above
junctions,t This roadway and-roadbed were in excellent condition. Heavy
duty rails had.been,l'aid for,. high apead Inci4entally thiS 'Was the ,only
railway line in all Hungary which was eleCtrified, the entire
Loa otivee were permitted to' travel' over it at 126 kms per hour L75 ma/
and were permitted .to pal; freight cars :with a maximum load weight of 40
tons per oar. The line was. used bylboth, :pe,seenger end freight trains.
Since this .line was one of the busiest in the entire country, ail operations
in signaling were electrically devised and controlled .� � We utjilizzed a. block
system which opsrated at Maximum intervals of seTen.minutesohsio/. electricity
utilised along this railway was 50 cycles so that any of the Hungarian power
stations wo!!ore able to feed into the Hungarian Railway power lines through
tsformere. Eleqtrifipation: of the Vienna7Gyor7Budapeet 4ne begen, ii
1935 and was completed in 1937.
b. The line from Budapest ,to Hatvan ,is double -trackeclothe 9tire dAstance. Top
.PPeed Over ,this line in 1945 was 80 isms per, hour 259 mPh of /maximum
weight e were hauled over this roadbed for it was in excellent condition.
From Hatvan to. Misiolo there was only single tracking in 1945. But .from
Miskolc ,to Kassa i,Q7 double track had-been'leid for the entire distance.
4.). The line.o,fromitetVan to� Raesa was badly damaged by bombing ,duringor1d ar
However the. Soviets. rebuilt the entire line from ,)3udepest to Hatvan
to Miskolc, to :I\Tyiregyha,za tq Ungvarffie. The line is now 'doable tracked between
all of the above points.' It It.: is pot ,electrified,:. hwever, ;being ,constructed
for only 4, steam powered locomotives.. Work was completed on thie 4ne by
the 1PSR in l948o ,,
d. Budapeat-gegled-Ssolnok. This. railway. line was ba.dly 'damaged during World
War II, particularly around Szolnok. It was fully repaired by 37948 ,and was
in good ,condition only steem driven l000motivee optetalc4 on the above lines
which, ere double tracked along the .entiie route.
?hare :is double trank from to Hanoc.45i_c3 only steam driven locomotives
They cannot travel oVer. 60 lane p�.4 hour because the gradients are
steep and. cures not .properAy banked. Locomotives attempting speeds in
exoeca. of-, 60 kme par hour, 437i. kph/ overturned a number. of times..
f.,B44apes kr-UiSZaSZ-SZOlr101,,This railroad is double tiadc but actually it
iu .pocl .condition ,for has.., ad as a secondary
(or branch. '1ine It is.4zsedhieflY for hauling of Sugar beets.
g..1_,InCidentally2 if 'my ,memory ,doegnIt :meo: a"..0 of the rsilwey. 14es ,4,a
ery; were standard gauge that is four feet nine inches wide Z1945/.
`Mant.4facture of LocoMotives
a. ::The. Hungarian State 'Locomotive Factory ilocated at BUdapest on Soroirsari- ut
And �Pahanyei ut is devised for the constructi n of steam-driven locomotives.
yes equipped to produce two types of locomotives:
(1,.)" Type ,328 was designed for Aigh need. This locomotive could draw 32
ex..1.ea at 85 kw per hour Z53 It was used.,orl!oth-freight and
,passenger hauling with emphasis upon the latter. In passenger work
t e 32877was aot permitted to exceed the maxim:op of 95, kms per hour. �
mph 0 LSource unable to speak adequate English, cotild-Rqt peke
clear whether he meant 16 cars or 32 cars when he Used the ,expression
"32 axles"j
,(2), Type 424 --,desig2rd for heavy loads. ,It 'could draw 52 axles at 75 Ions
per hour Z47
(3) This shop els turned cut another ingine the 324. This locomotive could
draw 60 axles at 50 has per hour 3l mph,'.
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b. E.lectrio Locometives - We had in operation only �ne type a electric
locom t,ive, It Was oiamedi after it inventor; Kando Kalman. The plant
whioh produced the Kande Kalman was loeited at Ganz in the suburbs of
, Budapest. The Kando Kaleizz electric 1 comotive w produced in two
serial sequencess, one engine as designed for high speed and light hauling.
The eth r w manufacturea for ,,,ew speed and j�Leavy hauling. The faster
, locomotives top sped waS ,IfeleD0,1101= mPia../. The Slower locomotivets
t p speed ,was 75 km per s p hour 'L.47 I �11.1,
� 'Pullman .Care (Sleeping Cars)
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a.'-,q4,141:0404,:,careo dould be drawn over any of the ,aforementioned double.,-track lines
.Without any .alteratiext .of 'tracks or wheels. I can reca/10 however, that in
,1945 the' lines betteeen �Debrecen, and Rizesabony .were considered: unsafe. with
'referrenoi to:liete 'of .:pulltean carsioc .The .l000motive� had to redUce�itS: speed to
.'10,-"kma Li e and: oni-half mp/ because. of :the extrethelY'..sherp.:curves. The
'reditta OP these dicaves at. -a-ntamber of points was less, than. :200. 'Meters.
,Incidentally,a-minimUziO of 200 meters� radius is ieciudred_ as euitable for the
, lute f.'the 'Hangaria.n pullman cares, in negatiating1.,urves: With'.safety.. ���
b. ?Ullman oars cannot be drawn overotheAtIls -south of Egyek thic -Egyek,?..7
The curves in this area are far too Sharp.
V. ,Merieh,alling Yards The following focal points can be considered marshalling
yards' for otaley, eaoh 'possess large railway sidings,. .storageoftioilities and
� personnel' who, .can transfer ..loads .from one train. to another These points are
Szek 5117, liatvan, Szolnok, ..Debrecen�, Bekesesaba, � Szeged, ;,Pecs s; De*Dovar2
poevar 51.q?Vesprem, Gyor and Komarom.
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VI.. Available Rolling Stock, 1945 or. later
a. In 194.1 tire, .were 28: eilectrie-driven locomotives in Hungary. That same
year L194/ the Hungarian State Railway /kid: plane for .the . construction of
12 more. , I learned later that .six of the .projected- 12' had be*constructed.
50X1 ieezened�in.1950'� 04tti-the,:taliovi,:hatt'tkgairi.'0.140134
b. I.-wotild estimate that there were either:40. or .42 ate= driven: /000motiVes
of the'r. 328, series:. or type, �
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in 1945,..14, more 424s Wate 1111dei variougLiihasis of eonstruotion: and .were
beinubuilt' oblely for export to the USSR. (I can add nothing to the above
info:raiz tion'o) . �. . , ". .
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Totalin6 '.:-.42vis various sizes of freight cars in :.iietual, operational . condition
in 19r',.. I would say that there Were about 40,400., ,
e el'erence to railway tank. oars .a.safe"'estimate would., he somewhere
'.- between 400 to 450, .
Signals and Switihes
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There, iv ittafisttwaaidesiWig equilieent betWeen.the.major western.lienctions.
can, redall', definitely that. 1945. electrical equipment'. was' us erIttetween
(1) � Geir. and. KoMaremo _ , o 7
(2) � Budapeet ,and. Szekesfehervar. , � 1'
The -Hungarian, railway officials. wars very well. pleased .with'..thel_per,X6rmance
of the electric equipment and controls used at the above points. The
o system .itself was net. an -Hungarian innovation but was purchased from Germany.
This was the popular Siemens-Halske system.
b. 1isly meChanical eignaltng apparatus . was utilized elsewhere in Hungary.
c. o Switches ere manoelly operated. Each of the switches is locked and sea/ed.
:Should it be necessary for a trainman to break one of these seals, according
te Hungarian law, he must write an official 'letter eXplAining why the seal
had to be broken. Seals for these Olkcithhes are in the 'possession of station
masters who are the only enes permitted to either possess -the seals or to
replace them whenever they have been broken. ,
d. Dispatcherai'Uif the junctions. maintain contact with each Other -by telephone.
Between �Budapeet., Deli _Pia Palya 51a7and Ildvar, and betvieen the towns of Budapest,
Nagykani andKeszthely telosphonic communioations are so devised, automati-
cally, that all ,station teleph nes are immediately out in. Each railway ,
point along, the entire rriate can hear the conversation which transpires
among any of the statien, masters idle originate 4alls.
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separat auitomatic telephone system was utilized.. by the Hungarian State
Railway.: It was in operation-in .1911.5. This system was entirely divorced
from, the ,tommercial faeilities of the state communications system. The
c=ntrol for this system ig20 located at Bud,apast from which point underground
.cable
was laid in all dtrectiAns ti the larger. cities infratigary.' It was,
of course, owned and tn.Sed by the Hungarian State Railwa.ya.
can recall that during World 14e.z.IT'4rhien Seviet tro ps surrounded Budapest
Thi',3oviet troops had cut all lines of
tOMMUnications around Budapest but apparently they were not aware that the
.ttlephonic'.'equ.ipment
existed. Subsequently the major cities such as
Debrecen, Szombathely and others were able to converse with Budapest for
apProximately two menthe before' they were detected by the Soviets.. -' -
The , standard operating .proeedtare regarding station to station contact in
Eastern Hiangary was by telephone. � Each of the major stations.,had its own
seilitchbeard. The major stations- with sWitchboardri, served as -relay, stations
for� the smaller' junctions. Thus, if-a minor railweelifoLligriiiished to make
,tielephonic contact With any point, its calls :had to�bei relayed through the
Major railway. station'neareat it
VIII,. Status and Condition cof Hungarian Rolling Steck
a. I can recall that
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,7,ef.rem fru operation approximately five per cent' of the reLling stook
.f =expected re pairs. each . �
b. �For...anticipated and planted' zepair we removed from op ationear trhere
'from. 25 to 30% per mentb,� LAccording to source, the figures in a. and b
tes,,representative of all typal...0 such as freight cars, passenger and pullman
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0. Even. before World War II began Hungary. was in need of rolling stock
there was a constant shortage.
d.
.verate .eiiect1ve4c and .be conslciered in, geed anape..tne nuagarian -
railvara need a minim= 'of 50 thousand,,,freightcaraiyabliye 15-ton capacity
per car and .at least 10 thousand passenger cars 'S' ": 1 !night 'aiidAltat ohoitage
of loactiotives was constant.
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Zile initials MAV appear. on all Hungarian' rolling, stock.
Hungarian: abbreviation ,for "Hungarian-State liaiiway",/
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ENCLOSUPE (I)! 'Detailed Drawing Prepared by Source of May Istvantelki
Fomuhely Showing Location of Repair Shops, Rail Sidings
Poyitier �House, Passenger. tt'nd Fteight CaT'Secti,on Wiachine
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� (B).: Detailed Drawing Prepared by Source of Szekesfehervar May
�Muhely Showing Location of Repair Shops, Rail Sidings, Power
.House,- Passenger and, Freight Car Section, ,Machint-'Shops, etc.
.15etai1ed Drawing Prepared by Source of Debrecen May Muhely
Showing Location of Repair Shops, Rail Sidings, Power House,
Passenger and Freight Car Section, Iviachine Shops, etc.
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DETAILED DRAWING PREPARED BY SOURCE OF SZEKESFEHERVAR MAV MUHELY SHOWING LOCATION OF
:REPAIR SHOPS, RAIL SIDINGS, POWER HOUSE, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT CAR SECTION, MACHINE
pHors ETC.
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