RAILROADS AND ROLLING STOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004500900003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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~+ August 1951+
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Lion;! DsfsnN M the IIaltad Bt~tM withla the msan-
INFORJ~1IATIC~N REPORT ~ of the Estpioa.ie L4iwi, sae ia. II.$.a. ~..
wd 794, the tssnnmiplon Ot rsveistlon of Whioh in
DATE OF INFO.
P1ACE ACQUIRED
Railroad traffic problems in Hungelr9 during 195.were primarily the result of
-the ohronio lack of coal; but despite this lack; traffio in autumn 1953 was
better t2Yan in previous years, During January and the beginning of February,
however~.;pasaenger traffic had to be completely auaperrded on 30 lines. Thin
was neoe~aaary beoauae supplies of ooal at railway stations were e~chauated and
snow and other olimatic oonditiona prevented rapid replenishment. On 3 Feb-
. ruarsr,?the situation wan auoh that passenger traffics wsa stopped throughout
the entire railroad network in order to permit the running of international
trains as"t~ne11 as those. used to transport workers and goods. This restriotive
meaNUre lalrt~d for 15 dps.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVA[UATIONS IN THIS REPORT -ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(TOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
2. During autumn 1953 a>a averegr~ 'of 2~'OOrs, lid^~a~'~`"~, as ;oompared
;frith the normal average of 12,000 oars a day,e same"improvement wan made
ia?~regard to tonnage.. The average oarload in 1952 was 13.6 tone but rose to
Lt,,.2 tone in autLmmn 1953. Moreover, the average ooal consumption of a looo-
motvs was only 9.5 kilograms ooanpared with 10.6 kllogreme in 1952. The
lattsr figure i,e based on 100 kilometer-tong'"~of goods transported. In this
way, enough ooal was saved by October to fulfill the annual eoono~y goal net
by the ra?.lrmad direotors which was 150,000 tone. Between 1 October and 31
December ~~53, the Budapest-Ferencv~roa coal aupp],y dump wan ablq to set
aside 9,1~Od`tona which was 1,900 tons more than had formerly been required.
.During the same period, the Budapest-Keleti supply dtmip saved 3,300 tons,
whil 3600
t
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one were saved at the Haman Kato sic) aupp7,4 dump.
. : ,T~e.Hungarian`'railroada had no shortage of locam~otivea in spite of the use
Hungar3r
aaq manner to an unauthorlaed perwn is prohibited
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?rllf.poor quality coal and the frequent repairs that had to be made as a roault.
n `era did not meet replaoe~nent needs. "In order to increase the load
capacity, gondolas off' the KZ type ia``the 21,000 and 22,000 aeries, which nor-
mally carried 20 tone, were transformed to carry 26 tone. The cars weighed
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eight tons each.~thile the total w?ight was 34 tons with an axle pressure of
17 tons. This pressure held up without diff'icrlty on the first,--class tracks,
?butwthe chassis of the cars were damaged by the excessive weight and thus
accelerated the deterioration of the rolling stock.
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