MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011600070005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM.NO. 51-4AA
to FEB 1952
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COUNTRY Hungary
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Miscellaneous Railroad Information
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24 April .1952
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The Railroad.Car Factory at Gy8r (Y44)
This factory was expanded during September 1951 to accommodate machinery
for the construction of 60-ton Russian-type broad-gauge.freight. cars. The
present production amounts to 24 cars per month.
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c. The production of artillery pieces of 4.5.cm..to 15 cm. is being; continued.
The finished products are loaded at night and dispatched to tha.proving
grounds at Ditsgy8r (J87) and at Vic (H65).
The National Company or Rolling Stock Repair at Pestszentl8rinc (H61)
a. In cooperation with MAVAG of Budapest and the Railroad Car Factory of
Gy8r this company manufactureslrolling stock, for both the Russian
and the Hungarian. market, ofthe following types:
1) Pullman cars with four axles; these cars are furnished Edith such
unusual luxieries as cooking facilities, air-conditioning, electrical
appliances for heating water, etc. Monthly production.: 10-12 cars.
2) Freight cars with 4 axles. Monthly production: 5-8.cars.
3) Freight cars of all other type: 25-30 per month.
b. There are altogether 655 workers at this factory of whom 31-O are skilled.
c. The Plant is managed by Subyagin (fnu), a Russian.
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Construction of a Second Track between Budapest and Szdkesfth~rvd,r
a. A second track, about 40 km. in length, will be constructed during 1952
between Budapest-Kelenfold and KApolnasny6k (Z20). Thus, when completed,
Szdkesfeherv&r (ZOO) will be linked with a double track to Budapest.
b. The motive behind the speedy conclusion of this project is the strategic
location of SzdkesfehervAr. This city is not.only,an important.military
base but also a significant transfer point to the Soviet military bases
at Papa and Szombathely, and to the oil fields, around Lispee
1+. Deficiencies in the Railroad System
a. During January 1952 leading elements of the Communist Party have, on
several occasions, deplored the great number of b'eakdowns with which
the Hungarian railway transportation is constantly plagued.
t) Netween June 1950 and June 1951 there were 328 occasions when
locomotives stalled, for a variety of reasons, on open tracks, or
almost one stalling per day.
2) About 380 cars per month, or about 13 per day, have to be taken out
of circulation because of overheated bearing clamps (sic; French:
"happes"). The freight on a car sustaining such a damage has to be
transferred! This is a time-consuming and an expensive undertaking.
3) There are on the average 200 derailments of cars per month and 30
derailments of locomotives.
These deficiencies are partly due to the inexperience of the hastily
trained new employees, to the dilapidated condition of the entire rail
net, and Soviet restrictions on repair. Finally, these deficiencies
might be due to-sabotage, instructions received by the political section
of the railroad management from the Communist Party, in regard to the
strict supervision of all traffic employees, seem to point in this
direction,
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