Hungary: Depot turntable in action at Szekesfehervar depot with MAV class 408, 418 and 628 locos
Hungary: At Szekesfehervar depot the unusual sight of a turntable in action is seen. Various diesel locos of classes 408, 418 and 628 along with a number of Bzmot DMUs stand around the turntable.
Also seen are the now demolished tower signal box and the former station platforms. Major modernisation work took place around Szekesfehervar station recently to extensively change the scene here. Recorded 1st July 2014.
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The city of Székesfehérvár located in central Hungary, is one of the largest cities in the country. Székesfehérvár was the capital of Hungary in the Middle Ages. Now the city is regional capital of Central Transdanubia, the centre of Fejér county and Székesfehérvár District. It was one of the most important cities of Hungary. In the Székesfehérvár Basilica (one of the largest basilicas in medieval-Europe), where the Diets were held and the crown jewels kept, thirty-seven kings and thirty-nine queens consort were crowned and fifteen rulers buried.
The name Székesfehérvár means white castle of the (royal) seat and the city is known by translations of this in other languages (Latin: Alba Regia, German: Stuhlweißenburg, Slovak: Stoličný Belehrad, Serbian: Столни Београд, Stolni Beograd, Croatian: Stolni Biograd, Slovene: Stolni Belograd, Czech: Stoličný Bělehrad, Polish: Białogród Stołeczny or Białogród Królewski, Turkish: İstolni Belgrad). In Hungarian, the city is known colloquially as Fehérvár.
The word szék (meaning seat as throne) is related to its important role in the 1st centuries of the Kingdom of Hungary: székhely means a (royal) residence, center. In accordance of the obligation from the Doctrine of the Holy Crown, the first kings of Hungary were crowned and buried here.
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Hungarian State Railways (Hungarian: Magyar Államvasutak or MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions MÁV START Zrt. (passenger transport), MÁV-Gépészet Zrt. (maintenance) and MÁV-Trakció Zrt.. The MÁV Cargo Zrt (freight transport) is sold for ÖBB. The head office is in Budapest.
In Budapest, the three main railway stations are the Eastern (Keleti), Western (Nyugati) and Southern (Déli), with other outlying stations like Kelenföld. Of the three, the Southern is the most modern but the Eastern and the Western are more decorative and architecturally interesting.
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The MÁV M41 series was built in 1969 and 1972 to 1984 in 107 copies to the MÁV delivered four-axle diesel locomotive which was to replace the last remaining operational steam locomotives. Machines of this type were also produced for Gysev and OSE.
The history of this locomotive goes to the MÁV -series M46 back from 1969 by Ganz MÁVAG two similar locomotives for testing the MAV has been sent. The sample locomotives had a single-ended funds cab and a 12-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine from full , which made at 1500 rpm 880 kW (1200 hp).
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