Rail rolling stock Ganz Works

a tranz metro em class ganz-mávag unit in service in hutt valley, new zealand

after world war i, in frames of ganz works, kálmán kandó constructed one-phase railway electric system of 16 kv , 50 hz incipient on world. main attribute feed normal network, additional power station became unnecessary. consequently, hungarian electric traction formed according country s energy management. kálmán kandó adapted speed-torque curve electric traction through changing phase number , pole number. kálmán kandó incorporated phase shifter in locomotives governed speed levels.

because of death of kálmán kandó, lászló verebély continued work hungarian railways (mÁv). moreover, managed construction of nationwide power station (bánhida) supplying railways budapest electric power transmission line of 110 kv. elaborated first plans of nationwide cooperation of electric energy. in 1930s organised department of electric stations , railways of bmge, became professor of significant branch of heavy current engineering.

in 1959 ganz merged mÁvag company , renamed ganz-mÁvag.

in 1976 ganz-mávag supplied ten 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge 3-car diesel trainset hellenic railways organisation (ose), designated class aa-91 , 4 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ⁄8 in) metre gauge 4-car trainsets, designated class a-6451. in 1981/82 ganz-mávag supplied ose 11 b-b diesel-hydraulic dhm7-9 locomotives, designated class a-251. finally, in 1983, ose bought eleven 3-car metric gauge trainsets, designated class a-6461. these locomotives , trainsets have been withdrawn exception of 1 standard , 1 metric gauge trainset.

in 1982/83 ganz-mávag supplied order electric multiple units new zealand railways corporation wellington suburban services. order made in 1979, , 44 powered units , 44 trailer units, see new zealand em class electric multiple unit.

a series v63 ganz-mávag electric locomotive of hungarian state railways