A Közlekedési Múzeum Évkönyve 13. 2001-2002 (2003)

IV. RÉSZ • A Közlekedési Múzeum gyűjteményeiből 365 - Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló a Közlekedési Múzeum XIII. Évkönyvéhez (magyar, angol, német nyelven) 385

In the first place in the catalogue the number of the negative and the theme of the picture are indicated, which are followed by a brief information. The time, when the picture was taken, is in many cases only approximately, or not at all known. After that, the way how the glass plate in the Museum came, and finally the dimensions and the format can be read. József Soltész: The First Steam Locomotives Of The Hungarian Central Railway. The Author refers in the introduction of his study to the fact that the history of construction of the Hungarian Central Railway, its political, economic and social background were the subjects of a number of longer and shorter reviews during the 150 years passed since the opening of the Pest-Vác section of this railway on the 15th Juli, 1846. But very few authors dealt with the first Hungarian steam operated railway and with the steam locomotives. The presumable reasons of this are the very small amount of source-material, the difficulty of the scientific investigations, and furthermore that the researcher has to know well the history and data of the locomotives built in the 1840s in Europe and North America, since the first locomotives came from abroad to Hungary. The same problems had the great European railway nations (England, Germany, France), too, when they were searching their first locomotives. Very few source-material remained from Trevithick's locomotives and from Stephenson's "Rocket", the history of these locomotives is investigated even in our days. The Author analyzes with criticism the Hungarian and foreign reference works published in connection with this theme and corrects the mistakes and insufficiencies on the basis of the later results of researches. He makes the reader aquainted with the false legend in connection with the model of the locomotive "Derű" ("Serenity") being the symbol of the Transport Museum. The legend was cleared only in the 1960s. In the further part of his study the Author informs in detail about the conctructional solutions and the development of the steam locomotives Cockeril, Norris and Haswell. Summing up the results of the researches being in progress for more than 100 years concerning the steam locomotives of the Hungarian Central Railway the Author declares that all of the applied types could be defined with the exception of the steam locomotive "Debrecen" made by Meyer, furthermore there are some uncertainties concerning the clearing some constructional details of the cockerill and Norris locomotives. Sándor Bálint: The Automobil Of The Type Csonka 1909. The old, veteran cars demonstrated on the exhibitions may generate a lot of thoughts in the heads of both the expert and not expert visitors. They recall the technics and production technology of the bygone days and we can admire the masterpieces of the trades died out, or just dying out. The Author reports in detail on the activity of János Csonka, the constructor and manufacturer of the car and on the phases of assembly. The car of the type Csonka 1909 is the oldest and only car of Hungarian design, which has been saved, and which is the material proof of the early awakening of the Hungarian automobil industry and being a high value exhibit of the Transport Museum in respect of both transport and technical history. János Szeibert: The Collections Of The Archive Of Technical Drawings Of Shipping. The division of labour in the industry, the cooperation and the strive for economic production made the unification of technical drawings and together with it the standardization necessary. The interchangeability of the parts required accurate technical drawings containing strict production instructions. The totality of the technical drawings and documentation possessed by the Transport Museum, the "Archive of technical drawings" is one of largest collections. The museal value of the technical dokumentation is in principle equal with that of the real collections, actually it can be regarded as substitute of objects. The object, the original or the model of the vehicle can be constructed any time on the basis of the technical drawing and the documentation belonging to it. The technical documentations were presented by several enthusiastic collectors but hunderedthousends arrived to the Museum during a prolonged time période following the closing of the shipyards. 396