Cseri Miklós (szerk.): A Skanzen vonat. A BCMOT 422-es története. Skanzen füzetek 4. (Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 2011)

MÁV ordered from the Ganz factory 12 triaxial diesel motor trains in 1932. They were put into operation under track numbers BCmot 418-429, differing from the originally planned numbers. The first 6 railcars were finished in 1929 (BCmot 424-429). They were renewed with diesel engines, while the other 6 railcars were new models, made with VI JmR 150 diesel engines. The vehicle acceptance testing of the triaxial train with front cooling, carrying track number BCmot 422 and factory number 80 096, took place on the 5th August 1932. The acceptance testing is a technical examination, and when successful, passengers may be carried by the train. The BCmot 422 was sent first to Békéscsaba, and on the 21st October 1935 it was put into operation in Vésztő. The train's operating costs were covered by the fare paid by 12 passengers, and due to the motorization, its speed was increased to 35-34 km/h. The better accelerating carriages needed less water and coal, so, the loading of fuel was not necessary and travelling time became shorter. The carriages being lighter, strained the tracks less. At the beginning of the 40s the diesel engines type VI JmR 150 of the railcars made in 1932 were gradually replaced by VI JaR 135/185 type engines. On 22 January 1944 the home station of the railcar under track number BCymot 422 was Békéscsaba. The motor trains were generally all badly affected during World War II. Some were completely destroyed, but almost all of them suffered damages. Our railcar was out of service at the end of the war and its engine was repaired in the engine-house in Szombathely. Afterwards it was taken to Mödling in Austria as spoils of war of the Red Army, provided with the Soviet trophy-sign T9. After its return, it was stationed again in Vésztő. The railcar was in ser22