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MÁV Class M44

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Ganz Works· from 1954· locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. M44 211: B.Zsolt· CC BY 3.0
  2. 2. MÁV M44 072 Szentes 2010-04-08: Beroesz· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. 02.02.98 Orosháza M44 026 & M62 089 (6444017343): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 09.02.93 Mátészalka M44 079 (11895577896): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 12.02.93 Kiskunmajsa M44 214 (12259803614): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 14.09.96 Balassagyarmat M44 507 + Bzmot 313 (14002812682): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 14.09.96 Balassagyarmat M44 507 and Bzmot 313 (15391494842): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Bahnhof, MÁV M44 8423, 2023 Nagykanizsa: Globetrotter19· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. Eisenbahnbrücken, MÁV M44, Illatos Straße, 2024 Ferencváros: Globetrotter19· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. HÉV station, BHÉV MX and BHÉV M44, 2018 Ráckeve: Globetrotter19· CC BY-SA 3.0
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MÁV Class M44, photo 1 of 10
1/10 B.Zsolt· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

MÁV Class M44 is a Hungarian shunting engine built from 1954 to 1971, and used by multiple railways, including Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), Polish State Railways (PKP), Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ), Yugoslav Railways (JŽ), and some industrial railways in the former countries of the Eastern Bloc. All versions used the Ganz–Jendrassik XVI Jv 170/240 V16 4-stroke naturally aspirated diesel engine producing 600 HP (420 kW).

who runs it

Polish State Railways

base stats

  • speed 80 km/htop speed
  • power 441 kWpower output
  • weight 62 tin working order
  • built 926made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
  • 441 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 11.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1954–1976
number built
926
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Ganz Works
operators
Polish State Railways
top speed
80 km/h
power
441 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
11.3 m
weight
62 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q570799, Wikipedia: MÁV Class M44 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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