Ferenc Zamor

* Bazin, October 14, 1877 – † Budapest, June 11, 1960 / mechanical engineer, designer ; ; Originally his surname was Zsabokrszky, but together with his siblings they later chose the name Zámor. He began his schooling in Bratislava, but the family moved to Budapest in 1889 and Zámor continued his studies there. His father, a court judge, was transferred to Pécs in 1891, so Zámor graduated there. In 1896 he enrolled at the Technical University of Budapest, where he obtained a degree in mechanical engineering in 1901, while he took a job at the Ganz Wagon and Machine Factory and worked there until his retirement. During World War I he was taken prisoner by the Russians, from which he only returned home in 1921. Between 1928 and 1945 he was the director of the Ganz factory. He was one of the pioneers of the motorization of railway passenger traffic. Under his direction, the Ganz works developed fully steel-framed railway passenger cars. In the 1930s, the Ganz motor trains powered by Jendrassik engines were built based on his designs. The Árpád railcar became internationally renowned, and the Ganz factory exported its motor trains to many countries around the world (Egypt, Argentina, etc.) as a result of its success. After 1945, he was a consultant to the Ganz factory, then in 1950–1954 he contributed to the technical development of the Budapest Underground Express Railway, and in 1954–1957 he was an employee of the MÁV Design Office. He had numerous patents and innovations, and frequently published articles and series of articles. Among these, his study entitled "Products of Ganz Factory Motor Cars", which was almost a book in length and published in four installments (1955/10, 11, 12, 1956/1) in the journal "Vehicles and Agricultural Machinery", deserves special mention.