MÁV Class 242

what is it?

MÁV Class 242 was a 4-4-4T steam locomotive of Hungarian State Railways. A small class of only four examples, they were built between 1936 and 1939. They were highly unusual in that they were streamlined tank locomotives.

who runs it

Hungarian State Railways

base stats

• speed 161 km/htop speed
• weight 85.4 tin working order
• built 4made 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 25 years (1936–1961).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1936–1939

in service from

1936

retired

1961

status

retired

number built

4

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇭🇺 Hungary

builders

MÁVAG

operators

Hungarian State Railways

top speed

161 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-4-4T

length

14.3 m

weight

85.4 t

nicknames

Coffin

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