10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A MÁV részére készült legújabb mozdony: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. MÁV 424-009: Rozgonyi Péter· CC BY 3.0
- 3. 2023-10-29 Vasúttörténeti Park Budapest MÁV 424,365: Bernhard Graf ÖMT· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Abandoned MAV class 424 Locomotive @ Budapest Hungary: Loco Steve· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. A MÁV 424-es sorozatú szerkocsis gőzmozdonya. Fortepan 6726: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 6726 : Adományozó/Donor: Erky-Nagy Tibor. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. A MÁV 424.201 pályaszámú gőzmozdonya, balra a háttérben a Füredi utca 17. látszik. Fortepan 6728: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 6728 : Adományozó/Donor: Erky-Nagy Tibor. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. A MÁV 424-es sorozatú szerkocsis gőzmozdonya. Fortepan 6729: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 6729 : Adományozó/Donor: Erky-Nagy Tibor. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Fűtőház, a MÁV 424-es sorozatú szerkocsis gőzmozdonya a fordítókorongon. Fortepan 50758: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 50758 : Adományozó/Donor: Nagy Gyula. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Budapest, MÁV 424, baleset után. - Fortepan 104492: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 104492 : Adományozó/Donor: Budapest Főváros Levéltára. archive copy at the Wayback Machine· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. MAV - Class 424- 284 Steam Locomotive: Loco Steve· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The MÁV class 424 is a class of Hungarian 4-8-0 steam locomotives with double-chimneys, and superheating. Its nicknames were "Buffalo" and "Nurmi" (after Paavo Nurmi, a famous Finnish runner well known in Hungary). Locomotives of the same design operated in Yugoslavia as JŽ class 11.
who runs it
base stats
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924–1958
- number built
- 514
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- builders
- MÁVAG
- operators
- Hungarian State Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 83.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q240939, Wikipedia: MÁV Class 424 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.