MAV class 424 4-8-0

The 424 class was built by MÁVAG Locomotive and Machine Works, Budapest. There were 514 locomotives built to this design between 1924 and 1958 as it was such a reliable machine. 214 were built for MAV during World War II. They were the most well known general purpose locomotives in Hungary and were known by the nicknames "Bivaly" and "Nurmi."

Export variants of this type were operated on the Czechoslovak, Yugoslav, Soviet and Korean Railways.

This particular one, 424,247 was shopped in 1955, and although steam traction in Hungary ended in 1984 for regular trains, the locomotive remained in operation as a heritage vehicle. After a grand overhaul it's seen here departing Nyugati pályaudvar with a chartered train in May 2015.