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The Belgian association #PFT #TSP used to organise, and probably still organises, railfan specials that included a number of photo stops en route. On this picture, taken in the #Gent 🇧🇪 area in May 2008, we see such a charter train hauled by two “round nosed” #AFB #Nohab diesels.

In operation the M61 had proven to be far more reliable and economical than the M62, and gained cult status among train fans in Hungary over the years.

6 out of the original 20 M61s are still operational, despite the state railways' best efforts in the late 90s to scrap them and sell them for parts. (001, 006, 010, 017, 019, 020 are operational, 002 still exists but almost entirely parted out, 004 partially preserved as a museum exhibit after a major accident).

#m61 #m62 #trains #nohab

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In 1963-64, the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) 🇭🇺 bought 20 American-licensed 🇺🇸 Swedish 🇸🇪 made NOHAB AA16 locomotives. They were put into service under class name "M61", and they were a huge success.

This was so controversial in the East-Bloc, that the Soviet Union decided to build an entire loco-series to compete under type code "M62", and they flooded the entire East-Bloc with them. The naming directly comes from the Hungarian code for the NOHABs.

#m61 #m62 #trains #nohab