NOHAB-GM

The locomotive we envisage to preserve is former MÁV-locomotive M61-010; a machine which one of our founders has already been supporting on its way to survival for 15 years by financial means and by countless hours of work as well, one of the results being its current livery the unit received early 1997. Since 1998, our members have been negotiating with the Hungarian State Railways concerning a possible purchase of the locomotive. Our efforts finally culminated in late 2001 in a contract for the acquisition of the machine. Meanwhile, the locomotive has been transferred to its new storage place, the former locomotive shed of Budapest Keleti station, and is undergoing first repairs (the current state and planned schedule of the overhaul can be seen here).

Primary location: Budapest United States