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The MÁV class 424 is a famous class of Hungarian steam locomotives. The class appears in numerous nostalgic remembrances in literature in the movies and as models. The 424 class is a double-chimneyed superheated machine. 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.