from the Paks Nuclear Power Plant to Soviet reprocessing facilities, despite the availability of Soviet-made M62 engines. The M61 type has achieved a cult status in Hungary because they were used to haul most of express trains to holiday resorts around the Lake Balaton region. Their images became closely associated with teenage summer camps, exploration and family recreation during the Socialism era, when foreign travel was highly restricted for the average citizen. Today, the M61s are no longer in regular service with MÁV, most were scrapped but some were saved. One is still run on charter duties by a preservation group in Hungary and Romania and another one hauls track-laying machinery trains in the Budapest region. References External links NOHAB Locomotive Site NOHAB Foundation MAV M61 NOHAB pictures from many countries Nohab Steam Locos in Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese) Defunct companies of Sweden Locomotive manufacturers of Sweden Aircraft engine manufacturers of Sweden