EuroCity 344/345 "Avala" (Vienna-Belgrade 1991)

A while back, ACME released two car sets to recreate the EuroCity 344/345 "Avala" from Vienna to Belgrade around 1991. There were:

• ACME 55074: 4-piece car set “Avala” consisting of 1x Alm and 3x Bl, Ep. IVb-V

• ACME 55310: 3-piece car set “Avala” consisting of 2x Bl and 1x WRm (Spiesewagen), Ep. IVb-V

 

It's a beautiful formation but it was lacking the locomotive V43 from MÁV, as shown on the box and catalog:

 

Piko released one at the time, but it was too recent as it displayed MÁV START which is a very recent name for the passenger service. The correct version just got released:

Piko 51447

 

I gave it the DCC address of 4365:

 

 

Avala - Winter 1992 - Wien -> Beograd

Sadly I could not find a photo or a video of the Avala with a V63 ; instead ACME provides one with a V43 engine - which is announced by Piko ...

https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=%C3%96BB&cislo=345&rok=1992

It nicely matches exactly what is provided on vagonweb.cz:

Description	Image	Reference	In stock
MÁV V63		ACME 60661	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55074	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ Bl		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ WRm		ACME 55310	✔
JŽ Alm		ACME 55074	✔
ÖBB ABm		RailTop 32301	✔
ÖBB Bm		RailTop 32203	✔
ÖBB Bm		RailTop 32203.2	✔

And here's the video: