SEK Class Ια
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderAmerican Locomotive Company
Order numberS-1092
Build date1915
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-8-2
 • UIC1′D1′ h2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,524 mm (5 ft 0 in)
Length:
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 • Over beams20.231 m (66 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Adhesive weight60 tonnes (59 long tons; 66 short tons)
Loco weight84.4 tonnes (83.1 long tons; 93.0 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox:​
 • Grate area3.0 m2 (32 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12 kg/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 psi)
Heating surface179.0 m2 (1,927 sq ft)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area38.1 m2 (410 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size584 by 660 millimetres (23 in × 26 in)
Career
OperatorsSEK
Numbers401–420 → 701–720

SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Ια (or Class Ia; Iota-alpha) is a class of twenty 2-8-2 steam locomotives purchased from the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1915.[1]

They were given the class letters "Ια" and initially numbered 401 to 420, but were later renumbered 701 to 720.


References

  1. ↑ Durrant 1972, pp. 52, 57.
  • Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
  • http://balkanmodels.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=286
  • http://www.manfred-kopka.de/europa/gritchen/ga.htm
  • http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=lok&datum=1927&page=7&size=45




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