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SEK class Λα

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SEK Class Λα
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1926 (10), 1927 (30)
Total produced40
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-10-0
 • UIC1′E h2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,450 mm (4 ft 9+18 in)
Length:
 • Over beams19.716 m (64.69 ft)
Adhesive weight72.2 tonnes (71.1 long tons; 79.6 short tons)
Loco weight85.4 tonnes (84.1 long tons; 94.1 short tons)
Firebox:
 • Grate area4.47 m2 (48.1 sq ft)
Boiler pressure14 kg/cm2 (1.37 MPa; 199 psi)
Heating surface211.0 m2 (2,271 sq ft)
Superheater58.3 m2 (628 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size610 mm × 720 mm (24 in × 28+38 in)
Career
OperatorsSEK
Numbers901–940

SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λα (or Class La; Lambda-alpha) is a class of forty 2-10-0 steam locomotives purchased in 1926 and 1927 from Lokomotivfabrik der StEG and Škoda Works

They were given the class letters "Λα" and numbers 901 to 940.


References

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  • Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
  • http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=lok&datum=1927&page=9&size=45
  • http://www.manfred-kopka.de/europa/griechen/la.htm