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SEK class Κγ

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SEK Class Κγ
SEK Kg 880 freight train in Komotini station, September 1954
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1929
Total produced20
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-10-0
 • UICE h2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,300 mm (4 ft 3+18 in)
Length18.030 m (59 ft 1+78 in)
Loco weight70 tonnes (69 long tons; 77 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Firebox:
 • Grate area3.2 m2 (34 sq ft)
Boiler pressure14 kg/cm2 (200 psi)
Heating surface150 m2 (1,600 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area45 m2 (480 sq ft)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size575 mm × 660 mm (22+58 in × 26 in)
Career
OperatorsSEK
Numbers861–880

SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Κγ (or Class Kg; Kappa-gamma) is a class of 20 0-10-0 steam locomotives purchased from four Belgian locomotive manufacturers in 1929.[1]

They were given the class letters "Kg" and numbers 861 to 880.

References

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  1. ^ Durrant 1972, p. 52.
  • Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
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