SEK class Ια

SEK Class Ια
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder American Locomotive Company Order number S-1092 Build date 1915
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-2  • UIC 1′D1′ h2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,524 mm (5 ft 0 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 20.231 m (66 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Adhesive weight 60 tonnes (59 long tons; 66 short tons) Loco weight 84.4 tonnes (83.1 long tons; 93.0 short tons) Fuel type Coal Firebox: ​  • Grate area 3.0 m2 (32 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 psi) Heating surface 179.0 m2 (1,927 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 38.1 m2 (410 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 584 by 660 millimetres (23 in × 26 in)
Career Operators SEK Numbers 401–420 → 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.

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

References

• 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
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• http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=lok&datum=1927&page=7&size=45