SEK class Κγ

SEK Class Κγ
SEK Kg 880 freight train in Komotini station, September 1954
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Ateliers de Tubize (10) Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre (5) Société de Saint-Léonard (5) La Meuse () Build date 1929 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-10-0  • UIC E h2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,300 mm (4 ft 3+1⁄8 in) Length 18.030 m (59 ft 1+7⁄8 in) Loco weight 70 tonnes (69 long tons; 77 short tons) Fuel type Coal Firebox: ​  • Grate area 3.2 m2 (34 sq ft) Boiler pressure 14 kg/cm2 (200 psi) Heating surface 150 m2 (1,600 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 45 m2 (480 sq ft) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 575 mm × 660 mm (22+5⁄8 in × 26 in)
Career Operators SEK Numbers 861–880

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.

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

References

• 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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