SEK class Ια

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]

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:  • Firegrate area 3.0 m^2 (32 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm^2 (1,180 kPa; 171 psi) Heating surface 179.0 m^2 (1,927 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 38.1 m^2 (410 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 584 by 660 millimetres (23 in × 26 in)
Career Operators SEK Numbers 401–420 → 701–720

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.
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