SEK class Κγ

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

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:; • Firegrate 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.[1]

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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