SEK class Λα

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Lokomotivfabrik der StEG (10); Škoda Works (30);
Build date	1926 (10), 1927 (30)
Total produced	40

SEK Class Λα
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Lokomotivfabrik der StEG (10); Škoda Works (30);
Build date	1926 (10), 1927 (30)
Total produced	40
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-10-0
• UIC	1′E h2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,450 mm (4 ft 9 1⁄8 in)
Length:;
• Over beams	19.716 m (64.69 ft)
Adhesive weight	72.2 tonnes (71.1 long tons; 79.6 short tons)
Loco weight	85.4 tonnes (84.1 long tons; 94.1 short tons)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	4.47 m2 (48.1 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	14 kg/cm2 (1.37 MPa; 199 psi)
Heating surface	211.0 m2 (2,271 sq ft)
Superheater	58.3 m2 (628 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	610 mm × 720 mm (24 in × 28 3⁄8 in)
Career
Operators	SEK
Numbers	901–940

SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λα (or Class La; Lambda-alpha) is a class of forty 2-10-0 steam locomotives purchased in 1926 and 1927 from Lokomotivfabrik der StEG and Škoda Works

They were given the class letters "Λα" and numbers 901 to 940.

References

Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=lok&datum=1927&page=9&size=45
http://www.manfred-kopka.de/europa/griechen/la.htm

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