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OSE class A.201
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1962· class of 10 Greek diesel-electric locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 20070611-AIR-A204-0002: Copyright © 2007 K. Krallis, SV1XV· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 20081102 ALCo A-208 02: Copyright © 2009 K. Krallis, SV1XV· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The OSE class A.201, also known as the Διακοσαράκι (Diakosaraki, Little two-hundred) or Πλούτο (Pluto), after the well known cartoon, due to the generally not accepted aesthetic result of the reconstruction completed in 2010, is, along with the class A.101, the oldest locomotive operated by TRAINOSE. They were built in 1962 by Alco for SEK and were put into operation at OSE in 1971, when it was founded. It is the first diesel loco in regular use in Greece while at the same time they are the first diesel locomotive of the network and a leader of the ALCo family in Greece. Their advent was marked by the great progress towards changing the railway and the gradual abolition of the steam locomotives.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 772 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1963
- number built
- 10
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Hellenic Train, Hellenic Railways Organisation, Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
- 96 km/h
- power
- 772 kW
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q31284740, Wikipedia: OSE class A.201 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.