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SEK class Iota-alpha
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1915· class of 20 Greek 2-8-2 locomotives
what is it?
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. They were given the class letters "Ια" and initially numbered 401 to 420, but were later renumbered 701 to 720.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 84.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39046968, Wikipedia: SEK class Iota-alpha (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.