#6456
SEK Class Theta-gamma
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· USATC S160 2-8-0 locomotives in service with the Hellenic State Railways
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEK Class Θγ No. Θγ584: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Θγ (or Class Thg; Theta-gamma) was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives ex-United States Army Transportation Corps S160 type. 27 locomotives were acquired in 1947; Θγ521–537 were coal burners, while Θγ551–560 were oil burners. In 1959, Italian Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato, FS) sold another 25, formerly Class 736, Nos 736.011/23/40/55/73/90/101/2/126/7/131/5/51/8/60/4/6/78/88/90/9/203/7/9/17 to SEK. These were renumbered Θγ571-95 in the same order.
who runs it
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
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- power
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- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q7389690, Wikipedia: SEK Class Theta-gamma (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.