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SEK class Λγ
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1947· class of8 Greek 2-10-0 locomotives
what is it?
SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λγ (or Class Lg; Lambda-gamma) is a class of eight 2-10-0 steam locomotives purchased in 1947 from Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were given the class letters "Λγ" and numbered 991 to 998.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 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
- 1947
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- weight
- 85 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39046961, Wikipedia: SEK class Λγ (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.