#3684· OSE A.101
OSE class A.101
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1962· class of 30 Greek diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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- 1. 20090212-Thessaloniki-A104: Copyright ©2009 K. Krallis, SV1XV· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The OSE class A.101 (Krupp V60), also known as Κruppάκι-Κruppάκια (Kroupaki, "Little Krupp"), due to its small size, only 10 meters long, is, along with the class A.201, the oldest series of locomotive operated by TRAINOSE and is part fleet of the OSE. It is a diesel-powered, built in 1962 by Krupp for SEK and was put into operation at OSE in 1971, with its foundation. It has a MTW GTO 6 diesel engine with combined power of 478 kW and reaching speeds of up to 70 km / h in freight and local trains, and 30 in shunting operations. Class A.101 locomotives are based in the Rentis depot, where they are preserved.
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.
- 478 kW is about 6 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
- 1962–1968
- in service from
- 1962
- number built
- 30
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Hellenic Train, Hellenic Railways Organisation, Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 478 kW
- wheel arrangement
- C
- Dutch name
- OSE A.101
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17190707, Wikipedia: OSE class A.101 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.