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SEK class Λα
🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Lokomotivfabrik der StEG· from 1926· class of 1920s steam locomotives
what is it?
SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λα (or Class La; Lambda-alpha) is a class of forty 2-10-0 steam locomotives purchased in 1926 and 1927 from Lokomotivfabrik der StEG and Škoda Works They were given the class letters "Λα" and numbers 901 to 940.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 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
- 1926–1927
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik der StEG
- operators
- SEK
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- weight
- 85.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39046963, Wikipedia: SEK class Λα (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.