#4183
OSE class A.451
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1973· class of 20 Greek diesel-electric locomotives
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- 1. 20070504-air-a453: © 2007 K. Krallis, Sv1xv· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
OSE class A-450, also known as 450άρα (450ara, "Big 450") or Καναδέζα (Kanadeza, "Canadian") is a series of diesel-electric locomotives used by TrainOSE. They were built and put into operation by OSE in 1973. Construction was made by Montreal Locomotive Works in Canada. Outwardly they look like the class A.501, with the basic difference that they are of lesser strength and have different appearance, before rebuilding, as in the elevated head-ons they housed the steam heating boiler.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2 MW is about 23 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
- 1973
- in service from
- 1973
- number built
- 20
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Hellenic Train, Hellenic Railways Organisation
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3347714, Wikipedia: OSE class A.451 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.