#2755
SEK Class Λβ
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1943· class of Greek 2-10-0 locomotives (ex UK War Department 2-10-0)
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEK Class Λβ No. Λβ957: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Λβ (or Class Lb; Lambda-beta) is a class of 16 2-10-0 steam locomotives, ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0s purchased after the Second World War. All of them were previously stabled in Egypt and were transported to Greece, as part of the UNRRA mission in Greece (arrived at Thessaloniki port on 16 January 1946). They were given the class letters "Λβ" and numbers 951–966.
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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Weighs about as much as 13 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
- 1943–1944
- retired
- 1985
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Riddles
- operators
- Hellenic State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- weight
- 79.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q7389691, Wikipedia: SEK Class Λβ (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.