SEK class Κγ

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Ateliers de Tubize (10); Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre (5); Société de Saint-Léonard (5); La Meuse ();
Build date	1929
Total produced	20

SEK Class Κγ
SEK Class Κγ
	SEK Kg 880 freight train in Komotini station, September 1954
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Ateliers de Tubize (10); Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre (5); Société de Saint-Léonard (5); La Meuse ();
Build date	1929
Total produced	20
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-10-0
• UIC	E h2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,300 mm (4 ft 3+1⁄8 in)
Length	18.030 m (59 ft 1+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	70 tonnes (69 long tons; 77 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Grate area	3.2 m2 (34 sq ft)
Boiler pressure	14 kg/cm2 (200 psi)
Heating surface	150 m2 (1,600 sq ft)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	45 m2 (480 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	575 mm × 660 mm (22+5⁄8 in × 26 in)
Operators
Career
Operators	SEK
Numbers	861–880

SEK (Sidirodromoi Ellinikou Kratous, Hellenic State Railways) Class Κγ (or Class Kg; Kappa-gamma) is a class of 20 0-10-0 steam locomotives purchased from four Belgian locomotive manufacturers in 1929.^[1]

They were given the class letters "Kg" and numbers 861 to 880.

References

Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
http://balkanmodels.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=297

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