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During a visit to Greece in 1998 I was pleasantly surprised, by finding a number of Alco's
still in service there. More so, as there was more diversity in models as well! I had a ball!
I tried to track down a few Alco's, specially the older ones, of which there were still
some in service then, but unfortunately of the 2 "World Series" loco's still left in service
I was unable to shoot one, but I did find one at Thessaloniki Diesel depot. It looked rather
sorry for itself and not without reason, as it was being used as spare parts supplier
for the 2 units still in service at that time.
It was sitting sandwiched, between a boxcar with parts and a retired railmotor waiting
to be restored to its former glory.
Alco's were rapidly disappearing from the scene in Greece, as were the older loco's from some
other manufacturers, such as Alstom (Fr.), but they still were a relatively strong family
of models, among which the World Series, MLW's, etc.
We can have a look at the Greek equivalent of the NSWGR 48 class and the SAR 830 class,
as a comparison, the A 200 Class, however, sits on 2 axle bogies,
instead of the 3 axle bogies of the Australian loco's.
Below some Alco pictures taken during my visit to the Greek Railways.
Above right: World Series A 303 in a rather sorrow state, sits forlornly, among a boxcar with
There are only minor differences with the South Australian 930 class, or NSWGR 44class
Below a shot of A306 leading a goods train in rather wintery conditons.
Below we see a bigger Greek Railway Alco. A468, a 2700 HP MLW Alco from Montreal, to be more
The biggest Greek Railway Alco (A500 class) about to leave the depot at Thessaloniki (1998)
I have been informed the remaining A500's are to undergo, or have now undergone, a rebuilding, So you see: there is hope for us ALCO lovers yet!
To close this page relating to the Greek Railways (OZE), a few more photographs:
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A one coach train, replacing a defective railmotor, has just arrived at Florina (Sept.1998):
A209 Belches out typical Alco exhaust smoke, while going to the shed for the night (Sept. 1998):
World Class Series Alco A303 has seen better days. Here spare parts supplier for remaining loco's at Thessaloniki, Greece, (Sept.1998) :
parts and a rail motor awaiting restoration to its former glory.
The loco was being used as spare parts supplier for the 2 remaining World Series A300 class
loco's, which were then still in service.
I have not been able to work out what the purpose of the pipe was, which ran along the side
of the loco seen here adjacent to the locomotive depot at Thessaloniki.
locomotives, the buffers being the most obvious one.
This photo courtesy of Vasilis Kapnas of Thessaloniki.
precise, photographed pausing at Alexandria, on the line from Thessaloniki to Florina:
program. A504 appears to be the first candidate and will be shipped to Canada for this purpose.
The remaining units will be rebuilt in Greece, according to what I was told.
An elderly railmotor, has just left the shed at Thessaloniki, on its way to the station (Sept.1998):
A Streamlined Intercity approaches the outskirts of Thessaloniki (Sept. 1998):
A shunt loco and modern main line loco in Athens Yard. (Sept.1998) :
A modern, spiffy looking A 473 has just arrived with its train in Thessaloniki station (Sept.1998):
An ageing, big French Alstohm locomotive, of the Greek Railways, in Thessaloniki depot (Sept. 1998):
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