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Ten Belgian locomotives for the line from Myloi

1889–1890 Proven

Ten tank engines with large 1.20 m driving wheels were built in Belgium in 1889 for the Myloi–Kalamata railway: three arrived in 1889, seven in 1890. A catalogue plate calls them 'Locomotive-Tender pour le chemin de fer de Myli-Kalamata'. Later, as SPAP series Ι, they carried the numbers Ι651–Ι660.

Note: The builder is uncertain: the plate names Société Franco-Belge, the thesis a factory at 'Brain-Le-Compt' (works numbers 699–708).

Where
Locomotive shed
Threads
Railway
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

  • D. A. Paraskevopoulos, Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα (PhD thesis, 2014), pp. 206–207 and table 29 Open
  • Catalogue plate «Locomotive-Tender pour le chemin de fer de Myli-Kalamata», Société Anonyme Franco-Belge (Delcampe 1672670593)

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