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'Not suitable for the Myloi–Kalamata line'
1895 Proven
In the 1895 annual report Apostolos Agathoklis, head of traction and rolling stock of the ΣΠΑΠ, judged the Belgian series Ι engines fit for fast passenger trains but not for the steep climbs of the Myloi–Kalamata line, the very line they had been bought for. He also proposed moving larger engines to the short branch Myloi–Argos–Nafplio.
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Sources
- D. A. Paraskevopoulos, Ατμοκίνηση στην Ελλάδα του 19ου αιώνα (PhD thesis, 2014), pp. 189–190, 207 (citing ΣΠΑΠ, Απολογισμός χρήσεως 1895, pp. 21–24) Open (opens in a new tab)
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