Hellas-Express

Photo Balkanmodels: April 2001 NES Thessaloniki. Wagon 156 9 391-1 unloading.


Photo Balkanmodels: April 2001 NES Thessaloniki. The other side of the same wagon. Note the variation of livery in all bauxite paints and the effects due to sun fading.

christo.

Divided to two series.

Z 21 73 156 9 300-429, Gbgs and Gbgss, some later became Z11.
Z 21 73 156 9 430-449, Gbgs, Gbgss, Gbgs-v with handbrake, later as Z5 ΖΕπ

All built in 1988-1989 in ELEUSIS SHIPYARDS S.A., GREECE with co-operation with VEB WAGGONBAU NIESKY - GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, VEB KOMBINAT SCHIENENFAHRZEUGBAU GDR.


21 73 156 9 312-7 - Amindeo



21 73 156 9 361-4 - Lianokladi



21 73 156 9 400-0 - Rentis



21 73 156 9 416-6 - Nea Magnisia











21 73 156 9 436-4 as ΖΕπ 21 73 174 6 056-6 - Didimoticho



21 73 156 9 442-2 as ΖΕπ 21 73 174 6 062-4 - Inoi



21 73 156 9 445-5 as ΖΕπ 21 73 174 6 065-7 - Rentis



21 73 156 9 446-3 as ΖΕπ 21 73 174 6 066-5 - Lachanokipi

As I can see, not all Z5s had a yellow band on the door. Do we have any Z3 with brake at their original numbering?

21 73 156 9 355-6 Gbgs, shot at Thiva the 5th April 2013

Photo Balkanmodels: April 2001 NES Thessaloniki.

christo.

a surprisingly ungraffiti-zed Z3 at Rouf, 4/3/2014

21 73 156 9 307-7

ungraffiti-zed

Alas that was the norm once. One could see even the smallest writing on the wagons.


Photo Balkanmodels: November 1997 at NES Thessaloniki. Unidentified Z3 buffer detail.


Photo Balkanmodels: Spring 2000 outside the Carriage Shed Thessaloniki. Unidentified Z3 roof detail. It is the one with the silver windows. Did you spot anything else?

christo.

Photo balkanmodels: November 1997 at NES Thessaloniki. It is getting dark and using flash in those days was not an option since it would attract unnecessary attention from the officials. Wagon 156 9 425-1 just visible.

christo.

Photo balkanmodels: November 1996 at NES Thessaloniki. There used to be an ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΑ small parcels/newspapers overnight service between Athens and Salonica. One in each direction. It used to comprise of a few 2 axle brown vans and a Staff Van at the end. The engine usually used was a Ganz A250. Here is an A100 shunter shunts the wagons to Line 2 late afternnon in preparation for the night service.


Photo balkanmodels: November 1996 at NES Thessaloniki. Wagon Z3 156 9 438-0. It is one of the Gbgs-v.


Photo balkanmodels: November 1996 at NES Thessaloniki. Wagon Z3 156 9 327-5. It is a Gbgs.

christo.

thanks Christo, I think this is the 1st photo I see of a Gbgs-v marked and numbered as a Z3!!!


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Your welcome BarbaPanagos. One more for your collection.


Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at PES Thessaloniki. Wagon 156 9 415-8. This one is Gbgss. For the historian: These sidings are long gone. They gave way to another highway. Years of service wiped out for the motor car.

christo.