Hellas-Express

with no doubt the ugliest wagon around!!! it looks like being made from other wagons leftovers and a lorry flatbed
any info available?


81 73 397 9 130-0 Rmmos, Agios Ioannis, September 2013

81 73 397 9 100-149, types Rmmos and Rmmops built by LE BRUGEOISE ET NIVELLES, 1967. They are convertions of the series T7 31 73 587 0 001-050.

Jason, why do they carry FYROM MZ markings?

christo.

There was a contract with МЖ for carrying metal rolls. That was the reason of the conversion.

There was a contract with МЖ for carrying metal rolls. That was the reason of the conversion.

It is still a question why two country markings on these wagons and not say on the Rs that also went outside Greece with other loads.



Both Photos Balkanmodels: April 2003 outside the Railway Museum Thessaloniki. All three wagons seem to carry FYROM markings as well. The further away wagon seems to be a different conversion because it has Y25 bogies and a fishbelly. Is it a converted T8?

christo.

Yes, there was one more series... 81 73 398 0 000-049, converted from T8s (yes, i know, something is strange), built by UZINA DE VAGOANE ARAD, ROMANIA, 1973.

A photo ( well, not completely out of topic )

I had missed this one, nice shot Jason, not an everyday sight!


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81 73 397 9 108-8 at Amindeo 23/7/2012 photo: Anastasios Roussos