Steam locomotives SEK Κα881 - Κα893 ex-DRG G10

[christo]

I think the Greek one had only the wheels red but this was the German loco with the model plates positioned loose over the sides to see the effect. Further more, Andreas was making one and he repainted even the wheels to the correct red but let's wait for him to tell us, if he has the time.

christo.

[TimCC6558]

That's what I thought, I'd just done the wheels on mine and may even get it finished eventually.

[christo]

roco 62219 suits Κα888

roco 62224 suits Κα891

roco 62232 suits Κα893

this roco will also do but we don't know which Κα number it takes.

christo.

[Andreas]

Hi...was my expertise asked???

No...just kidding. The matter with the G10 is complex. About 14 years ago I asked one senior member of the SFS (Mastro Ntinos Vasilopoulos) who remembered these locomotives. Mastro Ntinos is about 95 now so you can guess that he saw a number of G10 in his life.

I asked him about the colours and he told me the following: "My son, the Ka had a dark red frame and wheels -black frame is as in every SEK Locomotive because it was never cleaned- and their superstructure was Grey". I answered perplexed.... "Grey????". He then said "These were the only steam locomotives in Greece that had Grey superstructure....all the others had black!".

Mastro Ntinos is a very reliable person and if he saw that with his own eyes I will not despute it. None of us has seen a SEK G10 so we cannot prove the opositte although I had some disputes about that in the Amnizia forum.

My guess is that the locomotives kept the German Grey from WWII and about the red...hm...when the locomotive was overhauled just the frame received red.

I will upload some pictures of my Ka during the Weekend. Mine is not finished. I need the detailing of the boiler and I have ordered Weinert driving wheels, which at the moment are not available.

Cheers
Andreas

[Olympus]

Good morning

My model made from Erail.gr, Basic loco was the NSB loco with number 62229







best regards Andy

[christo]

Balkamodels Archive

christo.

[christo]

Two locomotives 57 1243 and 57 1377 worked in Greece during the Germen Occupation of Greece according to photographic evidence in Lokomotiven ziehen in den krieg volumes 1 & 2, but there is no record if any of them are the missing numbers.

christo.

[GAZKGK]

Many tens of these locomotives worked in Greece during the occupation.... and some were also destroyed and left here.

Even during the 1950s (i don't remember the exact year), a damaged class 57 loco was being transported to KEP to be restored as a Κα.

[christo]

Just came across a document affirming that a 1947 SEK stock list included the following BR57 locos in Greece: 1562, 1655, 1887, 2748 and 3228. Of these new numbers we know that 1887 was given to Κα884. The remaining numbers must have be given to some unverified Κα locomotives from the previous list. However, even with the new additions, there are still missing numbers.

christo.

[christo]

A lot of interest arose in the German forum about these locos. The polyglots can read here: http://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/ ... 71,7727247

christo.