Steam locomotives SEK Κα881 - Κα893 ex-DRG G10

[christo]

Kα881-893 E h2 + 3T various German Firms 1910 - Ex DR 57.10-35 (KPEV G10) locos, remained in Greece after WW2. Verified Κα881(57 3291), 882(573057), 883 (572055) & 884(571887)

Photo A.Luft August 1959. Loco Κα 888 at Domokos. From the (German language) book: Die Eisenbahnen Griechenlands. Note this is the flat roof version with 3 domes in the boiler.

Photo L.King May 1962. Loco Κα 888 at Larissa. From the magazine: Continental Railway Journal no.54. This is the other side of the same loco. Note that the unidendified Κα behind Κα888 is a version with flat roof and 4 domes.

Photo SEK. Loco Κα 891 at Athens. From the (Greek language book): The Greek Railways. Note this is the round roof version with 2 domes in the boiler.

christo.

EDIT: more info added on 2nd photo.

[BarbaPanagos]

Photo L.King May 1962. Loco Κα 888 at Larissa. From the magazine: Continental Railway Journal no.54. This is the other side of the same loco.

I couldn't have asked for more!!! I had seen the first photo, now I know what it looked like on the other side!!!
time to convert my Roco 62220

*** Note that Κα 888 between 1959-1962 seems to have lost her front lights...

[christo]

I couldn't have asked for more!!!

..and if you behave yourself there is a Κα893 to come. On second thought I might email that to you. Too many guest eyes here ...

christo.

[BarbaPanagos]

hmmmm, I have some nice shots to trade


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[christo]

No trading BarbaPanagos. Everything I put here is free. I even have a flat scanner for scanning paper photos

..and I just took delivery of VEHO VFS002 so I will plough through the negatives. The old VFS01 (bought for £70 and now for sale £10) only worked with XP and I now have windows7.

christo.

[BarbaPanagos]

lets see what your new scanner is capable for
and if it's good we could suggest it to some other fellas (no offense, we don't mean anybody of us in here, it's just a joke)


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[christo]

Photo Trevor Rowe: August 1961 loco Κα893 at Larissa. This photo (and some others) was purchased from Mr Rowe but after a while I found out that he sold it to other people also (who unfortunately have no scanners ). I understood it to be exclusive to me but obviously he thought otherwise. Anyhow here it is for free. Note this one is a round roof and 3 dome version.

So we can model so far two flat roof versions and two round roof ones. I believe ROCO do all four.

christo.

PS. Please excuse the private joke about the scanner, which I made before. It was a comment I once received from the forum I was banned from. And though it reflects a certain attitude found amongst a number of budding collectors, authors and the like, it still makes me chuckle.

[TimCC6558]

Here's a number plate from Ka891 in the SFS collection at Athens railway Museum, removed from its display cabinet for me to photograph back in 2005.

Kappa Alpha 891

[christo]

..and the plates in model form, exact 1:87.

christo.

[TimCC6558]

Was the chassis really red - I thought it was just the wheels?