Hellas-Express

Αα1 - 5 B n2t Krauss (M), Tubize 1872-74 Ex CO No. 404 - 406, 408 and 411 respectively


Photo Railway World April 1975

Fleiscmann models with full valve gear and without:





christo.

Objection Mr. President ,

this class of locomotives of the CO was in fact two locomotives that had in fact only one similar thing. They had two driving axles. The Krauss locomotives look indeed like the one in front of Haydarpascha Station in Istanbul but the Tubize Locomotives look completely different. Christo, since I am currently away from home now could you please post the picture from the book "Steam in Turkey" from E.Talbot. In the first pages of the book there is a picture of these Tubize taken from the back at an angle. You will spot it right away.

Probably this locomotives were really short lived at SEK....

Cheers
Andreas

Objection Mr. President ,

Anyway, here is what you requested kind sir:


Photo as credited from Steam in Turkey by E Talbot.

Now CO had two classes of this loco. Here is the break down:

401–404 Bn2t Tubize 1872 No.401–403 became k.u.k. MB Nr.11–13 resp. No. 404 to SEK as Αα1
405–408 Bn2t Krauss (M) 1874 405–6 & 408 to SEK Αα 2-4 resp. 407 to TCDD as 22.51

I hope this helps.

christo.

Thanks Christo,

it is clear now that these are two different classes of locomotives!

Cheers
Andreas

And one more thing Andreas. I am now in the process of adding some info on each steam class in red at the first post of each topic.

christo.