A 7001-7005 - COUILLET 1888

[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: Kalamata Railway Park 1998. Locomotive A7003 (thank you Jason).

christo.

[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: Kalamata Railway Park 1998. Another view of locomotive A7003.

Photo Balkanmodels: Kalamata Railway Park 1998. A view from the other side of locomotive A7003.

Photo Balkanmodels: Kalamata Railway Park 1998. A pile of valve gear, coupling rods and pipes from locomotive A7003?

Photo Balkanmodels: Kalamata Railway Park 1998. More of the same from locomotive A7003?

christo.

[Georgegala]

Yes christo you are right.The loco is now in Mesologgi, in better condition.Its name is Τρικούπης.One is in Athens Railway Museum.It is A5, ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΝ.

Built by Marcinelle & Couillet, these locos were numbered A1-A5 by the SVDE and received the names:

ΤΡΙΚΟΥΠΗΣ
ΑΡΤΑ
ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΝ
ΠΑΤΡΑΙ
ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙΟΝ

Technical part:

Wheel Diameter:
2800mm
Water Tank: 3,0m^3
Coal Tank: 20000kg
Length: 6, 850m
Pressure: 12atm

[EddieB]

By the time I visited Kalamata in 2001, A.3 had received a coat of black paint (and the inevitable graffiti). It was missing chimney, coupling rods and nameplates (and probably much more besides).

Kalamata Railway Museum, 19th November 2001. Edward Barnes.

Here it is, as preserved at Messolongion. It now sports a length of pipe as a false chimney and wooden replica nameplates, but the coupling rods are still missing. Alongside stands a statue of former Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis, for whom the locomotive was named.

0-6-0T "TRIKOUPIS" (Couillet 933/1888), Messolongion 12th April 2018. Edward Barnes.

[christo]

...and I thought the forum was dead.... Welcome EddieB. Always nice to see some more photos from Greece for those of us who do not live there.

christo.

[BarbaPanagos]

Dead? No!
We are just lurking for a while

[EddieB]

Not dead, just resting...

I discovered this forum while planning a recent visit - my first for sixteen years*. I may not have a lot to contribute, but it's a way of saying thank you to those who have built up the store of information here.

*Edited - I can't count!