A251 - A261 Ganz Mavag

[GAZKGK]

Α - 261 crashed, at Lianokladi ....

[BarbaPanagos]

Some photos in action from our friend Frankie

A252 with freight train 23500 (Athens-Thessaloniki) at Inoi, 1995. Nice days with the Interfrigos and Zs still in use!

A254 with passenger train 1511 at Afidnes station, March 1994

A255 with freight train 23501 at Lianokladi in 1987

A261 with train 600 for Alexandroupolis, is entering Bralos station, April 1989

A261 hauls an out of order AEG DMU in Athens station, 1992

Glory days! Agios Ioannis (MAI), 1989

all photos: Fr. Elliott

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[Olympus]

Ganz locos 1:1 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLXp94LH5PU

[Olympus]

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: August 1986 at NES Thessaloniki. Double header of loco A255 and A251 with a 17 carriage train (yes I counted all the carriages) full of conscript soldiers bound for Athens and the South. Crying mothers, girlfriends on platform 3, if I remember correctly, and leading carriage the Hungarian Driving Trailer. I was still green with the new camera and I was also using 400ASA film but the second loco was covered in black oily soot.

christo.

[subcouds]

Its April of 1997 from the balcony of Athens SFS train 23500 ("επίκουρον") on its service i think to Thessalοniki (im not so sure for this...)



photo George Kalfas

The leader engine Ganz Mavag A-255 at another one last running i think from this days, few months later this series was retired for ever too sad..

[christo]

and now for something different.

Photo Balkanmodels: April 1990 at the Engine Shed Thessaloniki. A double Ganz consist. The nearest loco A.254. Note the tiny logo and the lettering painted higher than normal. Could they not find the correct stencil or do you have another suggestion?

christo.

[christo]

I just found another photo from Phil Warmald showing A.261 with different logo and lettering. Since no one offered any suggestions to the previous post, I expect we will never know the reason.

christo.

[BarbaPanagos]

that's quite interesting Christo, unfortunately I have no suggestion. I had a look at my downloaded photos but I have no similar shot

A-261 at Agios Ioannis shed on May 12, 1996 photo: Kevin Moore from his great site http://www.phantasrail.com/km_greece.htm

[tasosa327]

I agree with you Panos

Regards Tasos