Hellas-Express

Built by Montreal Locomotive Works were introduced in 1974.

Builder's type code: MX-627
Introduced: 1974
Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works, Canada
Construction nos.: M6069-1 - 20
Number built: 20
Weight, tare: 114 t
Weight, total: 120 t
Fuel: 4000 l
Wheel arrangement: Co'Co'
Wheel diameter: 1016 mm
Length over buffers: 17755 mm
Wheelbase, total: 13104 mm
Bogie wheelbase: 3404 mm
Maximum speed: 149 km/h
Diesel engine: ALCo 251F/V12
Turbocharger: ALCo 165B
Rating: 2700 HP at 1100 rpm (after UIC)
Continuous traction effort: 27882 kg
Transmission: electric
Heating: steam
Brake system: Westinghouse 26 SL

I have copied all the data from the great Rolf Stumpf's ALCoWorld site http://alcoworld.railfan.net/
Read much more info here, http://alcoworld.railfan.net/a-451ser.htm

A455 Edessa, December 2002




Unfortunately it's the only photos I have before they were rebuilt. I only wish I had started shooting a bit earlier!
Thanks god our friends are doing so for more than 20 years. For another time I'm using some great photos from Frankie's archive


A457 at Komanos with a ballast train 8-6-2008


A457 between Orfana-Doxara, Apri 1993


A460 at Ligaria with train 602 ''Evros'' April 1994 or 1995


A461 at Kifisos crossing, Spring 1992

to avoid the 8 photos limit per post, I put some more to a new one. all photos: Fr. Elliott

A462 at Inoi, 1988


A462 with train 500 for Thessaloniki, at Inoi May 1994


A464 leaving Acharnai station for Inoi, summer 1994


A466 at Bralos with train 602, May 1994


A470 with train 600 for Alexandroupolis enters Inoi station, 1989

OK Mister, let's go a little earlier. Before the ugly secondary aluminium windows.


Photo Balkanmodels: September 1987 NES Thessaloniki. Very dirty loco A456.

christo.

I guess you refer to my 2002 photos, OK, we know you're shooting for ages at least when I met it, was still orange...

I see some nice DB Bm at the background, did you take any photos or you were sparing the film?

BarbaPanagos, I am afraid, I did not take a shot of the DB ones. With hind sight I should have done so but I was after the Greek themes then, sorry

christo.

PS. Also sorry for showing off. I am sure there are friends (even in this forum) with the much better staff than I have to offer.

OK .... but lets see the present ...

No, let's have old ones! Here's A-455 doing what they do best - getting Adtranz rubbish out of trouble. Tithorea southbound, October 2005.

A 455 at Strimonas, 2008.





Some refurbished ...

A 459 ( + A 508 )





A 461 + A 463 ( + A 501 ) + A 452 ( + A 503 ).

GAZKGK wrote:OK .... but lets see the present ...

what about opening a new topic for the rebuilt and you give us some info about the changes?


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Jason thank you for the photo !


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Christo thank you for the model !