Steam locomotives SEK Εα201 - Εα223 ex-PDS BATIGNOLLES, ST. LEONARD 1903/7

[christo]

Being afflicted by the disease of looking for identification, like people before me and people after me , I carried on searching. Then I came across the Bw Katerini (bw indicating betriebswerk) inscribed by the probable hand of a German Calligrapher. I was so euphoric at the find that I forgot the can of Spam behind when we eventually left the site, so I did not test if corn beef lasts that long.

Photo Balkanmodels: The unique find.

christo.

[christo]

After I returned to England a letter arrived from Bill (no emails, attachments etc in those days) with a photo of the plate. I do not know where it was discovered.

Photo Balkanmodels: The Ea 220 brass plate.

christo.

[christo]

As most of you know, former Larissa shunter Ea204 is now exposed in the Athens Railway Museum, beautifully restored, but with the cylinders missing. Since it can be assumed that no living OSE driver has seen this locomotive in operation, the whereabouts of its cylinders are completely unknown. Now, when the locomotive was found in Katerini, there came a request from the Railway museum to OSE/Thessaloniki to carry the cylinders of the locomotive to Athens, so that they might be fitted to the museum engine.

The reply was a categorical refusal, for some mysterious reason...

jsimantov,
I was told that there was also a request for the museum engine to come up north which was met with an equally categorical refusal... The refusal, as I understood, was not to marry the two engines together but the venue of the wedding and the new home of the engine.

Photo from the Internet of loco Ea204 (with the suffix 5 as it had when it worked in Thessaly) after it lost its cylinders and valve gear. I think Tim has the picture of its brass plate. I hope he visits soon and he is kind enough to share it.

christo.

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Eα 220 now, back at Katerini ...

[christo]

For those peoeple that had not seen the loco before it got covered by the forest.

Photo off the internet.

christo.

[christo]

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christo.