Hellenic State 2-10-0 Locomotives in Greece
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class 901 (Locobase 1519)
Data from A[nthony]E[dward] Durrant, The Locomotives of Eastern Europe (Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1966), p 52; and "Oesterreischen Lokomotiven fur Griechenland", Die Lokomotive, Volume 24, No 1 (January 1927) pp 1-6. Oesterreich-Ungarien Staatseisenbahn-Ges (STEG) built ten--works numbers 4611-4620 in 1925--while Skoda supplied 30 locomotives.
Durrant wrote that the La class "proved a great success" and formed the backbone of freight traffic on the principal main lines.
Class 991 (Locobase 1520)
Data from A E Durrant, Locomotives of Eastern Europe (New York: Augustus M Kelley, Publishers, 1966), pp, and class info from [
], edited by Nick Sharounis and John Zartaloodes. Works numbers were 73369-73376 in 1946.
These big freighters hauled main-line traffic on the Salonika-Athens line.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class | 901 | 991 |
| Locobase ID | 1519 | 1520 |
| Railroad | Hellenic State | Hellenic State |
| Country | Greece | Greece |
| Whyte | 2-10-0 | 2-10-0 |
| Number in Class | 40 | 8 |
| Road Numbers | 901-940 | Ea991-998 |
| Gauge | Std | Std |
| Number Built | 40 | 8 |
| Builder | several | Baldwin |
| Year | 1926 | 1946 |
| Valve Gear | Walschaert | Walschaert |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | ||
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 15.06 / 4.59 | 20.33 / 6.20 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 27.95 / 8.52 | 30.08 / 9.17 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 0.54 | 0.68 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 54.02 / 16.46 | 58.81 / 17.93 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | ||
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 159,174 / 72,200 | 165,761 / 75,188 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 188,054 / 85,300 | 190,400 / 86,364 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 121,254 / 55,000 | 122,753 / 55,680 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 309,308 / 140,300 | 313,153 / 142,044 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 6864 / 26 | |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 21 / 80 | |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 53 / 26.50 | 55 / 27.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | ||
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 57.10 / 1450 | 57.10 / 1450 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 203.10 / 1400 | 213.20 / 1470 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 24.02" x 28.35" / 610x720 | 20.98" x 27.99" / 533x711 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 49,453 / 22431.53 | 39,101 / 17735.94 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 3.22 | 4.24 |
| Heating Ability | ||
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | 178 - 1.969" / 50 | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | ||
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | 16.08 / 4.90 | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | 173.30 / 16.10 | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 48.12 / 4.47 | 49.62 / 4.61 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2272 / 211.10 | 1889 / 175.46 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 628 / 58.30 | 603 / 56.04 |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 2900 / 269.40 | 2492 / 231.50 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 152.80 | 168.67 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | ||
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 9773 | 10,579 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 11,923 | 13,118 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | 42,941 | |
| Power L1 | 11,427 | |
| Power MT | 791.34 | |