Hello everybody, These photos are of the 900mm gauge 1200 Volt DC rail system serving the Ptolemais Lignite Mines in Central Greece. The pictures were taken in...
Hello everybody, and thank you again for your support to this group. The railway system in Ptolemais mines, closed officially on 31 December 1999. The follow...
Hello, Here is a new file of railway network, at Tsalapatas Brickworks in Volos, Greece. (1925 - 1975). The «Tsalapatas» brick and tile factory constitutes...
Hello everybody, New photos added today as follows: "Barbara" is a 1917 built Decauville 0-6-0T pictured at Piraeus Lefka Works in May 2000 awaiting...
New 5 photos from the salinas works, in Tigaki (Kos island). The works started on 1930 (?) and they ceased on 1988. The works used Decauville railway network...
Hi everyone ! (nice to talk to you again Tim) When it comes to industrial railways in Greece (or any other country I suppose), I think it's better to take one...
Hi Yiannis, Being a Brit I would obviously be perfectly happy with the suggestions in your last paragraph, could cope with continental style axle notation but ...
Hello Yiannis, Great to hear from you again. I agree wholeheartedly with your proposals regarding running of the group, particularly the use of the "Whyte"...
zartaloodes wrote:
> Finally, since this group is quite young, I'd like to suggest a
> couple of things. First, let's keep it in English and second, let's
>...
Hi everyone, and thanks for your replies. I wouldn't mind using any notation (British, French or German), and I must admit that I agree with both Tim and...
Hello, there is an article about Industrial Locomotives in Greece, in "Industrial Railway Record" No.45 December 1972, titled "Industrial Locomotives Overseas...
Hello again, there is an article about Tsalapatas Brickworks in a German Magazine http://www.zi-online.info/sixcms_4/sixcms/detail.php?template=dt_zeitsch\ ...
Hello, here is ab article of Tsalapatas Brickworks http://www.i-politismos.gr/tsalapatas_sx_eng.html#a0 <http://www.i-politismos.gr/tsalapatas_sx_eng.html#a0> ...
Hello, This is my first message to this group and the first group I have joined. I did so because of reference to "railways" and "Greece" without...
robert perdue
rperdu6720@...
May 5, 2006 10:41 pm
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The underground wealth of Evia Island attracted several mining companies, some of which ceased activity in the 1980s. The most extensive magnesite mines,...
... ZARTALOODES" <zartaloodes@...> wrote: I say, a works photo of the articulated loco, (by ... Here you go Yiannis, A Works photo of "Kakavos" courtesy of the...
Tim Hills wrote:
> ... but only four 0-4+4-0 and one 0-6+6-0 were built. "Kakavos"
> was to two feet five and a half inch gauge, ...
which is, if my program...
... The quoted gauge is from official sources, i.e. the buiders, and on my program works out to 749.3mm. (!) What exactly do you mean when you say that two...
Hi, Hawk is a Kitson Meyer 0-4+4-0 articulated loco based on a design built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co for the 2'5.5" Anglo Greek Magnesite Company in 1903....
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the industrial_railways_greece group. File...
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May 7, 2006 7:23 am
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Hi everyone, It gives me such a pleasure to read this exchange of emails concerning 'Kakavos'. Back in the early 80s I have been working in that particular...
Tim Hills wrote:
> "Markus" wrote:
>>
>> Tim Hills wrote:
>>> ... but only four 0-4+4-0 and one 0-6+6-0 were built. "Kakavos"
>>> was to two feet five and a...
Hello everbody, New picture added: "Not Kilmarnock" by Robin Barnes, depicts "Kakavos" at work on Evia Island in her heyday. The title refers of course to the ...
Hi everyone, I've just posted a draft list of industrial steam locos in the country (PDF format). I think it's a good starting point for our research. Internal...
Hello Everbody, This new photo was taken at Volos Depot in May 2000 and shows two locos. In the foreground is the chassis and tanks of Thessaly Railways 2-6-0T...
Hello Everybody, This photo is of "Julia" a metre gauge machine built by Andrew Barclay at Kilmarnock for Grecian Marbles (Marmor) Ltd. She has 14"x 20" ...
Hi everyone, and thank you Tim for posting the JULIA photo! There was a metre-gauge railway began from Strofyli, on the former Attica Railways (SA), and ran...
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