European Railroad Discussion > Ghost Steam - Mili Depot, Myloi, Greece

Image 1 - Mili Depot, 7103, 2-8-2, ex-SPAP,  were initially collected from various depots after their withdrawal (such as Kalamata's and Tripolis' depots) and abandoned at Sirtis line. Later they were moved to Mili Depot, Myloi, Greece.  Locomotives marked for museum collection but have been abandoned on the Peloponnese Railway network which was closed in 2011. Vulcan built MacArthur metre gauge steam locomotive 7103 built at Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, at Mili, Greece.  Other MacArthurs at that location; 7101, 7102, 7103 and 7107 - Greek Railway meter gauge.    
Vulcan Iron Works, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, manufactured railroad locomotives.  The company was established in 1849 by Richard Jones; was producing both steam and diesel locomotives in 1944, and ceased operation in 1954. World War II produced MacArthur steam locomotives sent to Greece after Nazi Germans withdrawal in 1944. Image taken September 12, 2015.  Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP (Greek: Σιδηρόδρομοι Πειραιώς-Αθηνών-Πελοποννήσου or Σ.Π.Α.Π.) was a Greek railway company founded in 1882, which owned and operated the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) (metre gauge) Piraeus–Patras railway line connecting Piraeus and Athens to Peloponnese. The company was nationalized in 1954 and absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1962.
 2-Greek Railway, OSE, ex-SPAP 7728, 2-8-0, built 1936, Mili Depot, Myloi Greece, abandoned steam locomotive metre gauge.

Greek Railway, ex-SPAP, metre gauge, 7728, 2-8-0, builder was Henschel & Son (Kassel) built in 1936, construction number 23060.  The abandoned metre gauge steam locomotives were initially collected from various Peloponnese depots after their service withdrawal (such as Kalamata's and Tripolis' depots) and abandoned at Sirtis line.  Later they were moved to Mili Depot.  Some locomotives had markings indicating engine was to be moved to a museum.

Images taken September 12, 2015.  Greek Peloponnese Railway, Mili Depot, Myloi, Greece where time stands still.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/15 10:05 by cozephyr.

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I will give greece a 1 Euro for it.