
This was the first steam engine I saw in Greece. I was at the station taking photographs and this train arrived. No fanfare, no special event, just a normal operating day at the railroad. In practice, the Hellenic Railway (OSE) was trying to retire steam and were short of power, so these engines were working only until they acquired additional power and could be retired for once and for all. This was a local train and after arriving and discharging passenger, the engine, an ALCo-constructed USATC S-160, ran around the cars it had hauled in, reloaded with passengers and headed back down the track from whence it came. Water plugs were a common railroad feature throughout the areas of Greece I was able to visit.