Thank you so much for sharing. I have zero knowledge of the Greek language but am really into Greek rail (and culture, food, wine 😄, who isn’t ) so this was a treat to watch!
In case you were wondering, the locomotive in the video is a class Mα 2-10-2 built by Breda/ansaldo in 1953-55. This one appears to be burning oil or mazout as we call it here (notice the heavy black smoke that instantly goes away in the start of the video). There were 20 of these built (numbers 1001-1020) but only 2 survive today, 1002 in a cosmetically restored state in Rouf, Athens and 1013 in Thessaloniki in what most people would call “scrapyard condition” :)
Αφορά την Μα με καύσιμο το μαζούτ και λιγότερο καπνό από ότι οι κλασικές με το κάρβουνο, σύμφωνα μέ κάποιους συγραφείς ήταν οι βαρύτερες ατμάμαξες της Ευρώπης
Steam locomotives only produce smoke when combustion of its fuel is incomplete which can be caused by several factors like the skill of the fireman (eg too much fuel) but also the design of the locomotive. Of course the type of fuel is also of importance, high quality (like Welsh) coal smokes less than eg Polish coal and light oil (used for heating) generates less smoke than heavy bunker oil. But even on low quality bituminous coal firing engines it was possible to virtually operate smokeless as has been demonstrated by an Argentinian engineer who had invented ways to optimize combustion and draught of the hot gasses through the boiler. The use of biomass and biofuel -like wood, bagasse, biodiesel, but also the dried Greek olive stones which are used for heating purposes as I learned during a stay on Corfu, in combination with a modern or modernized steam locomotive design could result in a smokeless and completely environmental friendly steam locomotive that would give even modern diesels a run for their money. When for instance the Pelion Moutzouris steam locomotive would be adapted to firing biomass like olive stones it would even have to change its name 😀! If you’re further interested in the matter you could search for “modern steam” in general or the work of Livio Dante Porta, David Wardale and DLM/Roger Waller. On UA-cam you can find lots of videos of modern steam locomotives like the 52 8055 ((bio)diesel or Brienzer Rothornbahn (diesel). For non improved but still rather smokeless steam engines, you could look for Sugar steam in Indonesia, mainly Java, old locomotives mostly running with little smoke from the used biomass (bagasse). Cheers from the Netherlands!
Thank you so much for sharing. I have zero knowledge of the Greek language but am really into Greek rail (and culture, food, wine 😄, who isn’t ) so this was a treat to watch!
In case you were wondering, the locomotive in the video is a class Mα 2-10-2 built by Breda/ansaldo in 1953-55. This one appears to be burning oil or mazout as we call it here (notice the heavy black smoke that instantly goes away in the start of the video). There were 20 of these built (numbers 1001-1020) but only 2 survive today, 1002 in a cosmetically restored state in Rouf, Athens and 1013 in Thessaloniki in what most people would call “scrapyard condition” :)
@@kyriakoshachirokus8982many many thanks for the info! Have a nice weekend! Best regards from Holland!
Πόσο θα ήθελα να ξαναδώ αυτές τις μηχανές ανακατασκευασμένες και σε κίνηση! Για να ξέρουμε τι είναι μηχανή τραίνου!!
Καλύτερα πιο γρηγορα και πιο ασφαλη απο τα σημερινα τρενα στην ελλαδα
A steam loco without smoke?
Αφορά την Μα με καύσιμο το μαζούτ και λιγότερο καπνό από ότι οι κλασικές με το κάρβουνο, σύμφωνα μέ κάποιους συγραφείς ήταν οι βαρύτερες ατμάμαξες της Ευρώπης
Steam locomotives only produce smoke when combustion of its fuel is incomplete which can be caused by several factors like the skill of the fireman (eg too much fuel) but also the design of the locomotive. Of course the type of fuel is also of importance, high quality (like Welsh) coal smokes less than eg Polish coal and light oil (used for heating) generates less smoke than heavy bunker oil. But even on low quality bituminous coal firing engines it was possible to virtually operate smokeless as has been demonstrated by an Argentinian engineer who had invented ways to optimize combustion and draught of the hot gasses through the boiler. The use of biomass and biofuel -like wood, bagasse, biodiesel, but also the dried Greek olive stones which are used for heating purposes as I learned during a stay on Corfu, in combination with a modern or modernized steam locomotive design could result in a smokeless and completely environmental friendly steam locomotive that would give even modern diesels a run for their money. When for instance the Pelion Moutzouris steam locomotive would be adapted to firing biomass like olive stones it would even have to change its name 😀! If you’re further interested in the matter you could search for “modern steam” in general or the work of Livio Dante Porta, David Wardale and DLM/Roger Waller. On UA-cam you can find lots of videos of modern steam locomotives like the 52 8055 ((bio)diesel or Brienzer Rothornbahn (diesel). For non improved but still rather smokeless steam engines, you could look for Sugar steam in Indonesia, mainly Java, old locomotives mostly running with little smoke from the used biomass (bagasse). Cheers from the Netherlands!