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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-05-13
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[01] Full steam ahead: Restored 'Moutzouris' locomotive returns to
Kalavrita railway
[01] Full steam ahead: Restored 'Moutzouris' locomotive returns to
Kalavrita railway
ANA-MPA -- A slice of living history, the original DK 8001 steam
locomotive that first ran on the tracks of the Diakofto-Kalavrita rack
railway has been put back to work, offering visitors a unique opportunity
to experience some ravishing scenery, as well as an authentic taste of
bygone eras.
Hellenic Railway Organisation (OSE) on Tuesday took delivery of the
fully restored and refurbished steam engine from the Hellenic Company
for Maintenance of Railway Rolling Stock, which returned the historic
locomotive to its base, where it will once again ply the dramatic and
scenic route from Diakofto to Kalavrita. First built under the Harilaos
Trikoupis government of 1896, the 750 mm gauge rack railway runs 22
km from Diakofto through the Vouraikos Gorge and the old Mega Spilaion
Monastery and up to Kalavryta, stopping en route at Zachlorou. The DK
8001 engine was the original locomotive built by Cail and a historic
part of the country's railway fleet.
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