Hellas-Express

One more humble Z2 type. This one was one of 500 built in Czechoslovakia. There were 125 wagons with brake cabin (as in the photo) and 375 wagons without the brake cabin.


Photo Balkanmodels: DMU Shed Thessaloniki April 1995

christo.

Divided to two series ... all built by VAGONKA TATRA CESKA LIPA CESKOSLOVENSKO, 1957.

Z2 21 73 149 8 500-622, Ggs-v with brake hut
Z2 21 73 149 8 623-993, Ggs without brake hut or handbrake


Some photos with Ggs (no brake hut).

21 73 149 8 625-3 - Lianokladi



21 73 149 8 704-1 - Gefira



21 73 149 8 715-7 - Amfiklia



21 73 149 8 723-1 - Rentis



21 73 149 8 777-7 - Tithorea's depot



21 73 149 8 833-8 - Lachanokipi as a maintenance / helping car












22 of the TATRA Z2s became series Φ3 20 73 404 9 000-021 ... :

ex- 21 73 149 8 838-7 - Nea Magnisia








255 of the TATRA Z2s (both Ggs and Ggs-v) became ballast cars, series Σ1 40 73 627 5 000-254 and are still (rarely) been used....:

40 73 627 5 149-4 - Volos

From Ggs-v .... this is the only original i've photographed...

21 73 149 8 597-9 - Gefira






And here is one of the .... many boring ballast cars .......

Σ1 40 73 627 5 085-0 - Sfendali

Jason, thanks once again for your (prolific) photographic contributions. All you need now is to start modelling some of these very very rare subjects.

christo.

Yet again I learn from you, Jason. I never knew the ballast wagons were conversions.... Do we put them here or start a new thread?

Tim,
The ballast wagons is a more complicated story than it seems. We will soon start a new topic unless someone else beats me to it.

christo.