AA11 - AA26 & AA27 - AA36 FIAT DMU with TRAILERS

[ANAROUS]

I have to say that I am not so sure about the blue, but in many photos you can see that is too dark. I think that this dark blue used after the overhaul. For you info I used HUMBROL 56 and VALLEJO 72019, if you want a lighter blue you can use VALLEJO 72018 it is simillar...

[subcouds]

At the last days of August 2000 i have decided a non stop railway trip between Athens-Drama and back, an old italian lady of 1958 is stayed in the engine shed of Drama for the next excursion trip...

photo George Kalfas

I am sad with my self because those days i think that all this trains and railways stayed for ever...

[BarbaPanagos]

I am sad with my self because those days i think that all this trains and railways stayed for ever...

you are not the only one who thought so!!!
but I think, I'm the worst of all of us!!! I've spend decades thinking ''one of these days I'll go out shooting''...

...

[christo]

Sorry I deleted this post and photo, which I had previously posted, by mistake so here it is again:

Photo Modern Railways September 1962.


...and for the trouble I caused, here are two photos from when I used to be Jason.

Photo Balkanmodels: April 1995 at the DMU Shed sidings in Thessaloniki. The near end of Fiat AA11.

Photo Balkanmodels: April 1995 at the DMU Shed sidings in Thessaloniki. The far end of Fiat AA11.

christo.

[BarbaPanagos]

... when I used to be Jason

nice try next time you should go a bit closer, trying to reveal what is written under the paint layers

you could also try the 'Dimitris' ''approach'', fitness and a measure is required
unfortunately I missed to get a shot of him crawling under the frame

sorry for the

[christo]

Times change my friend. In my days a macro lens was the order of the day as in this one: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=184&start=10

Let me remind you that apart from snakes lurking in the undergrowth, there used to be dogs, zealous employees etc so a quick escape was always planned before any expedition.

christo.

[GAZKGK]

Barbapanagos ....



Christo of course the times have changed, but unfortunately I think that they become more and more difficult, at least for that hobby ... and especially in "vagonology" case .

Although that the equipment is definitely cheaper, :

--> OSE not giving any permissions for photos etc. like it was giving before, for depots, sheds etc.
--> obviously much less wagons to search and much less ones in working order.
--> Very few trains, trains not stopping in certain stations, or no trains at all (Peloponnese, Volos meter gauge line etc), which drives you to other boring means of transport (from 29/02, when the scrapping wave started untill now i have wasted around 36 hours inside the ΚΤΕΛ buses...)
--> Metal thiefs and immigrants / gypsies etc living inside the vehicles, who firstly are dangerous and you never know what would happen, especially in areas with multiple lines full of wagons and additionally, and who usually steal any usefull things (elements) which prevent the iddentification of the vehicle (stealing builders plates, causing fires, stealling the whole wagon / engine etc).
--> graffiti and vandals generaly...
--> Weeds so huge that they pass even over the vehicles and block any kind of pass between them.
--> Railfans and railfan clubs MUCH less active, which does not help at all the relationship between OSE and ... us.

Sorry for the off-topic,


AA 17, which is "for the museum", not to be scrapped, at Anchialos

AA 23 at Lachanokipi

AA 25 at Lachanokipi

[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: June 1985 an old FIAT (solid doors) by the DMU Shed Thessaloniki. Note the "natural" look of the track for those who wish to model that period.

christo.

[GAZKGK]

Also note that it still carries the side - wheel coverings.. which were later removed from these FIATs..

[tasosa327]

Diesel railcar Fiat A.A.31.80 pauses at Arnissa in Northern Greece, while working the 13.00 Kozani - Thessaloniki on 10 December 1993 photos by John Armitstead.

Diesel railcar A.A.31.80 pauses at Arnissa in Northern Greece, while working the 13.00 Kozani - Thessaloniki on 10 December 1993

Regards Tasos