A Graveyard in Greece
The huge locomotive graveyard located at Thessaloniki in northern Greece where some seventy veterans once lay. Having modernized their railways, the Greeks mothballed a strategic reserve of steam locomotives in fear of a war with neighboring Turkey. This famous dump includes in the foreground, left, a former Austrian Empire type 2-10-0 whilst to the right is one of Major Marsh’s S160 2-8-0s built for the United States Army Transportation Corps during World War Two. September located at Thessaloniki in northern Greece where some seventy veterans once lay. Having modernized their railways, the Greeks mothballed a strategic reserve of steam locomotives in fear of a war with neighboring Turkey. This famous dump includes in the foreground, left, a former Austrian Empire type 2-10-0 whilst to the right is one of Major Marsh’s S160 2-8-0s built for the United States Army Transportation Corps during World War Two. September 1982.
Size: 2368px × 3720px
Location: Thessaloniki in northern Greece,
Photo credit: © Colin Garratt / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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