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S.P.A.P.
"Gagarin"
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The only Greek diesel locomotive, the first that was used by the S.P.A.P. (Piraeus Athens Peloponnese Railways) {Σ.Π.Α.Π. (Σιδηρόδρομοι Πειραιώς Αθηνών Πελοποννήσου)} Peloponnese {Πελοπόννησος} network, numbered 9321.
It was inspired and constructed by the Chief Engineer Viron Papageorgiou {Βύρων Παπαγεωργίου} and was completed in 1961, in Piraeus' factory, in the framework of an experimental programme for the recycling of rolling stock. For its construction they used a steam engine carriage and a motorail engine.
It was named "Gagarin", after the popular at the time Юрий Алексеéвич Гагарин [Russian Alphabet] (1934-1968, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space).
The legendary "Gagarin", named after the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968)
Source: Eleftherotipia
{Ελευθεροτυπία} Newspaper. Featured Article: The History Of
The Railway, Saturday, July 3rd, 1999.
11-29-2003