OSE Class 220

The OSE Class 220, also known as the DE2000 and nicknamed Marlboro for the colours of its front, is a class of 36 diesel-electric locomotives used in Greece by TrainOSE and RCLG. The first 26 were delivered from 1998 as the A.471 to A.496 series by Adtranz, and a further ten followed in 2003 and 2004 after Bombardier had taken over the business. They were built at the Kassel works in Germany on the Adtranz Octeon platform, and each has two MTU diesel engines delivering about 2.1 megawatts together. The engines were made convertible into electric motors of 5.5 megawatts with a top speed of 200 kilometres per hour. The locomotives were designed for intercity, high-speed and freight trains and now work express trains on the Piraeus to Thessaloniki line and the Paleofarsalos to Kalambaka line.