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Always less popular with British enthusiasts [because they weren't Alco or MLW] except when they broke down [because you'd most likely be rescued by an Alco or MLW] the OSE class A.351 locomotives lasted at least as long as their Alco contemporaries, the OSE class A.321. Like the A.321 class, the last years of their operation on OSE was on trains in northern Greece, based at Thessaloniki depot.
I've joined a few clips together so you can get it all out of your system in one go then go back to Alco & MLW video to recover!
First part is from 29th April 1997 with A.353 on train 1633 [12:07 Serres - Thessaloniki] at Kilkis, followed by A.353 the next day at Thessaloniki with train 334 [17:30 Thessaloniki - Gevgelija] and A363 with train 1743 [21:45 Thessaloniki - Edessa].
Then on 4th May 1997 A.368 being rescued by A.454 at Serres and replaced with A.501 on train 604 [08:25 Thessaloniki - Alexandropouli], followed by two from 27th September 1997, A.359 at Thessaloniki with train 724 [14:47 Thessaloniki - Kozani] then A.351 at Serres with train 614 [15:32 Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli].
On 3rd October 1997, an evening spent trying to avoid the security guards on the platforms of Thessaloniki station yealded A.358 light engine leaving the station and A.371 arriving with train 393 [18:10 Gevelija - Thessaloniki].
Finally, on 12th May 1998 A.201 is seen at Plati hauling a failed A.371 on train 720 [06:02 Kozani - Thessaloniki].