what is it?
D is a series of locomotives used by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ). 333 units were built by ASEA between 1925 and 1943. It was used for both passenger and freight trains until it was taken out of service in 1988.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 101 years ago, in 1925.
- 1.8 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1943
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 333
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 1′C1′
- length
- 13 m
- weight
- 80.4 t
- Dutch name
- SJ serie D
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q841478, Wikipedia: SJ D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.