2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Da 937 Grängesberg 03.08.05: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SJ Da 820 in Malmö 2015: Philaweb· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Da is a series of locomotives used by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ). 93 units were built by ASEA between 1952 and 1957. They remained in service until the 1990s.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- 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
- 1952–1957
- number built
- 93
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 1′C1′
- length
- 13 m
- weight
- 75 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q603283, Wikipedia: SJ Da (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.