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- 1. Mg 620 i Gävle: IR· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Mg is an electric locomotive used by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) for hauling freight trains. It was built in 17 copies by ASEA and was in service until 1980. The Mg-series was built for the electrification of Norra Stambanan in the 1940s.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- 2.6 MW is about 31 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944–1945
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 2.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 102 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17101898, Wikipedia: SJ Mg (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.