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what is it?
Pa is an electric locomotive used by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) for hauling passenger trains on Malmbanan. It was delivered by ASEA in 1914-1915 and was in service until the 1950s. Malmbanan was the first electrified railway owned by the state (several private lines was already electrified) in Sweden, and SJ needed a fast locomotive to haul the passenger trains on the line.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 665 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.1 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
- 1914–1915
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 665 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-4
- length
- 14.1 m
- weight
- 91.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q602959, Wikipedia: SJ Pa (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.