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- 1. SJ Rm-1258: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The SJ Class Rm is an electric locomotive operated by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) and later Green Cargo. The six locomotives are variants of the Rc locomotive and built by ASEA in 1977. The difference is smaller wheels giving higher pulling force, but lower maximum speed.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 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
- 1977
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 3.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 90 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q603312, Wikipedia: SJ Rm (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.