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- 1. ASEA T45 327 1971: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
T45 is a Swedish diesel-electric locomotive operated by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) and later other companies. It was in passenger service with SJ from 1971 to 1976, after which it was used in heavy industry. It is the only diesel locomotive to be built by Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA).
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1971–1972
- in service from
- 1971
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15 m
- weight
- 77 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q603218, Wikipedia: SJ T45 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.