#3423
DSB Class MT
🇩🇰 Denmark ·built by Frichs· from 1958· class of 17 Danish diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DSB MT 167: Mef.ellingen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The class MT was a class of diesel-electric locomotives of the Danish State Railways (DSB). Built by Danish manufacturer Frichs, the locomotives entered service in 1958–1960. They were primarily used for heavy shunting and branch line trains.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 366 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1958–2000).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1960
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 2000
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Frichs
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 366 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 52.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12324686, Wikipedia: DSB Class MT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.