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DSB class F
🇩🇰 Denmark ·built by Hanomag· from 1898· three classes of 4+120+8 Danish 0-6-0T locomotives
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Litra F 654 Kappeln 2012-07-18: Tenderlok· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 108 Kappeln Museumsbahn DSB Class F 654: Brigitte· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Angeln-Bahn, Dampflok, DSB F, F 654 'Julchen': NearEMPTiness· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Angeln-Bahn, Dampflokomotive, DSB F, F 654 'Julchen': NearEMPTiness· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Clp 20170708 5540 FSF 654 Kappeln: Christian Liebscher· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Clp 20170708 5546 FSF 654 Kappeln: Christian Liebscher· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Clp 20170708 5553 FSF 654 und FSF 2 Kappeln: Christian Liebscher· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Danish F Class No. 656 NVR Wansford Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
- 9. DSB F 656 at the Nene Valley Railway: Matthew Black· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The DSB Class F are a class of Danish 0-6-0T steam locomotives, of which 120 were built between 1898 and 1949 for the DSB (Danske Statsbaner (Danish State Railways)). These locomotive supplemented and replaced the smaller Class Hs and was used for shunting at almost every station on the DSB network. Between 1930 and 1945, the Class F was supplemented by 15 Class Q 0-8-0T locomotives.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898–1949
- in service from
- 1898
- number built
- 132
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, Borsig, Frichs, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, Breda, Costruzioni Meccaniche di Saronno, R. & W. Hawthorn
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 30.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155629, Wikipedia: DSB class F (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.