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Henschel DH 440
🇩🇰 Denmark ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1956· type of diesel-hydraulic locomotive built by Henschel in 1956–58
what is it?
The DH 440 is a type of diesel-hydraulic locomotive built by Henschel in 1956–58 as one of their second-generation diesel locomotive types. They had wheel arrangement C, with three axles powered through a jackshaft. Six units of the type were built, of which three were bought by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and designated Class MH, numbered 201–203.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 328 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956–1958
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- DSB, Frimmersdorf Power Station, German Railway Operating Company, Salzgitter Mannesmann
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 328 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.4 m
- weight
- 40.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088625, Wikipedia: Henschel DH 440 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.