2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive MY 105: Rdo-ksj· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. DSB MY 1101 at Jernbanemuseet 04: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class MY (Danish: litra MY) is a class of diesel–electric locomotives built by NOHAB for the Danish State Railways (DSB). A total of 59 units, numbered 1101–1159, were built in the years 1954–1965. Technically, the locomotives are based on American GM-EMD designs, marking a significant change to DSB's previous policy of sourcing rolling stock from Danish manufacturers.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 59
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)′(A1A)′
- length
- 18.9 m
- weight
- 102 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q282568, Wikipedia: DSB Class MY (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.