#3914· DSB MZ
DSB Class MZ
🇩🇰 Denmark ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1967· class of 61 Danish diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DSB MZ 1413 in Odense: Peter L. Svendsen .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 01: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 02: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 03: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 04: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 05: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 50th anniversary of Jernbanemuseet - Presentation of DSB MZ 1401 06: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Struer-am-27-august-1974-691721: Kurt Rasmussen· Attribution
- 9. DSB MZ passenger train 1987: Hunter Desportes· CC BY 2.0
- 10. TMZ 1407: JensVanZobel· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
DSB class MZ was a series of 61 diesel-electric locomotives operated by Danske Statsbaner. They were built by NOHAB between 1967 and 1978 under licence from General Motors EMD with subcontractors Thrige-Titan (traction motors) and Frichs (chassis, bodywork). There were four series of the locomotive built, designated I – IV. Twenty were sold to Railion Denmark in 2001, two were sold to Spain's COMSA Rail Transport in 2004, and 16 of the III series were exported to Australia in the late 2000s.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1967–1978
- number built
- 61
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 117 t
- nicknames
- Cake Tins, Helgas, Toasters, The Royal Dunny
- Dutch name
- DSB MZ
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q901007, Wikipedia: DSB Class MZ (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.