SJ A

what is it?

The A class of the Swedish State Railways (SJ) was a type of steam locomotive built between 1906 and 1909 for hauling mainline express trains. The 26 locomotives were built to replace older types that could not cope with the increasingly heavy express trains, but soon became insufficient themselves. They were relegated to less important passenger trains, and five were transferred to then-independent Ostkustbanan (OKB) in the 1920s, but returned when that company was nationalized in 1933.

who runs it

Statens JärnvägarEast Coast Line

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• weight 60.2 tin working order
• built 26made in total

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 120 years ago, in 1906.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19.5 m long: about 4 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

1906–1909

status

preserved

number built

26

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇸🇪 Sweden

builders

Nydqvist och Holm AB, Motala Verkstad

operators

Statens Järnvägar, East Coast Line

top speed

90 km/h

power

—

wheel arrangement

4-4-2 (Atlantic)

length

19.5 m

weight

60.2 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.