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SJ T41
🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1956· class of Swedish diesel locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T41 204-Karlsborgsbruk-2012: Stigfinnare· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. T41 200, Швеция, Сконе, Железнодорожный музей Энгельхольм (Trainpix 141261): Diesellokophren· CC0
- 3. Persontåg från Järnvägsmuseet i Gävle, med diesellok SJ T41 nr 204, till Hallstavik, vid Örbyhus, 20251011: Nils Öberg· CC0
- 4. SJ T41 204 vid Örbyhus 2025: Nils Öberg· CC0
- 5. Swedish-railway-museum-gavle-30: Pimvantend· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. T41 204, Швеция, Халланд, перегон Хюлтебрук - Торуп (Trainpix 147257): Diesellokophren· CC0
what is it?
T41 was a type of diesel-electric locomotive used by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) between 1956 and 1988 for secondary line services and later for shunting. It was built by Nydquist & Holm (NOHAB), who produced five locomotives under licence from General Motors Electro-Motive Division.
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.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1956–1988).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- designer
- Electro-Motive Division
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)
- length
- 15.4 m
- weight
- 84 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q255414, Wikipedia: SJ T41 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.