#3983

SJ T44

🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1968· locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Green Cargo T44 at Umeå from front: Alasdair McLellan· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Green Cargo T44 locomotive in Tornio Sep2008: Methem (Mikko J. Putkonen)· Public domain
3. Green Cargo T44: My another account ( talk )· CC0
4. 2024-07-28 3446 Nordiska Tåg T44 263: G och J· CC BY 4.0
5. 2024-07-28 3448 Nordiska Tåg T44 263: G och J· CC BY 4.0
6. JvmKBDB13752 01 Statens Järnvägar, SJ T44 259: Fotograf okänd· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. JvmKBDB13752 Statens Järnvägar, SJ T44 259: Fotograf okänd· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. JvmKEAE03031 Statens Järnvägar, SJ Rc2 1036. SJ T44 392. SJ Rc4 1173: Fotograf okänd· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. JvmKEAE03090 Statens Järnvägar, SJ T44 392 under pågående växlingsarbete. Till höger syns SJ Rc4 1173: Fotograf okänd· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. JvmKEAJ00508 Statens Järnvägar, SJ T44 400 med vagnar lastade med skrot, Åkers Styckebruk: Bo Gyllenberg· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

T44 is a Swedish diesel-electric locomotive built by Nydqvist & Holm (NOHAB) and Kalmar Verkstad (KVAB) in 123 units between 1968 and 1987. It was the successor of T43, and used both for hauling and shunting. It is the most common diesel locomotive in Sweden, with state-owned Green Cargo as the largest operator.

who runs it

Statens Järnvägar TGOJ LKAB Malmtrafik Israel Railways Green Cargo

base stats

speed 100 km/htop speed
power 1.2 MWpower output
weight 76 tin working order
built 123made 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 58 years ago, in 1968.
1.2 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
15.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
Still in service after 58 years.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built: 1968–1987
in service from: 1968
status: in service
number built: 123
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇸🇪 Sweden
builders: Nydqvist och Holm AB, Kalmar Verkstad
operators: Statens Järnvägar, TGOJ, LKAB Malmtrafik, Israel Railways, Green Cargo
top speed: 100 km/h
power: 1.2 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 15.4 m
weight: 76 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q526683, Wikipedia: SJ T44 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.