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SJ T46
🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1973· class of 4 Swedish diesel-electric locomotives
what is it?
The SJ Class T46 is a diesel-electric locomotive used by Malmtrafik for shunting at Kiruna in Sweden. Four locomotives were built by Nyquist & Holm (NOHAB) as upgrades versions of T44 in 1973–1974. The T46 features more powerful engines and six, Co′Co′, instead of four axles.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 1.2 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 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
- 1973–1974
- in service from
- 1973
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB
- operators
- LKAB Malmtrafik
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 150 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q603196, Wikipedia: SJ T46 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.