what is it?
The R class of the Swedish State Railways (SJ) was a type of steam locomotive built between 1908 and 1909. The class was built primarily to pull heavy iron ore trains on the Iron Ore Line in northern Sweden.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.9 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
- 1908–1909
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- length
- 19.9 m
- weight
- 84.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10648251, Wikipedia: SJ R (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.