List of DSB locomotives and multiple units
DSB PR 908 with restored trainThis is a list of locomotives and multiple unit classes of the DSB , the primary train operator in Denmark . Steam locomotive classes were usually designated by a single capital letter, whereas diesel locomotives and DMUs are named with two (occasionally, three) letters, the first being an M for "motor"; electric locomotives and EMUs are given two-letter combinations, the first being an E. The classes are referred to as "litra" (from Latin littera , "letter") in Danish, e.g. "litra MY" for the class MY locomotives. In addition to this class designation, each locomotive or multiple unit within a class has its own number.
The list is sorted chronologically by date of first delivery of a locomotive or multiple unit of the particular class. For classes no longer in regular service at DSB, the year of last retirement is listed. Some classes have been sold to Railion after DSB Gods was merged with it in 2001; in that case, year of retirement is put in parentheses. For each class, the wheel arrangement is given in UIC notation .
Steam locomotives
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Diesel locomotives
Name (litra)
Built
Retired
Wheel arr.
Notes
MT 101-106 1927
1943
A1-1A
MV 115-116 1929
1955
1AA2
MW 117-118 1929
1938
A1-2A
MX 131-132 1932
1958
2-D-2
MY 1101-1159 1954
2001
A1A-A1A 6 locomotives with weaker prime mover renamed MV in 1968, some later renamed back to MY
MH 201–203 1957
1993?
C
MY 1201-1202 1957
1969
A1A-A1A Danish-built locomotives designed to compete with the Swedish-American built "MY class" locomotive
MT 151-167 1958
2000
Bo-Bo
MH 301-420 1960
2002
C
MX 1001-1045 1960
1993
A1A-A1A
MZ 1401-1461 1967
(2001)
Co-Co
ME 1501-1537 1981
2021
Co-Co 1501 is at the Danish Railway Museum (2015), 1502 (2016), 1507 (2016), 1510 (2007) are scrapped, 1509, 1513 and 1527 was sold to NRFAB in mid–2020. 1503 (2018), 1504 (2017), 1508 (2017), 1514 (2017), 1520 (2018), 1521 (2016), 1528 (2016), 1531 (2017), 1533 (2016), 1536 (2017), 1537 (2017) got DSB Red livery (The years in () is when they got the new livery)
MJ 506, 510 1993
1994
Bo
Returned to manufacturer as DSB was not satisfied with the locomotives.
MK 601-625 1996
(2001)
B
DSB still owns one MK (625), which is used for shunting at Belvedere.
Electric locomotives
Name (litra)
Numbers
Built
Retired
Wheel arr.
Notes
EA 3001-3022
1984–1986, 1992
2020
Bo-Bo DSB The last EA passenger-towed train was 11. december 2020 Sjælland
EG 3101-3112
1999–2000
-
Co-Co All locomotives owned by DBCSC
EB 3201-3242
2020-
-
Bo-Bo DSB has 42 Siemens Vectron locomotives on order, for domestic use and cross-border services to Germany.
DMUs
Name (litra)
Numbers
Built
Retired
Wheel arr.
Notes
MA 601-603
1925
1942–1953
1A
Renamed from M 1-3 in 1928; renumbered 48-50 in 1934; renumbered 601-603 in 1941
MC 611-612
1926
1943–1947
1A1
Renumbered from 21-22 in 1941
ME 621-627
1927–1928
1932–1956
1A
Renamed from M 31-47 in 1928; renumbered 621-627 in 1941
MF 631-647
1928–1929
1938–1956
1A
Renumbered from 51-68 in 1941; 5 rebuilt to MC 651-655 in 1950
MR 531-534
1928
1956
2-AA
Renumbered from 201, 203, 204 and 206 in 1941
ML 501-515
1930
1934–1958
2-AA
Renumbered from 84-99 in 1941
MQ 521-524
1932
1957–1960
3-A1A
Renumbered from 207-210 in 1941
MP 540-549
1934
1962–1966
3-A1A
Renumbered from 251-260 in 1941
MO 563-572
1935–1940
1966–1984
2-B or 3-B
MS MS 401-406
1935
1970–1973
MB MB 407-416
1935–1938
1970–1973
MK-FK MK 675, 677, 679, 681, 683
1943
1971
3-B0
MBF 481-483, 484
(1949)
(1958)
1A-A1
MDF 491-497
(1949)
(1957)
2-B-2
MA (Sølvpilen) MA 460-470
1963–1966
1995
MA 460-AM 500-BMK 530-BS 480 has been preserved at the Danish Railway Museum.
MR MR 4001-4062
1978–1979
2019
2-B
Retired or sold and handed over to Arriva .
ML ML 4901-4907
1984
2007
1A-A1
MF (IC3) MFA 5001-5096
1989–1998
-
Sets 01-92 built for DSB, 93-96 are bought from Blekinge Länstrafik, and were built in 1991.
MQ (Desiro) MQ 4111-4130
2002, 2010
2020
Sold and handed over to Arriva .
MG (IC4) MG 5601-5683
2003–2013
-
Set 09 is owned by Gadaffi and was never delivered to DSB
MP (IC2) MP 5701-5723
2004–2013
(2016)
The trains were delivered late, and a few has been sold to Romania.
EMUs
Name (litra)
Numbers
Built
Retired
Wheel arr.
Notes
ER (IR4) ER 2001–2044
1993–1997
-
ET (Øresundståg) ET 4301-4411
2000–2012
-
111 total
IC5 -
2025–2029
-
100 trainsets with option for 50 more ordered in April 2021
S-trains
Name (litra)
Numbers
Built
Retired
Wheel arr.
Notes
First generation MM 701-742
1933
1966–1972
First generation MM 743-762
1935–1936
1967–1973
First generation MM 763-778
1949–1950
1969–1976
First generation MM 779-802
1952
1969–1978
First generation MM 803-819
1962
1972–1978
Second generation MM 7501-7507
1967–1968
1999–2003
Second generation MM 7601-7806
1966–1975
1999–2007
Second generation FU 8001-8065
1975–1978
2001–2007
Third generation MC 6501-6508
1979
1994
Third generation MC 6509-6524
1986
2006
Fourth generation SA 8101-8205
1995–2005
-
SA 8132 has had a new DSB livery applied in 2018.
Fourth generation SE 4101-4131
2004–2005
-
External links
References
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