This 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
| Name (litra) | Built | Retired | Wheel arr. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 129-159 | 1882 | 1956 | 2'B | |
| B 21-26, 45-49 | (1893) | 1932 | 1'B | |
| G 77...651 | 1884 | 1968 | C | Delivered in three series (Nos. 77-81, 101-106 and 160-173, 601-651, respectively) |
| K 501-600 | 1894 | 1974 | 2'B | |
| F 423...700 | 1898 | 1976 | C | |
| D 801-900 | 1902 | 1974 | 1'C | |
| C 701-719 | 1903 | 1969 | 2'B | |
| P 901-933 | 1907 | 1962 | 2'B1' | |
| R 934-963 | 1912 | 1972 | 2'C | Delivered in two series (Nos. 934-953 and 954-963, respectively) |
| H 783-800 | 1923 | 1976 | 1'D | Delivered in two series (Nos. 789-800 and 783-788, respectively) |
| S 721-740 | 1924 | 1976 | 1'C2' | |
| Q 337-351 | 1930 | 1976 | D | |
| E 964-999 | (1937) | 1976 | 2'C1' | Former Swedish class F |
| PR 901...930 | 1943 | 1964 | 2'C1' | Rebuilt from class P locomotives |
| T 297-299 | (1948) | 1967 | 2'C | Former German class P 8 (BR 38) |
| N 201-210 | (1952) | 1970 | 1'E | Former German BR 50/BR 52 |
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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 1951–1962 1973–1999 1801-1890 |
1935–1940 1951–1958 |
1966–1984 | 2-B or 3-B | |
| MS | MS 401-406 AA 431-433 |
1935 | 1970–1973 | ||
| MB | MB 407-416 AB 434-438 FJ 446-450 |
1935–1938 | 1970–1973 | ||
| MK-FK | MK 675, 677, 679, 681, 683 FK 676, 678, 680, 682, 684 |
1943 1951 |
1971 | 3-B0 | |
| MBF | 481-483, 484 | (1949) | (1958) | 1A-A1 | |
| MDF | 491-497 | (1949) | (1957) | 2-B-2 | |
| MA (Sølvpilen) | MA 460-470 AM 500-509 BM 520-525 BR 530-535 BMK 530-535 BS 480-489 |
1963–1966 | 1995 | MA 460-AM 500-BMK 530-BS 480 has been preserved at the Danish Railway Museum. | |
| MR | MR 4001-4062 MR 4063-4299 MRD 4201-4299 |
1978–1979 1983–1985 1981–1985 |
2019 | 2-B | Retired or sold and handed over to Arriva. |
| ML | ML 4901-4907 FL 7901-7905 |
1984 | 2007 | 1A-A1 | |
| MF (IC3) | MFA 5001-5096 FF 5401-5496 MFB 5201-5296 |
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 MQ 4911-4930 |
2002, 2010 | 2020 | Sold and handed over to Arriva. | |
| MG (IC4) | MG 5601-5683 FH 6601-6683 FG 6801-6883 MG 5801-5883 |
2003–2013 | - | Set 09 is owned by Gadaffi and was never delivered to DSB | |
| MP (IC2) | MP 5701-5723 FP 6701-6723 |
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 FR 2201-2244 FR 2301-2344 ER 2101-2144 |
1993–1997 | - | ||
| ET (Øresundståg) | ET 4301-4411 FT 4701-4811 ET 4501-4611 |
2000–2012 | - | 111 total 34 trainsets are owned by DSB 77 are owned by various Swedish operators | |
| 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 First delivery |
MM 701-742 FM 861-881 |
1933 | 1966–1972 | ||
| First generation Second delivery |
MM 743-762 FM 882-892 FS 901-922 FS 992-999 |
1935–1936 | 1967–1973 | ||
| First generation Third delivery |
MM 763-778 FS 976-991 |
1949–1950 | 1969–1976 | ||
| First generation Fourth delivery |
MM 779-802 FS 976-991 |
1952 | 1969–1978 | ||
| First generation Fifth delivery |
MM 803-819 FS 935-951 |
1962 | 1972–1978 | ||
| Second generation First delivery |
MM 7501-7507 FS 7001-7007 |
1967–1968 | 1999–2003 | ||
| Second generation Second delivery |
MM 7601-7806 FS 7101-7306 |
1966–1975 | 1999–2007 | ||
| Second generation Third delivery |
FU 8001-8065 MU 8501-8565 |
1975–1978 | 2001–2007 | ||
| Third generation First delivery |
MC 6501-6508 FC 6001-6008 |
1979 | 1994 | ||
| Third generation Second delivery |
MC 6509-6524 FC 6009-6024 |
1986 | 2006 | ||
| Fourth generation 8-car train |
SA 8101-8205 SB 8301-8405 SC 8601-8705 SD 8801-8905 SD 9801-9905 SC 9601-9705 SB 9301-9405 SA 9101-9205 |
1995–2005 | - | SA 8132 has had a new DSB livery applied in 2018. | |
| Fourth generation 4-car train |
SE 4101-4131 SF 4301-4331 SG 5401-4531 SH 4701-4731 |
2004–2005 | - |
External links
- Jernbanen.dk (in Danish)
- DSB's page about trains currently in service (in Danish)
- Overview of Danish rail vehicles (in German)
- Steam locomotives at DSB (in Danish)
References
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- Page with information about the fabled "Marilyn Monroe" locomotives, Litra MY 1201 and MY 1202 (in English)