List of DSB locomotives and multiple units

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.

DSB PR 908 with restored train

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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DSB S 736 at Jernbanemuseum
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

Diesel locomotives

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 -
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References

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