DSB Class MT

MT

MT 167 in Padborg (2012).
Type and origin
Power type Diesel
Builder Frichs
Build date 1958–1960
Total produced 17
Specifications
UIC class Bo'Bo'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length 12.49 m (40 ft 11 3⁄4 in)
Loco weight 52.1 t (51.3 long tons; 57.4 short tons)
Prime mover Frichs 8.200CV (original)
Maybach-Mercedes MB 820B (rebuilt)
Cylinders 8 (original)
12 (rebuilt)
Performance figures
Maximum speed 70 km/h (43 mph) (original)
90 km/h (56 mph) (rebuilt)
Power output 425 hp (317 kW) (original)
491 hp (366 kW) (rebuilt)
Career
Operators DSB
Retired 1990–2000

The class MT was a class of diesel-electric locomotives of the Danish State Railways (DSB). Built by Danish manufacturer Frichs, the locomotives entered service in 1958–1960. They were primarily used for heavy shunting and branch line trains. A total of 17 units were built, numbered 151–167.

The original Frichs V8 diesel engines proved unreliable, and the locomotives were rebuilt with Maybach-Mercedes V12 engines during 1969–1971.[1]

The first class MT unit was retired in 1990 after a shunting accident, though the remaining locomotives were not retired from DSB service until 1997–2000. MT 166 remained in use as a service locomotive (tjenestelokomotiv) until 2006.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Christensen & Poulsen 2009, pp. 204–205.
  2. ↑ Christensen & Poulsen 2009, p. 205.

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