SJ Tp

Tp was a diesel-hydraulic locomotive operated by Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar, SJ) for hauling freight trains on its 891 mm (2 ft 11 ³⁄₃₂ in) narrow gauge railways. 25 were built in total, 20 by Maschinenbau Kiel and five on licence by Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (The Swedish Railway Workshops).

During the 1960s most of the narrow gauge railways were converted to standard gauge, and SJ chose to rebuild the locomotives to this gauge, and also change the axle system to D, giving them the designation T23. Of the remaining ten Tps, six were scrapped in the 1970s while the last four remained in service until the 1980s. The latter have all been preserved.

External links

• Järnväg.net on Tp

MaK/VSFT/Vossloh Kiel locomotives 1st generation 1954–1967 240 B 240 C 400C 450 C 600 D 650 D 800 D 850 D 1000 D 1200 D 2nd generation 1965–1978 G 320 B G 500 C G 700 C G 850 BB G 1100 BB 3rd generation 1977–present Light shunters G 321 B G 322 G 761 C G 762 C G 763 C G 764 C G 765 DE 501 DE 502 Heavy shunters/Light locomotives G 1201 BB G 1202 BB G 1203 BB G 1204 BB G 1205 G 1206/G 1206-2 DE 1002 DE 1003 DE 1004 4th generation 2001–present Light shunters G 400 B Heavy shunters/Light locomotives G 800 BB G 1000 BB G 1700 BB Line locomotives G 2000 BB 5th generation 2008–present Light shunters G 6 Heavy shunters/Light locomotives G 12 DE 12 G 18 DE 18 Export builds TCDD DH33100 SJ Tp / T23 NS 6400 NSB Di 6 / Dispolok ME 26 NSB Di 8 SNCB HLD 77 and locomotives V 60 / 360–365 V 65 V 80 V 90 / 290–296 V 100 / 211–214 V 160 V 200 / 220–221 Experimental locomotives and rebuilts DE 1024 / DB 240 DH 1004 DH 1504 Locomotive types in italics are in production. G-type locomotives have diesel-hydraulic transmissions, DE-type locomotives have diesel-electric transmissions.