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The Swedish State Railways class E10 was a type of steam locomotive which was used for freight traffic. Ten locomotives were built in 1947 as a slightly modified version of the older E9 class. They were used mainly on the Inland Line, before being placed in the strategic reserve, where some remained until 1990; five of them have been preserved.
History
In the 1940s the Swedish State Railways (SJ) saw a need for modern steam locomotives for freight traffic on the Inland Line and in southern Norrland. [3]: 93 When the private railway company Halmstad–Nässjö Järnväg (HNJ) was nationalized in 1945, their G12 class three- cylinder 4-8-0 locomotives became the E9 class of SJ. [3]: 93 Impressed [1] [4] by these smooth-running locomotives with high traction and a low axle load, SJ ordered ten E10 locomotives from NOHAB, based on the E9. [1]
The E10 locomotives, delivered in 1947, [1] were the last large steam locomotives built for the Swedish railways. [5] The class differed from the E9 by having roller bearings, fully enclosed cabs, and slightly different fireboxes. [1] They were given tenders of the G5 type, a six-wheeled semi-Vanderbilt tender originally designed for the Gb class locomotives in 1920, [6] and large smoke deflectors of the German Wagner type. [3]: 44
The type was mainly used on the Mora– Östersund section of the Inland Line and other railways in the Dalarna region. [1] They were converted to oil firing in the 1950s, [1] but this was not very successful, [3]: 93 and some locomotives were damaged in fires related to it. [1]
As the use of steam locomotives declined in Sweden, a large number of surplus locomotives were preserved in the strategic reserve ( Swedish: Beredskapslok) to replace diesel-powered vehicles in case the import of oil was interrupted. [3]: 16 The E10 class was allocated to the strategic reserve in the 1960s. [3]: 93 It was one of only four types of steam locomotives to remain in the reserve past the 1970s, [7] but four of the machines were withdrawn in 1973 and scrapped thereafter. [2] The other six were part of the strategic reserve until 1990, [4] and were later transferred to the Swedish Railway Museum and various preservation societies, [3]: 93 although no. 1744 was used for spare parts [4] and eventually scrapped in 2012. [2]
Locomotive List
| Number | (Last known) Location / Owner | Current status | Image | Notes |
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| 1739 | Falun | Unknown |
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| 1740 | Kalmar | Scrapped |
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| 1741 | Unknown | |||
| 1742 | Stockholms Kultursällskap för Ånga och Järnväg, Krylbo | Stored |
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| 1743 | Unknown | |||
| 1744 | Järnvägsmuseum, Gävle | Scrapped (2012) |
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| 1745 | Järnvägsmuseum, Gävle | Stored | ||
| 1746 | Järnvägsmuseum, Gävle | Operational | ||
| 1747 | Stockholms Ånglokssällskap, Stockholm | Operational | ||
| 1748 | Bergslagernas Järnvägssällskap | Stored |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Diehl, Ulf; Fjeld, Ulf; Nilsson, Lennart (1973). Normalspåriga ånglok vid Statens Järnvägar (in Swedish). Svenska Järnvägsklubben. pp. 72–73. ISBN 91-85098-13-2.
- ^ a b c "SJ Littera E10 1739 – 1748". www.svenska-lok.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Karlsson, Lars Olov (2008). SJ:s ånglok (in Swedish). Frank Stenvalls Förlag. ISBN 978-91-7266-171-4.
- ^ a b c Sjöö, Robert, ed. (2004). Bevarandeplan för järnvägsfordon (in Swedish). Gävle: Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum. p. 144.
- ^ Jangö, Jan (1966). Tåg. En bildrapsodi om svenska tåg och järnvägar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allt om hobby. p. 89.
- ^ Linn, Björn (2009). "Tendern. Ett bihang till lokomotivhistorien". In Engström, Christina; et al. (eds.). Spår 2009. Årsbok utgiven av Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum och Järnvägsmusei Vänner (in Swedish). Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum. p. 12.
- ^ SJ decided to remove all steam locomotives except the B, E, E2 and E10 classes from the strategic reserve in the 1970s, and most were scrapped. [3]: 18 The E9 locomotives were all scrapped during this period. [3]: 93