Sj'llandske Jernbaneselskab 2-4-0 Locomotives in Denmark

Class Ds (Locobase 3968)

Data from WilliamBay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). []. Works numbers were 899-904.

Vale, Frigga, Skade, Sigyn, Nanna, Fylla were the names given to these small passenger engines. See [] . They served the SJS and the DSB for decades. The first of the class -- DS 211 - was withdrawn in 1917. DS 208 and DS 213 were scrapped in 1921, DS 210 in 1926, and DS 209 and DS 212 in 1928.

Class Es (I) (Locobase 3966)

Data from WilliamBay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). Class information from []. Deliveries of this class consisted of 6 in 1863, 2 in 1864, 3 in 1866, and 5 in 1870. Two from Burmeister & Wain in 1871 were built to a different design.

These were passenger engines with a useful turn of speed (100 km/h or 62 mph maximum). Retirements began in 1899 and all the pre-1870 machines had left service by 1901. The 1870 batch operated for nearly an additional decade before being retired in 1910.

Class Es (II) (Locobase 3967)

Data from William Bay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). See also Jernbaner.dk's entry at [], last accessed 2 June 2015.

Class Fs (II) (Locobase 3975)

Data from WilliamBay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). Class information from [].

The first two were withdrawn in July and August 1931. The third was withdrawn in November 1933 and donated to the Railway Museum

Class Ks (Locobase 3976)

Data from WilliamBay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). Class information from []. Schwarzkopff produced 6 in 1886 and Hartmann added 3 in 1893.

Jernbane.dk reports that this class was purchased to handle fast passenger traffic between K'benhavn and Kors'r and the run to Sydbanen via Roskilde, K'ge, and Masnedsund. They were rated at 100 km/h (62 mph).

All but one of the class was withdrawn and scrapped in the mid-1920s. Ks 271 lingered untl August 1931.

Class R / Fs (I) (Locobase 3974)

Data from WilliamBay, Danmarks Damplokomotiver (1977). Class information from []

This class was based on the earlier E-class 2-4-0s of 1863-1870 (Locobase 3988). All remained in service for over 4 decades. Seven were scrapped in the late 1920s; the other 4 went in 1936-1938.