Statens Jarnvagar 4-8-0 Locomotives in Sweden

Class E10 (Locobase 2472)

Data from Litt-E10, one of a series of SJ locomotive diagrams archived by Anders Lundbing on [], last accessed 10 June 2017. See also the Bergslagen Railway Society's page at , last accessed 2 June 2015. Works numbers were 2156-2165 in 1947.

This was a mixed-traffic Twelve-wheeler engine that was the last class of steam locomotives to be built for the Statens JSrnvSgar. It was built in 1947 to meet growing demand for freight power.

Based on the early-1930s sextet of E9 Twelve-wheelers (Locobase 20217), the E10s featured three-cylinder power, a unique solution for the SJ, roller bearings, slightly more firebox heating surface area, and enclosed cabs. All were delivered with smoke deflectors.

According to Svenska-Lok, converting some of the engines to oil-burning led to a couple of serious roundhouse fires.

Ten years after their introduction, the entire class was based at Oestersund. Distributed among several depots over the next decade, all ten remained in service through 1968

After their retirement from active service, several of the class were placed in a contingent reserve of 150 locomotives. Only four were scrapped; the other six were sold or donated to museums.

Running 1748, says the Bergslagen, is too expensive to undertake very often and the engine is too powerful for most of the museum's train runs. The oil fuel is "smelly" (Google's translation), but during periods of high fire danger, this engine was preferable to the coal burners in the collection. It was sold to the Landeryds museum in 2006.