This is a list of locomotives and multiple unit classes of the DSB, the primary train operator in Denmark. Steam locomotive classes were usually designated by a single capital letter, whereas diesel locomotives and Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) are named with two (occasionally, three) letters, the first being an M for "motor"; electric locomotives and Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) are given two-letter combinations, the first being an E. The classes are referred to as "litra" (from Latin littera, "letter") in Danish, e.g. "litra MY" for the class MY locomotives. In addition to this class designation, each locomotive or multiple unit within a class has its own number.

The list is sorted chronologically by date of first delivery of a locomotive or multiple unit of the particular class. For classes no longer in regular service at DSB, the year of last retirement is listed. Some classes have been sold to Railion after DSB Gods was merged with it in 2001; in that case, year of retirement is put in parentheses. For each class, the wheel arrangement is given in UIC notation.

Steam locomotives

Name (litra)BuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes A 129-159 1882 1956 2'B B 21-26, 45-49 (1893) 1932 1'B G 77...651 1884 1968 C Delivered in three series (Nos. 77-81, 101-106 and 160-173, 601-651, respectively) K 501-600 1894 1974 2'B F 423...700 1898 1976 C D 801-900 1902 1974 1'C C 701-719 1903 1969 2'B P 901-933 1907 1962 2'B1' R 934-963 1912 1972 2'C Delivered in two series (Nos. 934-953 and 954-963, respectively) H 783-800 1923 1976 1'D Delivered in two series (Nos. 789-800 and 783-788, respectively) S 721-740 1924 1976 1'C2' Q 337-351 1930 1976 D E 964-999 (1937) 1976 2'C1' Former Swedish class F PR 901...930 1943 1964 2'C1' Rebuilt from class P locomotives T 297-299 (1948) 1967 2'C Former German class P 8 (BR 38) N 201-210 (1952) 1970 1'E Former German BR 50/BR 52

Diesel locomotives Name (litra)BuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes MT 101-106 1927 1943 A1-1A MV 115-116 1929 1955 1AA2 MW 117-118 1929 1938 A1-2A MX 131-132 1932 1958 2-D-2 MY 1101-1159 1954 2001 A1A-A1A 6 locomotives with weaker prime mover renamed MV in 1968, some later renamed back to MY MH 201–203 1957 1993? C MY 1201-1202 1957 1969 A1A-A1A Danish-built locomotives designed to compete with the Swedish-American built "MY class" locomotive MT 151-167 1958 2000 Bo-Bo MH 301-420 1960 2002 C MX 1001-1045 1960 1993 A1A-A1A MZ 1401-1461 1967 (2001) Co-Co ME 1501-1537 1981 2021 Co-Co 1501 is at the Danish Railway Museum (2015), 1502 (2016), 1507 (2016), 1510 (2007) are scrapped, 1509, 1513 and 1527 was sold to NRFAB in mid–2020. 1503 (2018), 1504 (2017), 1508 (2017), 1514 (2017), 1520 (2018), 1521 (2016), 1528 (2016), 1531 (2017), 1533 (2016), 1536 (2017), 1537 (2017) got DSB Red livery (The years in () is when they got the new livery) MJ 506, 510 1993 1994 Bo Returned to manufacturer as DSB was not satisfied with the locomotives. MK 601-625 1996 (2001) B DSB still owns one MK (625), which is used for shunting at Belvedere.

Electric locomotives Name (litra)NumbersBuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes EA 3001-3022 1984–1986, 1992 2020 Bo-Bo DSB The last EA passenger-towed train was on 11 December 2020 Sjælland. EG 3101-3112 1999–2000 - Co-Co All locomotives owned by DBCSC EB 3201-3242 2020- - Bo-Bo DSB has 42 Siemens Vectron locomotives on order, for domestic use and cross-border services to Germany.

DMUs Name (litra)NumbersBuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes MA 601-603 1925 1942–1953 1A Renamed from M 1-3 in 1928; renumbered 48-50 in 1934; renumbered 601-603 in 1941 MC 611-612 1926 1943–1947 1A1 Renumbered from 21-22 in 1941 ME 621-627 1927–1928 1932–1956 1A Renamed from M 31-47 in 1928; renumbered 621-627 in 1941 MF 631-647 1928–1929 1938–1956 1A Renumbered from 51-68 in 1941; 5 rebuilt to MC 651-655 in 1950 MR 531-534 1928 1956 2-AA Renumbered from 201, 203, 204 and 206 in 1941 ML 501-515 1930 1934–1958 2-AA Renumbered from 84-99 in 1941 MQ 521-524 1932 1957–1960 3-A1A Renumbered from 207-210 in 1941 MP 540-549 1934 1962–1966 3-A1A Renumbered from 251-260 in 1941 MO 563-5721951–19621973–19991801-1890 1935–19401951–1958 1966–1984 2-B or 3-B MS MS 401-406AA 431-433 1935 1970–1973 MB MB 407-416AB 434-438FJ 446-450 1935–1938 1970–1973 MK-FK MK 675, 677, 679, 681, 683FK 676, 678, 680, 682, 684 19431951 1971 3-B0 MBF 481-483, 484 (1949) (1958) 1A-A1 MDF 491-497 (1949) (1957) 2-B-2 MA (Sølvpilen) MA 460-470AM 500-509BM 520-525BR 530-535BMK 530-535BS 480-489 1963–1966 1995 MA 460-AM 500-BMK 530-BS 480 has been preserved at the Danish Railway Museum. MR MR 4001-4062MR 4063-4299MRD 4201-4299 1978–19791983–19851981–1985 2019 2-B Retired or sold and handed over to Arriva. ML ML 4901-4907FL 7901-7905 1984 2007 1A-A1 MF (IC3) MFA 5001-5096FF 5401-5496MFB 5201-5296 1989–1998 - Sets 01-92 built for DSB, 93-96 are bought from Blekinge Länstrafik, and were built in 1991. MQ (Desiro) MQ 4111-4130MQ 4911-4930 2002, 2010 2020 Sold and handed over to Arriva. MG (IC4) MG 5601-5683FH 6601-6683FG 6801-6883MG 5801-5883 2003–2013 - Set 09 is owned by Gadaffi and was never delivered to DSB MP (IC2) MP 5701-5723FP 6701-6723 2004–2013 (2016) The trains were delivered late, and a few has been sold to Romania.

EMUs Name (litra)NumbersBuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes ER (IR4) ER 2001–2044FR 2201-2244FR 2301-2344ER 2101-2144 1993–1997 - ET (Øresundståg) ET 4301-4411FT 4701-4811ET 4501-4611 2000–2012 - 111 total34 trainsets are owned by DSB77 are owned by various Swedish operators IC5 - 2025–2029 - 100 trainsets with option for 50 more ordered in April 2021

S-trains Name (litra)NumbersBuiltRetiredWheel arr.Notes First generationFirst delivery MM 701-742FM 861-881 1933 1966–1972 First generationSecond delivery MM 743-762FM 882-892FS 901-922FS 992-999 1935–1936 1967–1973 First generationThird delivery MM 763-778FS 976-991 1949–1950 1969–1976 First generationFourth delivery MM 779-802FS 976-991 1952 1969–1978 First generationFifth delivery MM 803-819FS 935-951 1962 1972–1978 Second generationFirst delivery MM 7501-7507FS 7001-7007 1967–1968 1999–2003 Second generationSecond delivery MM 7601-7806FS 7101-7306 1966–1975 1999–2007 Second generationThird delivery FU 8001-8065MU 8501-8565 1975–1978 2001–2007 Third generationFirst delivery MC 6501-6508FC 6001-6008 1979 1994 Third generationSecond delivery MC 6509-6524FC 6009-6024 1986 2006 Fourth generation8-car train SA 8101-8205SB 8301-8405SC 8601-8705SD 8801-8905SD 9801-9905SC 9601-9705SB 9301-9405SA 9101-9205 1995–2005 - SA 8132 has had a new DSB livery applied in 2018. Fourth generation4-car train SE 4101-4131SF 4301-4331SG 5401-4531SH 4701-4731 2004–2005 -

External links Jernbanen.dk (in Danish) DSB's page about trains currently in service (in Danish) Overview of Danish rail vehicles (in German) Steam locomotives at DSB (in Danish)

References

Page with information about the fabled "Marilyn Monroe" locomotives, Litra MY 1201 and MY 1202 (in English)