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DSB locomotive litra MY 1135
Litra MY 1135 is build by Nydqvist & Holm AB - Bofors-Nohab AB, Trollhättan, Sweden in 1957. Construction number 2376. Arrived 20/12-57 in Helsingør. Design painted 1979. Environmentally renovated 1994 and named "Carina" after craftsman in Cvk Ar Kasper Andersen's girlfriend. Set aside 1997. Leased 1998 to the engine service. Renumbered 1999 to Service locomotive 90 86 00-21 135-7. In operation 1999-2009. Painted blue 2004. Ran Jan-Feb. 2010 snowplough train in North Jutland with plough 137 and 145. Renovated 2011-14 in Randers. Painted red/black 2014. Renovated 2017-18 in Taulov. Painted maroon 2018. In operation 2019-21. Exhibited in Danish Railwaymuseum, Odense 2022. Litra MY is a Danish diesel-electric locomotive, which was produced in 59 copies for the Danish State Railways (DSB) by Swedish NOHAB from 1954 to 1965. The locomotive was for many years the backbone of DSB's passenger and freight traffic, until they were gradually taken out of service in the early 1990s. Some locomotives were scrapped, while others were sold to Danish private railways and operators and to various Swedish and German companies. The locomotive is of the NOHAB AA16 type, which was produced in similar versions for Norway, Hungary, Belgium and Luxembourg. The locomotives were built with the American F7 as a model and equipped with a 16-cylinder engine from General Motors and three-axle bogies with two driving axles and a running axle. In contrast to the American locomotives, which only had a driver's cab at one end, the European ones had one at both ends. The first Danish order was for four locomotives and a spare engine for testing. The testing of the locomotives, which were delivered in 1954, went well and was followed by orders for a further 40 locomotives, which were delivered until 1958. In 1954-1965, a further 15 locomotives were delivered, bringing the total number to 59. In addition, 45 litra MX were delivered in 1960-1962, which was a lighter version, which could therefore operate in places where the litra MY was too heavy.
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