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SJ E10
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one of only four types of steam locomotives to remain in the reserve past the 1970s,[7] but four of the machines were withdrawn in 1973 and scrapped thereafter.[2] The other six were part of the strategic reserve until 1990,[4] and were later transferred to the Swedish Railway Museum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
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