SJ Rb

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Rb
Statens Järnvägar
Numbers	1001-1006
Retired	1974-1976

Rb is an

, in three series designated Rb1, Rb2 or Rb3.

History

During the 1950s SJ saw the need for a new universal locomotive, since the

). The Rb-series was in use on passenger and freight trains until the mid-1970s. Parts of unit 1005 were reused in a maintenance-of-way vehicle that was scrapped in 1996 or 2004.

Variations

Rb1 was equipped with

railway electrification system

of Sweden, and one of the Rb1 locos was rebuilt to thyristor in 1965, getting the designation Rb1T. They were built by AB ASJ (AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna or Swedish Rail Workshops).

Rb2 and Rb3 were equipped with conventional AC motors. Rb2 was built by Nydqvist och Holm Aktiebolag whilst Rb3 was built by the Motala Workshops.

External links

• Järnväg.net on Rb (in Swedish)