SJ Z66

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SJ Z66 / GC Z66
Numbering: 591-620
Number: 30th
Manufacturer: Kalmar Verkstads AB
Year of construction (s): 1971-1973
Axis formula : B.
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 10,300 mm
Height: 4300 mm
Width: 3380 mm
Fixed wheelbase: 4000 mm
Service mass: 33 t
Top speed: 41/69 km / h
Continuous output : 265 kW
Locomotive brake: mechanically
NSB Skd 226 / GRAS Skd 226 / BS Skd 226
Skd 226 in Sarpsborg
Skd 226 in Sarpsborg
Numbering: 01-15, 31-34, 618
Number: NSB: 15
GRAS: 1
BS: 4

The rail tractors of the series SJ Z66 were from 1971 by Statens Järnvägar in Sweden used. The small locomotives manufactured by Kalmar Verkstad were used for smaller transport tasks and for shunting on sidings and in stations.

history

In 1969, SJ obtained offers for two- and three-axle locomotives from various Swedish and foreign manufacturers. The first choice fell on the German company Gmeinder , but for reasons of labor market policy the government decided that the Swedish company Kalmar Verkstad (KVAB) should receive the contract.

KVAB cooperated with Henschel & Sohn in Germany and it was decided to manufacture the two-axle locomotives in Sweden and the three-axle locomotives in Germany. The two-axle locomotives were given the series designation Z66 and were delivered from 1971–1973. The three-axle variant was given the series designation V4 .

Technical specifications

The Z66 was structurally larger than earlier locomotives, but the engine output was similar to the Z65 . When the first locomotive was weighed, it turned out to be a few tons heavier than expected. KVAB had to reduce the weight of the following locomotives.

The top speed was 41 or 69 km / h, depending on which gearbox was used. The locomotives received the new orange color scheme that SJ introduced in the early 1970s.

Z66 591–605 were equipped with multiple traction equipment, with which up to three locomotives could be driven. Usually the locomotives were used individually.

NSB Gods Skd 226

At the end of the 1990s, SJ's demand for shunting locomotives had declined. Norges Statsbaner (NSB) received two Z66s for shunting in Oslo on a trial basis , as the older Di 2 series had to be replaced. In 1999 NSB and SJ agreed to sell 15 locomotives to Norway. There the series was given the designation Skd 226 from July 27, 2000 and a color scheme in dark gray with yellow decor. The locomotives were taken over by NSB Gods until 2001.

The new series designation Skd 226 01-15 followed in the order SJ Z66 591, 592, 594, 595, 597, 598, 596, 603, 604, 605, 607, 608, 610, 611 and 606.

GC Z66

Eleven locomotives of the series (593, 599, 601, 602, 609, 613–618) that were still with SJ at that time were transferred to Green Cargo on January 1, 2001 . After a more or less long period of service, all of these locomotives were handed in:

  • Z66 613: 2003 to EuroMaint
  • Z66 593, 601 and 609: 2005/2009 to Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen
  • Z66 614 and 617: 2003 to Svensk Tågteknik
  • Z66 602, 615 and 599: 2005 to EuroShuttle (Norway) as EUS Skd 226 31–33
  • Z66 616: 2001 to Sjuntorps Liftuthyrning / Edet AB, Lilla Edet
  • Z66 618: 2002 to Volvo Transport AB, Torslanda , further 2006 to Grenland Rail (Norway) as GRAS Skd 226.618.

CargoNet Skd 226

When CargoNet was founded on January 1, 2002, the 15 locomotives from NSB Gods were transferred to the new company.

By 2003, Skd 226 04, 09 and 15 retired from service and were retired.

STT Z66M

Svensk Tågteknik AB (STT) took over the Z66 614 and Z66 617 from Green Cargo in 2003. They were fitted with a new Cummins diesel engine and redrawn as the Z66M 614 and Z66M 617. The Z66M 614 arrived at NetRail AB in Norrköping in 2012 via CargoNet, Rail Combi and ISS TraffiCare AB. The Z66M 617 was sold to Ovako Steel in Smedjebacken in 2005 .

Tågab Z66

Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen (Tågab) took over Z66 593 and 601 from Green Cargo in 2005. Z66 609 followed in 2009 after having worked for Interlink Logistik AB in Perstorp for several years . Z66 593 was sold to Baneservice (Norway) in 2008 as BS Skd 226 34.

EuroMaint Z66

  • Z66 600 was sold by SJ in 1998 to Rail Combi AB, Malmö, and from 2008 belonged to Skandiatransport in Landskrona . A short time later, the locomotive was sold to EuroMaint and was then used in Landskrona and Hagalund.
  • Z66 613 was acquired by Green Cargo in 2003.
  • Z66 619 was loaned to Woxna Express by SJ in 1997 and 1998. There she suffered an engine failure in 1998. In 1999 it was sold to Arlanda Express AB and fitted with a Cummings diesel engine. She has been working at EuroMaint since 2005.
  • Z66 620 was acquired by SJ in 2001.

NetRail Z66M

The Z66M 614 from Svensk Tågteknik reached NetRail AB in 2012 via CargoNet, Rail Combi and ISS TraffiCare AB in Norrköping. The company number remained the same for all owners.

RC Skd 226

With the transfer of the shunting operation in the Norwegian container stations from June 1, 2013 from CargoNet to RailCombi , the twelve remaining locomotives were transferred to this company.

EuroShuttle Skd 226

GC Z66 602, 615 and 599: 2005 from Green Cargo to EuroShuttle (Norway) as EUS Skd 226 31–33. In 2006 these went to the company Baneservice Skandinavia AB in Gothenburg as BS Skd 226 31–33 .

Grenland Rail Skd 226

The Z66 618, sold by Green Cargo to Volvo Transport AB, Torslanda in 2002, was taken over by Grenland Rail (Norway) as GRAS Skd 226.618 (EVN: 98 76 0 226 618-9).

Baneservice Skd 226

Baneservice Skandinavia AB in Gothenburg acquired the EUS Skd 226 31–33 from EuroShuttle in 2006, and they were given the designation BS Skd 226 31–33. Z66 593 was acquired by Tågab in 2008 and is used as BS Skd 226 34.

Further whereabouts

  • Z66 612 was sold in 2001 at IQR Solutions AB in Trollhättan .

Web links

Commons : CargoNet Skd 226  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Skd 226 Norges Statsbaner / NSB. In: jernbane.net. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Green Cargo Z66. In: svenska-lok.se. Retrieved January 2, 2019 (Swedish).