2005-08-06 04 København to X2000

Here we have engine 1522 from DSB. When I was waiting for the X2000 to arrive to take me to Stockholm I had this engine stop right by me and what a joy to hear something I usually hear back home, nearly 5000 miles away! These engines were built under license from EMD, and under the hood of this engine, it sounds like a SD40. It brought a smile to my face to hear something familiar so far away from home.

Then after boarding the X2000, I continue northbound. Then after a stroke of luck, I was invited to ride in the cab of the X2000! It was my first REAL cab ride that exceeded 10 MPH... at 125MPH (200kph)! Nothing like Amtrak back home!

The 2 engineers and staff I met from SJ could not have been more helpful and open on this last leg of my European rail journey. I learned a lot from them and will cherish that trip for a very long time. I saw sights and views from the front of the train that I would have not seen otherwise. And the engineers (operators?) pointed out sights that normally wouldn't have been mentioned in the back of the train. Even saw a wooden castle somewhere along the tracks between Malmö and Stockholm. It was the best 2 hours of train travel I think I have ever experienced.

Only one bad thing...someone placed the windshield washer fluid supply hose between the window and the windshield wiper, making the cleaning of the brakeman's side window really 'buggy'. But hey, I am not complaining here.

Between 4:20 to 5:15, after using Google earth with its ruler and timing spots on the video, I determined that going through Sommen, we were going 115MPH. Then further down the track, between 6:05 and 6:45 we were traveling at 130MPH.

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• DSB
• Denmark
• SJ
• København
• Malmö
• Sommen
• Stockholm
• X2000
• Tåg
• cabride
• Sweden
• Train
• Railroad
• Rail

[desse56]

"2 hours of train travel" Hahah! It takes 4 and a half hours from malmö to stockholm. But time goes by when having fun ^^.

[mrksvideos]

@desse56 Actually what I meant was that being in the cab was the best 2 hours. I was up there for half of the trip between Malmö and Stockholm ;)

[desse56]

@mrksvideos Aah! Between which stations were you in the cab?

[mrksvideos]

@desse56 Well, Even to this day I haven't figured it out completely. If you read below, the first memory I have of it was at Gripenbergs slott, and I know I went back to my seat just before Gnesta as I have a still photo of it taken from my seat. I didn't video all of the time in the cab either. That is one thing I plan on never doing again. My recent videos of my motordressin are shot from a SSD camcorder with suction cup mount to the windows. I will do this next time I am up in a cab :)

[RCdash9]

Thats 645 prime mover sounds like the GP40 that I saw in San Diego. Check out the video response.

[mrksvideos]

Yeah, it is too bad I was not able to hear the engine wind up to throttle 8, and hey, no horn on that Danish engine is ever going to sound like a GP40 :D

[danishown2]

I have on comment the lokomotive in the start is a Litra ME from DSB which is used to haul/push Regional tog(which is trains going to citys like roskilde, ringsted, kalundborg and so on;)

GO Denmark:)

Live in roskilde

[TheDaggelito]

Go Lund

[izor99z]

I live in mjölby :P

[kibidk]

To be exact it is the 3300HP EMD 16-645 E3B engine.

Originally this loco was supposed to be equipped with a 2500Hp MTU but DSB insisted on the reliable 3300HP EMD engine. This loco was the first dieselloc in Denmark to be equipped with asyncronic tractionmotors.

The horn may not sound like a GP40 horn - however i am sure no GP40 ever is going to reach 110mph which is the approx. top speed of the ME loco ;-)

[BNSF5608]

EMD 645! Allright!

[fontheking5]

Malmö in the beginning fo the video , i have been there a lot of time and rode that line many times .