European Railroad Discussion > Friday Fs: European Versions

Americans love their F units, but many of us aren't aware that EMD marketed something very similar in Europe. 

Yes, they're bidirectional, and they don't have quite the same look as the Fs we saw in North America or Australia. But listen to them load up, and there's no question that there's a 567 under that hood. 

Here, our first shot is the only one I took myself. We're in Copenhagen, September of 1983. The next two are trade slides with minimal info:  the first appears to be in Norway, and I think the last one is a second hand unit in Central Europe:  Hungary, maybe?

Additional info would be most welcome. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/25 14:57 by march_hare.

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march_hare Wrote:
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> Americans love their F units, but many of us
> aren't aware that EMD marketed something very
> similar in Europe. 
>
> Yes, they're bidirectional, and they don't have
> quite the same look as the Fs we saw in North
> America or Australia. But listen to them load up,
> and there's no question that there's a 567 under
> that hood. 
>
> Here, our first shot is the only one I took
> myself. We're in Copenhagen, September of 1983.
> The next two are trade slides with minimal info:
>  the first appears to be in Norway, and I think
> the last one is a second hand unit in Central
> Europe:  Hungary, maybe?
>
> Additional info would be most welcome. 


The third picture is of Skagensbanen M11. The Skagensbanen is in the very north of Jutland, Denmark, I have no idea whether M11 is still on the roster.

This is the company that built these units under license from EMD:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOHAB

Less well-known is the Austrian OBB Class 2050 diesel-electric, essentially a GP-7 built by Henschel in collaboration with EMD.

Here's another NOHAB tidbit: The 2000 movie "Dancer in the Dark" had scenes with a Swedish unit identified as TMY 106 painted in Great Northern colors. See the photo.

Ray 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/25 17:48 by Ray_Murphy.

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Wow!  I'd never heard of the Great Northern repaint. 

Thanks for sharing. 

The British could build beautiful steam locomotives but ugly diesel locomotives!

wp1801 Wrote:
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> The British could build beautiful steam
> locomotives but ugly diesel locomotives!

Nothing to do with us, NOHAB is a Swedish Company.