Tags: Locomotive.
Mg is an electric locomotive used by Statens Järnvägar of Sweden for hauling freight trains. It was built in 17 copies by ASEA and was in service until 1980.The Mg-series was built for the electrification of Norra Stambanan in the 1940s. It was steeper and more curved than the main lines in Southern Sweden and single-track sections meant that long freight trains had to be used to make best use of line capacity. The D-series was not powerful enough and the Of-series was too long for the curves.