DSB Class EA
Number Name Entered service History and notes
3001 H C Ørsted 1984 First electric train in Denmark 20 March 1986 . Repainted in DSB blue livery 2006 . Scrapped in January 2017
3002 Niels Bohr 1984 Sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3003 Heinrich Wenck 1985 Sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3004 Ole Rømer 1985 Received DSB blue livery 2006
3005 William Radford 1985 Sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3006 Valdemar Poulsen 1985 Sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3007 Kirstine Meyer 1985 Received DSB blue livery 2006
3008 Otto Busse 1986 Out of service 2004 ( used for spares ) , sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3009 Anker Engelund 1986 Sold to Bulmarket , Bulgaria 2007
3010 Søren Hjorth 1986 Received DSB blue livery 2006
3011 Thomas B Thrige 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3011 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Romania as 465001 in 2009
3012 A R Angelo 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3012 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Romania as 465002 in 2009
3013 Wilhelm Hellesen 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3013 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria 2010
3014 C E Krarup 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3014 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria 2010
3015 Nielsine Nielsen 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3014 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria
3016 A W Hauch 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3016 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria 2009
3017 Emil Chr Hansen 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3017 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria 2010
3018 Niels Finsen 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3018 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Romania as 465004 in 2009
3019 P O Pedersen 1992 Becomes Railion Denmark EA 3019 in 2001 , transferred to DB Schenker Bulgaria 2010
3020 G F Ursin 1992 In storage 2004-5 , received blue DSB livery 2006 and returned to service
Locomotive history -- List of locomotives
The 22 class EA locomotives are named after scientists , engineers and railway people as follows : [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 11 ] [ clarification needed ]
The DSB Class EA was the first electric locomotive in Denmark, introduced in 1984. In total, 22 units were built for the DSB, about half were acquired by Deutsche Bahn in 2001 when it took over the freight business of DSB. Between 2007 and 2010 many of the locomotives began freight services in Bulgaria, as of 2017 only five units remain with the Danish state railways.