Initially used in fast passenger trains from Stockholm to Rimbo and Hallstavik, they were moved to freight service after the Stockholm–Rimbo Line was electrified in 1946.

[2]: 89  Prices were low in Germany at the time, and several Swedish railways bought locomotives from Henschel and other German manufacturers.

[2]: 89  The 2-6-2 locomotives had superheaters, relatively large bogie tenders, and were initially equipped with feedwater heaters, but the latter were removed as being too difficult to maintain.

[2]: 36–37  The purchase of the locomotives was partly due to an expected increase in traffic after Faringe–Gimo Järnväg was opened, but they were hardly ever used on that railway before the Second World War, except in the very first train.

[2]: 89 SRJ already operated electric local trains near Stockholm, and wartime difficulties with obtaining coal made them extend the electrification,[2]: 76  reaching Rimbo in 1946 and Norrtälje in 1949.

[3]: 79  Smaller steam locomotives hauling trains with transporter wagons were prone to get stuck at a gradient near Faringe.