9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. IORE Kiruna: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. IORE 110+109 Gällivare 11.08.04: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. MTAB IORE 101 + 119 Katterjåkk - Vassijaure: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MTAB IORE 112 and 101 Stenbacken - Torneträsk: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. MTAB IORE 125 Björkliden - Kopparåsen: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. MTAB IORE 130+114 Søsterbekk - Norddalen: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. MTAB IORE 133 and 105 Kaisepakte - Stenbacken: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. MTAB IORE 134+105 Vassijaure: Kabelleger· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. MTAB IORE Søsterbekk - Norddalen: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Iore, often stylized IORE, is a class of 34 electric locomotives built by Adtranz and its successor, Bombardier Transportation, for the Swedish mining company LKAB's railway division, Malmtrafik. The class is a variation of Adtranz's Octeon modular product platform, thus related to Bombardier's later TRAXX platform. The locomotives are considered to be one of the world's most powerful locomotives and haul iron ore freight trains on the Iron Ore Line and Ofoten Line in Sweden and Norway, respectively.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 5.5 MW is about 65 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000–2014
- number built
- 34
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Thyssen-Henschel, Bombardier
- operators
- LKAB Malmtrafik
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 5.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV 16, 2, 3 Hz AC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 22.9 m
- weight
- 180 t
- Dutch name
- MTAB IORE
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1049004, Wikipedia: Iore (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.