2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CargoNet El 16 2202 near Dombås: Davil Gubler· GFDL
- 2. Tågkompaniet El16 24: Sendelbach ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
NSB El 16 is an electric locomotive which is used on the Norwegian railway system by CargoNet to haul freight trains. Until it was replaced by the El 18, the El 16 engines also pulled passenger trains on the Norwegian State Railways.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 4.4 MW is about 52 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1977–1984
- in service from
- 1977
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- ASEA, Strømmens Værksted, Thunes mekaniske verksted, Ameco Hamar, Nydqvist och Holm AB, Hamar Jernstøperi
- operators
- CargoNet, TGOJ, Vy, Vy Tåg, Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 4.4 MW
- electric system
- 15 kV 16.7 Hz Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q903981, Wikipedia: NSB El 16 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.