#1743
NSB Class 32
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1915· class of 24 Norwegian 2-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 32a 288 Hamar 02.08.04: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NSB Type 32 was built between 1915 and 1921 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, the Vagn- & Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget Falun and Hamar Jernstøberi for the Norges Statsbaner (NSB), the state railway company in Norway. The Norsk Hoved-Jernbane (NHJ) also received two locomotives.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- 11.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 54 years (1915–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1921
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Hamar Jernstøperi, Vagn- & Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget i Falun
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner, Norwegian Trunk Railway
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 11.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15343576, Wikipedia: NSB Class 32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.