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NSB Class 11

🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1891· class of 12 Norwegian 2-6-0 locomotives

NSB Class 11, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain

what is it?

The NSB Type 11 were locomotives with the wheel arrangement 1'C (2–6–0), which were built between 1891 and 1896 by Dübs and Company in Glasgow and Nylands mekaniske verksted in Oslo in twelve examples in different versions for Norwegian state railway. Three locomotives were rebuilt into the Type 15d and Type 15h series. In the early days, its main use was on goods trains.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 60 km/htop speed
  • built 12made in total

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 135 years ago, in 1891.
  • 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1891–1898
retired
1953
status
retired
number built
12
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇳🇴 Norway
builders
Dübs and Company, Nylands mekaniske verksted
operators
Norges Statsbaner
top speed
60 km/h
power
—
wheel arrangement
2-6-0
length
14.4 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q11990752, Wikipedia: NSB Class 11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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