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NSB Class XXI
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1894· class of 4 narrow gauge Norwegian 2-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
NSB Class XXI is a steam locomotive class designed by the Norwegian State Railways exclusively for use on the Setesdal Line.
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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1894–1912
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Thunes mekaniske verksted, Hamar Jernstøperi
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
- length
- 8.3 m
- weight
- 18.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955257, Wikipedia: NSB Class XXI (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.