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NSB Class XXII
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1895· class of 3 narrow gauge Norwegian 2-4-2T locomotive
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what is it?
NSB Class XXII 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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- 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
- 1895–1902
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Thunes mekaniske verksted
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 17.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15344039, Wikipedia: NSB Class XXII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.