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NSB Class 49
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1935· class of 7 Norwegian 2-8-4 locomotives
what is it?
The NSB Class 49, nicknamed Dovregubben ("the Dovre Giant"), locomotives were 2-8-4 steam locomotives used to pull heavy trains on the Dovre Line. It is the largest type of steam locomotive in the history of the Norwegian State Railways. The engines came in three series, the 49a, 49b and 49c.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- 1.9 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 22 years (1935–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1941
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Thunes mekaniske verksted, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp, Hamar Jernstøperi
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-4
- weight
- 87.2 t
- nicknames
- Dovregubber
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955253, Wikipedia: NSB Class 49 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.