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NSB Di 1

🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1942· locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel retired
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. NSB Di 1 nr.601: Anders Beer Wilse· Public domain
  2. 2. Di 1 at Finse: Anders Beer Wilse· Public domain
  3. 3. Bergensbanen km302 Finse007 1942 NF.W49644 (cropped): Anders Beer Wilse· CC0
  4. 4. Bergensbanen km302 Finse007 1942 NF.WB46433 A (cropped): Anders Beer Wilse· CC0
  5. 5. Bergensbanen km302 Finse007 1942 NF.WB46435 A (cropped): Anders Beer Wilse· CC0
  6. 6. Bergensbanen km336 Myrdal006 1942 NF.WB46434 (cropped): Anders Beer Wilse· CC0
  7. 7. Bergensbanen km336 Myrdal006 1942 NF.WB46434 (cropped)1: Anders Beer Wilse· CC0
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NSB Di 1, photo 1 of 7
1/7 Anders Beer Wilse· Public domain

what is it?

NSB Di 1 was a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Krupp for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). The locomotive had two MAN diesel engines, giving a combined power output of 1,472 kilowatts (1,974 hp) and allowing the 82.7 tonnes (81.4 long tons; 91.2 short tons) vehicle to reach a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph). It had a 1'BB'1 wheel arrangement and a driver's cab at only one end.

who runs it

Norges Statsbaner

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • power 1.5 MWpower output
  • weight 82.7 tin working order
  • built 1made 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 84 years ago, in 1942.
  • 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 13.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 17 years (1942–1959).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1942
in service from
1942
retired
1959
status
retired
number built
1
kind
Diesel-hydraulic
traction
diesel
origin
🇳🇴 Norway
builders
Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
operators
Norges Statsbaner
top speed
100 km/h
power
1.5 MW
wheel arrangement
1'BB'1
length
13.5 m
weight
82.7 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q843473, Wikipedia: NSB Di 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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