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NSB Di 4
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1980· class of 5 Norwegian diesel-electric locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Di4 651, Норвегия, Нурланн, станция Будё (Trainpix 194128): Mr.Den· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NSB Di. 4: User:Røed· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3. NSB Di 4 Saltfjell: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( https://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
NSB Di 4 is a class of five diesel-electric locomotives built by Henschel for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Delivered in 1981, the class is used to haul passenger trains on the Nordland Line and are since 2001 the only revenue diesel locomotives used by NSB. The locomotives had electric components from Brown, Boveri & Cie and a General Motors Electro-Motive Division 16-645E prime mover. This gives a power output of 2,450 kilowatts (3,290 hp) and a starting tractive effort of 360 kilonewtons (81,000 lbf).
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1980
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner, SJ AB, Vy, SJ Norge
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.8 m
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q943926, Wikipedia: NSB Di 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.