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RjB 20–22
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1961· four Norwegian diesel locomotives of type Henschel DH 500 Ca, delivered to Eidanger Salpeterfabriker and Hydro Transport (RjB)
what is it?
RjB 20, 21 and 22 were three diesel-hydraulic locomotives operated by Norsk Transport on Rjukanbanen in Norway. They were mostly used for shunting at Rjukan and at Mæl. They were delivered in 1961, and remained in service until 1991 when the line closed; no.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 368 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Hydro Transport, Norsk Hydro Porsgrunn Fabrikker
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 368 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 8.9 m
- weight
- 44 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7339165, Wikipedia: RjB 20–22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.