2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB Di2 2842: MPW57· Public domain
- 2. NSB Di. 2 833: Cato Edvardsen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
NSB Di 2 was a class of 54 diesel-hydraulic locomotives operated by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Six units were built by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) of Kiel, Germany, and the remaining by Thune in Oslo. The locomotives were used for shunting and for local and light freight trains throughout NSBs network.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 441 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1973
- in service from
- 1954
- number built
- 54
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel, Thunes mekaniske verksted
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner, Vy
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 441 kW
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 10 m
- weight
- 45 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q841964, Wikipedia: NSB Di 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.