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NSB El 12
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Motala Verkstad· from 1954· class of Norwegian electric locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. El12-20754: Svein Sando· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. El12.2114-1970: Sveins· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. El 12.2113 Luleå 12.08.04 (1): wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. El 12.2113 Luleå 12.08.04 (2): wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Norrbottens Järnvägsmuseum - NSB El12 nr 2113-2115: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
NSB El 12 was an electric locomotive used by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) to haul iron ore trains on Ofoten Line between 1957 and 1990. The locomotives were based on the Swedish Dm that was used with success on the connecting Iron Ore Line. The eight units were always operated in pairs or in triples and were numbered 12 2113 - 12 2120.
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.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1954–1992).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1957
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Motala Verkstad, Nydqvist och Holm AB, ASEA
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV 16.7 Hz Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 1′D (paired as 1′D+D1′)
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 95 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q676844, Wikipedia: NSB El 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.