what is it?
NSB Class 62 is the first electric railcar operated by the Norwegian State Railways, between 1936 and 1970. Four units were built by Skabo and Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri in 1931–35, with unit has been preserved by the Norwegian Railway Museum. The units served, along with trailer cars on the first mainline electrified railway, the Drammen Line.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 344 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1931–1970).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 344 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- length
- 20.6 m
- weight
- 43.2 t
- capacity
- 73 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1213750, Wikipedia: NSB Class 62 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.