NSB El 11

what is it?

The NSB El 11 was an electric locomotive which was operated for both passenger and freight trains by NSB. It was the third type of Norwegian electric locomotive with bogies, after the NSB El 7 and NSB El 9. They were manufactured by Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB) and Thune mekaniske verksted. The first 35 engines were built between 1951 and 1956 and numbered 11 2078 to 11 2112, a second series of 6 engines, the El 11b, was built between 1963 and 1964 and numbered 11 2145 to 11 2150.

who runs it

Norges StatsbanerVy

base stats

• speed 105 km/htop speed
• power 1.7 MWpower output
• weight 62 tin working order
• built 41made in total

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 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🚗1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏14.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 47 years (1951–1998).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1951–1964

in service from

1951

retired

1998

status

retired

number built

41

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇴 Norway

builders

Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, Thunes mekaniske verksted

operators

Norges Statsbaner, Vy

top speed

105 km/h

power

1.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

Catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo'Bo'

length

14.5 m

weight

62 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.