NSB El 8

what is it?

The NSB El 8 was a Norwegian electric locomotive which was built between 1940 and 1949. Although fast, the El 8 did not have bogies, making it rather stiff in the turns, a problem which was remedied with the introduction of the NSB El 11 and NSB El 13. There were 16 El 8 engines produced.

who runs it

Norges Statsbaner

base stats

• speed 110 km/htop speed
• power 2.1 MWpower output
• weight 82.8 tin working order
• built 16made 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🚗2.1 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏13.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 47 years (1940–1987).

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

spec sheet

built

1940–1949

in service from

1940

retired

1987

status

retired

number built

16

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇴 Norway

builders

Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, AEG, Thunes mekaniske verksted, Per Kure

operators

Norges Statsbaner

top speed

110 km/h

power

2.1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

15 kV 16, 2, 3 Hz AC Catenary

wheel arrangement

1'Do1'

length

13.8 m

weight

82.8 t

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