NSB El 9

what is it?

NSB El 9 is a retired class of three electric locomotives built by Thune for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), with electrical equipment from Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB) and Per Kure. The locomotives were delivered in 1947 after a three-year delay caused by wartime sabotage in response to the German occupation of Norway. They were used nearly exclusively on the Flåm Line and Hardanger Line, two steep branch lines.

who runs it

Norges Statsbaner

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• power 712 kWpower output
• weight 48 tin working order
• built 3made 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 82 years ago, in 1944.
• 🚗712 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏10.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 42 years (1947–1989).

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

spec sheet

built

1944

in service from

1947

retired

1989

status

preserved

number built

3

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇳🇴 Norway

builders

Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri

operators

Norges Statsbaner

top speed

60 km/h

power

712 kW

electric system

15 kV 16.7 Hz Catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo'Bo'

length

10.2 m

weight

48 t

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