#1211
NSB Class 21
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Nydqvist och Holm AB· from 1904· class of Norwegian 2-6-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB 21e 207 med Svene-pukken på Kongsberg stasjon i 1970: Sveins· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NSB 2-6-0 Class 21c No 377 KING HAAKON 7 Last day at NVR B1: Peter Skuce· Public domain
- 3. NSB 21b252: Sveins· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The NSB type 21 was a standard gauge locomotive, suitable for lightly laid lines (10–11 tonnes axle load), introduced in 1904 for the rebuilt Bergen-Vossbanen, and was in use until NSB phased out steam in 1970–71.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1917
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Nydqvist och Holm AB, Thunes mekaniske verksted, Hamar Jernstøperi
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 14.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15343489, Wikipedia: NSB Class 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.