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NSB Class 18
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1900· class of 35 Norwegian 4-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Type 18 locomotive n. 255 at Garnes: No machine-readable author provided. Nelson50 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. Damplok 255 Garnes stasjon Gamle Vossebanen (134408): Tore Sætre· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The NSB type 18 was a 2'C (4–6–0) built between 1900 and 1919 by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik and Hamar Jernstøberi for the Norwegian state railway (NSB).
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- 615 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 69 years (1900–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1919
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Hamar Jernstøperi
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 615 kW
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 15.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961481, Wikipedia: NSB Class 18 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.