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NSB Class 66
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk· from 1945· Norwegian State Railways' class of three-car electric train
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB type 66 in 1945: Anders Beer Wilse· Public domain
- 2. BFM6602-730308: Ses· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
NSB Class 66 (Norwegian: NSB type 66) was a three-car electric train used by the Norwegian State Railways for express trains on the Østfold Line to Halden and Gothenburg, and the Sørlandet Line to Kristiansand and Stavanger. The four multiple units were built by Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk, with motors from Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, and delivered in 1945–46. They were originally named Class 106, but this was changed in 1956.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 474 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 170: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 32 years (1945–1977).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk, Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 474 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- formation
- BFM + B + BS
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 46.7 t
- capacity
- 170 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q527115, Wikipedia: NSB Class 66 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.