#2613
TS Class 5
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk· from 1938· class of 6 Norwegian tramcars
_(4202194241).jpg)
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Skabovogn (1938) (4202194241): Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
TS Class 5 was a series of six trams built by Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk for Trondheim Sporvei. Four were delivered from December 1937 to February 1938, while two were delivered in May 1942. The first four were delivered with four Siemens motors, each at 33 kW (44 hp).
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1937–1956).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1938
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk
- operators
- Trondheim Sporvei
- top speed
- —
- power
- 132 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 14.2 t
- capacity
- 52 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7671773, Wikipedia: TS Class 5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.