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NSB Class 87
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Strømmens Værksted· from 1941· class of Norwegian diesel-hydraulic railcars
what is it?
NSB Class 87 (Norwegian: NSB type 87) is a class of 25 diesel-hydraulic railcars built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways. Seventeen a-series units were delivered in 1941 and equipped with 93-kilowatt (125 hp) Deutz prime mover. Eight b-series units were delivered in 1952 and equipped with 110-kilowatt (150 hp) Scania-Vabis prime movers.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1941–1981).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1941
- in service from
- 1941
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Strømmens Værksted
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 112 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 1 or 2 cars
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 15 t
- capacity
- 59 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1213759, Wikipedia: NSB Class 87 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.