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TS Class 4

🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Strømmens Værksted· from 1930· class of 5 Norwegian trams

TS Class 4, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

TS Class 4 was a series of five trams built by Strømmens Værksted for Trondheim Sporvei. They were delivered in 1930, and numbered 35–39. Each of the two Siemens motors had a power of 43 kW (58 hp).

who runs it

base stats

  • power 86 kWpower output
  • weight 13.9 tin working order
  • seats 52passengers
  • built 5made in total

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 96 years ago, in 1930.
  • Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 26 years (1930–1956).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built
1930
in service from
1930
retired
1956
status
retired
number built
5
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇳🇴 Norway
builders
Strømmens Værksted
operators
Trondheim Sporvei, Trondhjems Elektricitetsværk og Sporvei
top speed
—
power
86 kW
gauge
1,000 mm metre gauge
electric system
600 V DC
length
11 m
weight
13.9 t
capacity
52 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7671769, Wikipedia: TS Class 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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