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- 1. Dalsenget vognhall 2: Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
TS Class 6 was a series of sixteen trams built by Strømmens Værksted for Trondheim Sporvei. They were delivered in two slightly different batches; ten in 1948–49 and six in 1955. The trams delivered with four Siemens motors, each at 43 kW (58 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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 8 years (1948–1956).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1949
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Strømmens Værksted
- operators
- Trondheim Sporvei
- top speed
- —
- power
- 172 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- length
- 13.2 m
- weight
- 15 t
- capacity
- 52 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7671775, Wikipedia: TS Class 6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.