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NSB Class 30
🇳🇴 Norway ·built by Thunes mekaniske verksted· from 1914· class of 45 Norwegian 4-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Lokomotive Raumabahn: Clemensfranz· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
The NSB class 30 was a 4-6-0 tender steam locomotive formerly used in Norway by Norwegian State Railways. The class 30 engines were an upsized version of the NSB Class 45 engines. Class 30 locomotives were originally intended for use on the Dovre Line, but they were employed throughout the Norwegian rail network.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1939
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Thunes mekaniske verksted
- operators
- Norges Statsbaner
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 17.5 m
- weight
- 95.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955252, Wikipedia: NSB Class 30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.