NSB El 1
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| NSB El 1 | |
|---|---|
Pantograph |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
| Power output | 690 kW (930 hp) |
| Tractive effort | 157 kN (35,000 lbf) |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Operators | Norwegian State Railways |
| Numbers | 2 2023 – 2 2024 |
| Locale | Norway |
| Retired | 1973 |
NSB El 1 is the first
ASEA and Thune, twenty-two in 1922 and two in 1930. Based on the German DB E 71 and Swedish SJ Oc it has two two-axle bogies
with one motor in each.
History
When the
electrified as the first NSB line in 1922, NSB was in need of electric traction. The engines were used both for passenger- and freight trains. At first it was used on the Drammen Line, then on Sørlandet Line. In 1966 two of the locos, no. 2001 and 2002, were sold to the Rjukan Line
where they served until 1988. Two of the locomotives have been preserved (no. 2001 and 2011).
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