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Norges Statsbaner (NSB) operates as of 2023 21 locomotives, 282 multiple units and 137 passenger carriages.
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Norges Statsbaner (NSB) operates as of 2023 21 locomotives, 282 multiple units and 137 passenger carriages.
The first letter combination of the type defines the category of stock.
The numbers following the letters are the series. For the El and Di locos, they are numbered chronologically from when they were ordered by NSB. For multiple units, electric units are numbered starting with 62 and diesel starting at 83. Following the series number is the road number, unique for each stock. This number has three or four digits.
Traditionally NSBs electric and diesel locomotives and carriages were painted green, but in the 1970s this was replaced with red. Shunters were given a yellow color with red cabs. During the late 1990s and 2000s a new color scheme was introduced with multiple colors. Express trains were painted blue and silver, regional trains red and silver while local trains became green and silver. The freight trains were moved to the subsidiary CargoNet and painted grey, the Airport Express Train was painted silver and while the tourist railway Flåmsbana got green trains.
| Image | Model | Number | In service | Use | Power | Top speed | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | El 1 | 24 | 1922-66 | Universal | 690 kW | 70 km/h | |
 | El 2 | 2 | 1923-67 | Universal | 857 kW | 75 km/h | |
| El 3 | 10 | 1925-67 | Ofotbanen | 60 km/h | |||
 | El 4 | 15 | 1926-65 | Ofotbanen | 2,088 kW | 60 km/h | |
 | El 5 | 12 | 1927-72 | Universal | 1,044 kW | 70 km/h | |
| El 6 | 1 | 1911-56 | Rjukanbanen | 45 km/h | |||
 * | El 7 | 2 | 1911-56 | Rjukanbanen | 45 km/h | ||
 | El 8 | 16 | 1940-87 | Universal | 2,080 kW | 110 km/h | |
 | El 9 | 3 | 1947-89 | Freight | 712 kW | 60 km/h | |
 * | El 10 | 17 | 1931-99 | Shunter | 515 kW | 45 km/h | |
 | El 11 | 41 | 1951-98 | Universal | 1,676 kW | 105 km/h | |
 | El 12 | 8 | 1954-92 | Ofotbanen | 2,398 kW | 75 km/h | |
 * | El 13 | 37 | 1957–2003 | Universal | 2,648 kW | 100 km/h | |
 * | El 14 | 25 | 1968- | Universal | 5,082 kW | 120 km/h | Transferred to CargoNet. 11 remain in service. To be replaced by new electric locomotives that return electricity to the grid when braking. |
 * | El 15 | 6 | 1967-96 | Ofotbanen | 5,406 kW | 120 km/h | Transferred to Malmtrafikk, and sold to Sweden's Hector Rail in 2004 where they served until 2019. In 2020 they were sold to Grenland Rail, Norway where 4 locomotives remain in service. |
 * | El 16 | 15 | 1977- | Universal | 4,440 kW | 140 km/h | Transferred to CargoNet in 2002 |
 | El 17 | 12 | 1981-2014 | Passenger | 3,000 kW | 150 km/h | Scrapped 2015/16 |
 | El 18 | 22 | 1996- | Passenger | 5,400 kW | 200 km/h | 16 remain in service |
| Di 1 | 1 | 1942-59 | Universal | 1,472 kW | 100 km/h | ||
 | Di 2 | 54 | 1954-2012 | Shunter | 441 kW | 80 km/h | |
 | Di 3 | 35 | 1957–2000 | Universal | 1,305 kW | 143 km/h | |
 | Di 4 | 5 | 1980- | Passenger | 2,450 kW | 140 km/h | |
 * | Di 5 | 17 | 1985-96 | Shunter | 485 kW | 60 km/h | Used DB V260 |
 * | Di 6 | 6 | 1996- 2012 | Universal | 2,650 kW | 160 km/h | Returned to builder. 3 Now operated by private Norwegian company Cargolink |
 * | Di 7 | 1 | 1993-96 | Shunter | 1,235 kW | 100 km/h | Used SJ T44 |
 | Di 8 | 20 | 1996- | Freight | 1,570 kW | 120 km/h | Transferred to CargoNet, 5 remain in service. |
| Image | Model | Number | In service | Cars | Use | Capacity | Power | Top speed | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 62 | 4 | 1931-70 | 1 | Branch lines | 73 | 344 kW | 50 km/h | ||
 | Class 64 | 3 | 1936-85 | 1 | Hardanger Line Flåm Line | 38 | 464 kW | 50 km/h | |
 | Class 65 | 49 | 1936-85 | 3 | Commuter rail Branch lines | 464 kW | 70 km/h | ||
 | Class 66 | 4 | 1945-77 | 3 | Branch lines | 170 | 731 kW | 120 km/h | |
| Class 67 | 18 | 1953-95 | 3 | Commuter rail Branch lines | 468 kW | 70 km/h | |||
 | Class 68 | 30 | 1956–2001 | 3 | Commuter rail Branch lines | 640 kW | 100 km/h | ||
 | Class 69 | 85 | 1971- | 2/3 | Commuter rail | 178-306 | 1,218 kW | 130 km/h | 39 currently in service, phasing out. |
 | Class 70 | 16 | 1992- | 4 | InterCity Express | 230 | 1,720 kW | 160 km/h | 6 remain in service |
 | Class 71 | 16 | 1998- | 3 | Airport Express Train | 168 | 2,646 kW | 210 km/h | Transferred to Flytoget |
 | Class 72 | 36 | 2002- | 4 | Commuter rail | 310 | 746 kW | 160 km/h | |
 | Class 73 | 20 | 1997- | 4 | Bergen Line Dovre Line Sørland Line Østfold Line | 204-243 | 3,538 kW | 210 km/h | |
 | Class 74 | 52 | 2012- | 5 | Southern Norway | 216 | 4,500 kW | 200 km/h | Stadler FLIRT, short regional version |
| | Class 75 | 83 | 2012- | 5 | S-Bahn traffic in the Oslo area | 235 | 4,500 kW | 200 km/h | Stadler FLIRT, long local version |
| Class 83 | 4 | 1932-63 | 1 | Voss Line Skreia Line | 224 kW | 75 km/h | |||
| Class 86 | 38 | 1938-96 | 2 | Commuter rail Branch lines | 48-70 | 312 kW | 100 km/h | ||
| Class 87 | 25 | 1941-81 | 1 | Branch lines | 59 | 93 kW | 75 km/h | ||
| Class 88 | 6 | 1942-70 | 2/3 | Branch lines | 157 | 970 kW | 120 km/h | ||
 * | Class 89 | 5 | 1981-89 | 1 | Flekkefjord Line | 47 | 153 kW | 115 km/h | Used SJ Y7 |
| Class 91 | 10 | 1954-86 | 2 | 64 | 312 kW | 100 km/h | |||
 | Class 92 | 14 | 1984-2021 | 2 | Trøndelag Commuter Rail Røros Line | 90-114 | 714 kW | 140 km/h | Trains donated to Ukraine. Replaced by new Class 76. |
 | Class 93 | 15 | 2001-2021 | 2 | Nordland Line Rauma Line Røros Line | 90 | 592 kW | 140 km/h | Bombardier Talent |
 | Y1 | 2 | 2000 - 2015 | 1 | Bratsberg Line | 294 kW | 130 km/h | Used SJ Y1 |
The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,109 km of 1,435 mm track of which 2,644 km is electrified and 274 km double track. There are 697 tunnels and 2,760 bridges.
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Class 93 is a tilting two-carriage diesel multiple unit used by SJ Norge for passenger trains on non-electrified stretches of the Norwegian railway network. Used on the Nordland Line, the Røros Line and the Rauma Line, they were purchased to replace the aging Di 3 locomotive-hauled trains. The Class 93 was produced by Bombardier, and is part of the Talent family. Fifteen units were delivered between 2000 and 2002.
NSB Class 69 is an electric multiple unit used by Norwegian State Railways for a variety of commuter trains on the Norwegian railway system, as well as a few medium distance and branch line trains. It is the most common type of trainset in Norway, although the newer NSB Class 72 has also been introduced. All the trains were built by Strømmen.
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NSB Di 2 was a class of 54 diesel-hydraulic locomotives operated by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Six units were built by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) of Kiel, Germany, and the remaining by Thune in Oslo. The locomotives were used for shunting and for local and light freight trains throughout NSBs network. Based on MaK's 575C design, the locomotives were 10.0 meters long and had a C wheel arrangement.
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NSB Class 83 were a class of three gasoline and later diesel railcars built by Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk for the Norwegian State Railways. Delivered in 1932, they were originally equipped with two Deutsche Werke prime movers giving a combined power output of 224 kilowatts (300 hp).
NSB Class 88 was a class of six three-car diesel-hydraulic multiple units built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways. Derived from the German DRG Class SVT 877, the trains were the diesel counterpart of Class 66. The trains were built as express trains on the Bergen Line and the Dovre Line, serving the routes from Oslo to Bergen and Trondheim. The first four units were delivered in 1945 and 1946, but mechanical failures caused them to highly unreliable until 1950. Two more units were delivered in 1958. Retirement started in 1963 and from 1965 the trains were moved to the Røros Line. They left regular service from 1970 and were chopped three years later.
U is a class of 152 electric shunter locomotives operated by the Swedish State Railways and Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg–Oxelösunds Järnvägar (TGOJ) of Sweden, and the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), LKAB and Norsk Jernverk of Norway. They were built by ASEA, Nyqvist och Holm, Motala, ASJ Falun and Thune between 1926 and 1956. NSB gave the class the designation El 10.
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NSB Class 5 or B5 is a series of passenger carriages built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways. Built between 1977 and 1981, they went through a major upgrade between 2008 and 2012. Sixty-three units were delivered. Each is 25.30 metres long, 3.10 metres wide, and 4.075 metres tall. They weigh 42 tonnes and have a maximum permitted speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). They are used predominantly on the Dovre Line, the Nordland Line and the Vestfold Line.