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Di 4 was the first NSB locomotive to have three-phase and asynchronous motors, [4] and the world's first asynchronous locomotive in revenue service. [5] Henschel was also building the NSB El 17; the two types were planned to use the same traction motors and rectifiers to increase commonality. This was however was discarded because the Di 4's ...
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Electro-Motive Corporation (later Electro-Motive Division, General Motors) produced five 1800 hp B-B experimental passenger train-hauling diesel locomotives in 1935; two company-owned demonstrators, #511 and #512, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's #50, and two units for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Diesel Locomotive #1.
NSB chose to order five double-engine El 3 units and five triple-engine El 4 units for the purpose. The El 4 were built at NEBB , Thune and Hamar Jernstøberi . After World War II , the production of iron ore in Kiruna and Malmberget increased dramatically and the train length was increased, with the consequence that each train needed more ...
NSB Di 3 is a class of 35 diesel–electric locomotives built by NOHAB for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). The class was built between 1954 and 1969, and delivered in two series, Di 3a and Di 3b. They are based on the Electro-Motive Division F7 and are equipped with EMD 567 engines.
MaK G 1201 BB; MaK G 1202 BB; MaK G 1203 BB; MaK G 1204 BB; MaK G 1205; MaK / Vossloh G1206; N. NS Class 6400; NSB Di 2; NSB Di 6; NSB Di 8; S. SJ T21; SJ Tp; T. TCDD ...
The G 2000 BB is a four axle heavy shunting and mainline locomotive, designed by German company Vossloh and built at the former MaK plant in Kiel. At the time of its introduction in 2000 it was the most powerful hydraulic transmission locomotive in Vossloh's range.
Unlike the standard SD70ACe, the SD70ACe-BB has a B+B-B+B wheel arrangement, meaning that it has eight axles instead of six. To fit the B+B trucks , the SD70ACe-BB was elongated to 74 ft 9 in (22.78 m), making it 2 ft 5 in (0.74 m) longer than the standard SD70ACe.