Locomotives 1,2 and 3
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Locomotives no. 1, 2 and 3 were delivered for the opening of the line in 1908, and are considered pioneer projects in alternating current railway operation. Locomotives 1 and 3 were blown up in sabotage missions during World War II. Locomotive 3 was repaired and eventually gifted to the electrical department at NTH (now NTNU) in 1972. Locomotive 2 is in use on the museum line, as the world’s oldest alternating current-powered locomotive in operation.
Manufacturer: British Westinghouse (electrical equipment) and W. G. Bagnall (mechanical equipment)
Axle arrangement: Bo' Bo'
Transformer: 80 kVa
Number of motors: 4
Motor type: Westinghouse
Power: 160 hp
Maximum speed: 40 km/h
Pulling power: 50 tons
Length: 8500 mm
Weight: 20 tons
Driving wheel: 835 mm
Locomotives 7 And 8
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These were the workhorses of the Thamshavn Line, pulling the pyrite trains from 1918 until traffic was suspended in 1974. Both locomotives were blown up in a sabotage mission on 31 October 1943. They were rebuilt at Thamshavn (Locomotive 7) and in Oslo (Locomotive 8). Locomotive 8 was blown up again by the Oslo Gang led by Gunnar Sønsteby, but was repaired once more and is still in use on the museum line.
Manufacturer: Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) (electrical equipment) and AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ) (mechanical equipment)
Axle arrangement: B' B'
Transformer: 350 kVa
Number of motors: 4
Motor type: E 100
Power: 400 hp
Maximum speed: 50 km/h
Pulling power: 380 tons
Length: 9030 mm
Weight: 44 tons
Driving wheel: 1000 mm
Locomotives 5 And 6
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The locomotives were put into service for passenger trains from 1950, as replacements for locomotives 2 and 3. When passenger traffic was discontinued in 1963, they were used as shunting engines for loading pyrite wagons at Løkken and unloading them at Thamshavn. Locomotive 5 was put back into service when the museum railway opened in 1983. Locomotive 6 was also in service on the museum railway between 1986-1996.
Manufacturer: Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri AS (NEBB) (electrical equipment) and Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk AS (mechanical equipment)
Axle arrangement: Bo
Transformer: 225 kVa
Number of motors: 2
Motor type: ELM 1380 st.
Power: 240 hp
Maximum speed: 60 km/h
Pulling power: 200 tons
Length: 6920 mm
Weight: 22 tons
Driving wheel: 850 mm
The Summer Locomotive
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The locomotive was delivered in 1950 and took over the number from the Westinghouse locomotive that was scrapped during the war. This locomotive was intended for use on pyrite trains, but could not make it up the slopes between Svorkmo and Løkken in the winter. It was thus nicknamed the «Summer Locomotive» – and perhaps that is why it was painted green in the 1960s, unlike the other locomotives which were blue. The locomotive was in operation until 1974, and now runs on the museum railway.
Manufacturer: Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri AS (NEBB) (electrical equipment) and Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk AS (mechanical equipment)
Axle arrangement: Bo' Bo'
Transformer: 445 kVa
Number of motors: 4
Motor type: ELM 1380 st.e
Power: 480 hp
Maximum speed: 60 km/h
Pulling power: 400 tons
Length: 9300 mm
Weight: 40 tons
Driving wheel: 850 mm
Locomotives 9 And 10
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These diesel-mechanical locomotives were acquired in 1952 to replace the last steam locomotives in use on the Thamshavn Line. There were tracks that were not electrified, especially in the warehouse areas and at the Thamshavn smelting plant, and there was therefore a need for some locomotives that ran on steam or diesel.
Manufacturer: Ruston
Axle arrangement: Cdm
Type: 165 DS
Number of motors: 1
Motor type: Ruston Mark 6 VPHL 6 cyl.
Power: 165 hp
Maximum speed: 30 km/h
Pulling power: 380 tons
Length: 6464 + couplings
Weight: 32 tons
Driving wheel: 978 mm
Fuel oil: 360 l (80 gallons)
The Royal Car
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The Royal Car was delivered for the opening of the Thamshavn Line in 1908. Since HM King Haakon VII rode in it, the train car was nicknamed the Royal Car. It was later used as a representational train car for the company’s management.
The exterior of the train car is built using teak, originally in a golden pattern, but painted burgundy in 1929. Inside, there are luxurious details such as embossed wallpaper, light plaster ornaments, dark oak with elaborate carvings, seats in red-coloured buffalo skin, chandeliers in the ceiling, and a separate toilet behind frosted glass.
This is the world’s oldest powered salon train car still in operation.
Manufacturer: British Westinghouse (electrical equipment) and United Electric Car Co. Ltd. (mechanical equipment)
Year delivered: 1908
Axle arrangement: Bo' 2
Transformer: 40 kVa
Number of motors: 2
Motor type: Westinghouse
Power: 80 hp
Maximum speed: 50 km/h
Number of seats: 19
Length: 12870 mm
Weight: 22.8 tons
Driving wheel: 835 mm