NSB Class 30
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The NSB class 30 was a 4-6-0
tender steam locomotive
formerly used in Norway
by Norges Statsbaner. The class 30 engines were an upsized version of the NSB Class 45 engines. Class 30 locomotives were originally intended for use on Dovrebanen, but they were employed throughout the Norwegian rail network. The first of these engines were produced in 1914, the last in 1939.
A total of 45 type 30 engines were completed by Thune
which produced 22 engines, and NMI which produced 23 engines. The type 30 was produced in three versions, 18 units were made of the lightest version the 30a (numbered 256-258, 271-282, and 316-318), there were 23 units of the 30b (numbered 346-368), while 4 units were made of the heaviest version, the 30c (numbered 466 to 469). The last class 30 engines were withdrawn from service in 1971. However, engine no. 271 was preserved by the Norwegian Railway Club, and has been used by their department Norsk Museumstog for heritage trains on lines like Raumabanen.
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...
tender steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
formerly used in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
by Norges Statsbaner. The class 30 engines were an upsized version of the NSB Class 45 engines. Class 30 locomotives were originally intended for use on Dovrebanen, but they were employed throughout the Norwegian rail network. The first of these engines were produced in 1914, the last in 1939.
A total of 45 type 30 engines were completed by Thune
Thune
Thunes Mekaniske Værksted A/S, Thune for short, was a Norwegian manufacturing company that among other things built locomotives. The production facilities were last located at Skøyen.-History:...
which produced 22 engines, and NMI which produced 23 engines. The type 30 was produced in three versions, 18 units were made of the lightest version the 30a (numbered 256-258, 271-282, and 316-318), there were 23 units of the 30b (numbered 346-368), while 4 units were made of the heaviest version, the 30c (numbered 466 to 469). The last class 30 engines were withdrawn from service in 1971. However, engine no. 271 was preserved by the Norwegian Railway Club, and has been used by their department Norsk Museumstog for heritage trains on lines like Raumabanen.
Incident
- Two NSB class 30b engines, no. 364 and no. 365, double-headed to haul one of the trains involved in the Nidareid train disasterNidareid train disasterThe Nidareid train disaster was a train collision on 18 September 1921 on the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line, between the stations of Marienborg and Skansen in Trondheim, Norway. The accident occurred the day after the inauguration of the new line to Trondheim, Dovrebanen, and one of the trains...
in 1921.
Specifications
- Length: 17.51 m
- Total weight:
- a-series: 95.8 t
- b-series: 100.5 t
- c-series: 109.5 t
- Wheel arrangementWheel arrangementIn rail transport, a wheel arrangement is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed beneath a locomotive.. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country...
: 4-6-04-6-0Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular... - Maximum speed: 90 km/h (50 km/h driving backwards)
- Diameter of driving wheel: 1.60 m