NSB El 14 is a

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operated by

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for freight trains hauling. Built between 1968 and 1973 by

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as a general purpose engine for the

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(NSB), they were seen hauling passenger trains until the 1980s. Of the 31 units numbered 14 2164 to 14 2190 and 14 2197 to 14 2200, 11 remain in service.

History

The

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of the

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in the late 1960s forced NSB to buy a more powerful universal locomotive than the El 13. Based on the Swiss Ae 6/6 and NSB El 13, both developed in the 1950s, the El 14 introduced three-axle bogies in Norway while the power was increased to and the weight reduced to ; remaining more powerful than its successors El 16 and El 17.

With the delivery of more powerful

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in 1996-97, the El 14s were transferred to freight service alone, with the maximum speed reduced from . The only scrapping occurred in December 2005 when one hit a large pile of rocks from a landslide near

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, Hordaland.

References

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