Norges Statsbaner (NSB) operates as of 2023 21
locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...
s, 282
multiple unit
A multiple-unit train or simply multiple unit (MU) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined together, which when coupled to another multiple unit can be controlled by a single driver, with multiple-unit train contr ...
s and 137 passenger carriages.
Current stock
Locomotives
*5
Di 4 class
diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving whee ...
s, used mostly on the
Nordland Line.
*16
El 18 class electric locomotives, used on all main electrified lines.
Electric multiple units
*38
Class 69 with 2-car or 3-car commuter trains, used around
Oslo,
Bergen and
Arendal
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.
*6
Class 70 with 4-car intercity (medium distance) trains, used around Oslo.
*36
Class 72 with 4-car commuter trains, used around Oslo and Stavanger.
*14
Class 73 with 4-car long-distance trains, used on
Bergen Line,
Dovre Line and
Sørland Line.
*6 Class 73b with 4-car intercity version of the BM73 used on
Østfold Line.
*52 Class 74 trains used for short regional services.
*83 Class 75 trains used for long commuter services.
*14 Class 76 with 6-car trains used for commuter services around
Trondheim, and on the
Røros Line.
Numbering
The first letter combination of the type defines the category of stock.
* El: Electric locomotive
* Di: Diesel locomotive
* Skd: Shunter tractor
* BM: Multiple unit
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.
Livery
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.
Locomotives
Multiple units
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