Strømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm. ...

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, specialising in the production of

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. Founded in 1873, it remains as a part of Bombardier Transportation. The plant is located just off

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west of Strømmen Station.

History

The company was established as a mechanical workshop and an iron works in 1873 by engineer Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen, with the name W. Ihlen, Strømmen. The main product was

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s, with the first being produced in 1874. The Ihlen family retained ownership of the company, with Nils Claus Ihlen taking over the works in 1883, changing the name to ''Strømmens Værksted'', and his sons

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and

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in 1908, who transformed it to a

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. Nils Claus Ihlen would later become

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, overseeing the opening of the

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among others. The iron works were rebuilt to steel works in 1902, and the first sterling produced delivered, soon specializing in propellers up to four tonnes. In 1925 Strømmens started production of

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es, with the first delivery in 1929. It was built in aluminum and equipped with a Leyland engine. The most important customer was

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, and during

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some of the buses were rebuilt to

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es. The works also mounted Dodge cars for as taxis. In 1970 the company was split in two independent companies. Strømmens Verksted A/S with the railway factory and Strømmen Stål A/S with the steel works. Strømmen Stål was closed in the 1970s, and a few years later

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bought it and transformed to the shopping mall

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, now one of the largest in the country. The workshop is still in use. After having been bought by

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, the Norwegian subsidiary of

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(BBC) in 1978, it was later transferred to

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in 1988 when it merged with

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to form EB Strømmens Verksted, Adtranz in 1996 when it was named Adtranz Strømmen, in 1999 sold to

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changing the name to Daimler Chrysler Rail System Norway and then to Bombardier Transportation, changing the name to Bombardier Transportation Norway. The division is mainly occupied with maintenance and modernizing of rolling stock for NSB. The new

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is one of the last cars built at Strømmen.

Rolling stock production

Strømmens has been a large manufacturer of railway cars, including several models for

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as well as local trains, multiple units for the

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and trams for the

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. During the 1990s most of the new electric locomotives and EMUs delivered to NSB were built by Adtranz Strømmen. *

** NSB Cmb14 railcar ** NSB Cmb17 railcar **

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commuter EMU **

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high-speed tilting EMU **

NSB Class 86 NSB Class 86 ( no, NSB type 86) is a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple units built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Thirty-eight motor cars and thirty-one trailers were built between 1937 and 1954, split between si ...

DMU **

NSB Class 87 NSB Class 87 ( no, NSB type 87) is a class of 25 diesel-hydraulic railcars built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways. Seventeen a-series units were delivered in 1941 and equipped with Deutz prime mover. Eight b-series units ...

DMU ** NSB Class 88 DMU **

NSB Class 91 NSB Class 86 ( no, NSB type 86) is a class of diesel-hydraulic multiple units built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Thirty-eight motor cars and thirty-one trailers were built between 1937 and 1954, split between si ...

DMU **

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locomotive ** B3 carriages ** B5 carriages ** B7 carriages **

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high-speed EMU *

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** OS T1300 ** OS T2000 *

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References

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