Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri A/S also known as NEBB was a Norwegian manufacturing company, which built a lot of the

rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, Railroad car#Freight cars, freight and Passenger railroad car, passenger cars (or coaches) ...

that is used by Norges Statsbaner. The plant was located at

Skøyen Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s. Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpa ...

. In 1988, it merged into

Asea Brown Boveri ABB Group is a Swedish-Swiss multinational electrical engineering corporation. Incorporated in Switzerland as ABB Ltd., and headquartered in Zurich, it is dual-listed on the Nasdaq Nordic exchange in Stockholm, Sweden, and the SIX Swiss Excha ...

(ABB).

History

Frognerkilens Fabrikk was founded in 1874 with focus on agricultural machinery. In 1881 it started production of the first electric motor and, in 1894, it changed its name to Norsk Elektrisk A/S. Cooperation with

Brown, Boveri & Cie Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies. It was founded in Baden bei Zürich, in 1891 by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri who worked at the Maschinenfabrik Oer ...

(BBC) started in 1905 and, in 1908, BBC bought the company, giving it the name NEBB.Felleskatalogen for Arkivverket
In 1948, NEBB acquired

Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk was a mechanical workshop focusing on design and construction of railcars. It was established by Hans Skabo in Drammen, Norway, in 1864; it became the first rail car factory in the country when it took delivery of the c ...

that made railway wagons, merging the two companies, though Skabo was closed and sold to

Strømmens Værksted Strømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in Skedsmo, Norway, specialising in the production of rolling stock. Founded in 1873, it remains as a part of Bombardier Transportation. The plant is located just off Hovedbanen west of S ...

in 1973. In 1979, Strømmens Værksted was bought by NEBB. In 1988 BBC merged with

ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås ...

to found

(ABB) and NEBB was merged into the new corporation, losing its former identity. Today, NEBB is part of

Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. ...

Production

NEBB has been an important producer of rolling stock for the

Norwegian State Railways Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two ...

(NSB), including the following models: *

NSB El 4 NSB El 4 was a class of electric locomotive used by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) to transport iron ore on the Ofoten Line. NSB had a total of five triple-locomotive sets. History In 1923, Ofoten Line and the Swedish Iron Ore Line were el ...

locomotive * NSB El 5 locomotive *

NSB El 8 The NSB El 8 was a Norwegian electric locomotive which was built between 1940 and 1949. Although fast, the El 8 did not have bogies, making it rather stiff in the turns, a problem which was remedied with the introduction of the NSB El 11 and NSB ...

locomotive *

NSB El 9 NSB El 9 is a retired class of three electric locomotive, electric locomotives built by Thune (company), Thune for the Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996), Norwegian State Railways (NSB), with electrical equipment from Norsk Elektrisk & Brown ...

locomotive * NSB El 14 locomotive * NSB BM65 multiple unit

References

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