NSB El 1 is the first
electric locomotive series used by the
Norwegian State Railways, from 1922 until 1973. Twenty-four engines were delivered from
ASEA and
Thune, twenty-two in 1922 and two in 1930. Based on the German
DB E 71 and Swedish
SJ Oc it has two two-axle
bogies with one motor in each.
History
When the
Drammen Line from
Oslo West Station to
Brakerøya was
electrified as the first NSB line in 1922, NSB was in need of electric traction. The engines were used both for passenger- and freight trains. At first it was used on the Drammen Line, then on
Sørlandet Line. In 1966 two of the locos, no. 2001 and 2002, were sold to the
Rjukan Line where they served until 1988. Two of the locomotives have been preserved (no. 2001 and 2011).