A commuter train, consisting of 40 years old express coaches and hauled by electric loco No. 2205 of class El 16, passes an industrial area east of Ski on its way from Oslo to Sarpsborg. 
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Introduced in 1977, El 16 was derivated from the Swedish class Rc 4. Their first duties were in the prestigious expresses on the Bergen line and in the intercity trains between Oslo and Gothenburg. A suitable dual purpose loco, it served heavy freight trains as well as important passenger trains, and could be described as a “jack of all trades” until it was rivalled by the class El 18 in the late nineties. 
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Today, these locos are mainly withdrown from passenger services, and are mostly observed in the grey/black/yellow colours of CargoNet – the freight division of the Norwegian State Railways. Some locos have also been sold to the Swedish Company AB Tågkompaniet.

Leif-Harald Ruud (http://home.no.net/leifharu / lhruud@broadpark.no)