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Museum locomotive El 9.2063 in Flåm. Three locomotives of this class were built in 1944 with a weight of 48 t, power 735 kW, speed 60 km/h, specially for the line Myrdal - Flåm with gradients up to 5.5 %. They have rail brakes and electric resistance brakes. Class El9 was in service on the line to Flåm until 1984, then used for shunting at Ål. In 1989 it received its original green paint and was brought to Flåm where it is now standing as a monument; a sister locomotive is preserved in Ål. 2005-08-14. tobias b köhler

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Museum locomotive El 9.2063 in Flåm, seen from the other side during a brief sunny moment. 2005-08-14. tobias b köhler

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Class 9.2063 at Myrdal on 15 June 1983, with a train for Flåm. Class built 1944 primarily for this line. (rated at 712 kW/968 hp). Myrdal is on the line from Oslo to Bergen, and deep snow remained near here even in mid-June. Photo: Bevan Price user@bevanp.in2home.co.uk

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Preserved electric loco. Class 5.2039 at Hønefoss depot on 16 June 1983. Behind is Class 10.2510. Photo: Bevan Price user@bevanp.in2home.co.uk

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This is presumably an example of one of the older loco's used on the Flamsbana Railway. Pictured at Flam on the 22nd February 2006. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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NSB electric locomotive El.10.2509, at Alnabru station (Central freight yard for Oslo) on 6.5.1971. Photo and scan by Svein Sando <svein.sando@idb.hist.no>

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NSB electric locomotive El1.2011, built 1922 by Thune's Mekaniske Værksted, Kristiania as one of a class of 24. Maximum speed 70 km/h, two ASEA SJ1103 motors with a total power of 690 kW, length 12.7 m, weight 61.3 t, tractive effort 157 kN, wheel arrangement B'B'. The locomotives went out of service in the 1960s. Norsk Jernbanemuseum, Hamar, 2005-08-16 tobias b köhler

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NSB electric locomotive EL 8.2058 at Depot Kristiansand (31.7.1986). Photo by Steffen Schwantz (steffen.schwantz@web.de)

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Flåmsbana - Norway At Flåm there is a small museum about the famous railway that ends here. Outside is one of the original locomotives of the line, a class El.9 from 1944. Flåm, 21 June 2004 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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RjB (Rjukanbanen) no.1 in the museum's park. Railway museum in Hamar. Mai 1997. Photo and scan by M.Koblischka (koblischka@t-online.de)

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RjB (Rjukanbanen) no.1 in the museum's park. Railway museum in Hamar. Mai 1997. Photo and scan by M.Koblischka (koblischka@t-online.de)

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NSB Class El 9 El9.2064 at the locomotive depot, Voss station. These charming engines (nos. 2062-2064), built for the steep Flåm railway were taken out of service in the mid eighties Photo: Geir S. Østrem, April 2nd, 1985 (e-mail: soestrem@online.no)

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NSB El 12 lokomotive. Picture taken in Narvik, summer of 1992. The loko was used to to supply parts to the last El 12 still in survice. Photo and scan by Laurenz Edelman (wolfeye@mailexcite.com)

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Thamshavn Railway no. 8 Two of these locomotives, delivered in 1916 from ASEA, Sweden, have been preserved, and are operating on the metre gauge Thamshavn railway at Løkken near Trondheim. Picture taken at Svorkmo station. Photo: Geir S. Østrem (e-mail: soestrem@online.no), September 12th 1987

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Preserved electric loco in Norwegian Railway Museum in Hamar. Photo W. Kolins, kolins@idea.net.pl