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NSB 49c 470 "Dovregubben", built 1940 by Krupp, Essen, according to plans of NSB and Thune, Oslo, in service until 1962. This was Norway's biggest steam locomotive. Axle arrangement 1'D2', driving wheel diameter 1530 mm, four cylinder compound engine, speed 90 km/h forward, 45 km/h backward, weight 143.1 t. Despite all the glass windows, not much can be seen from outside this specially built house. Norsk Jernbanemuseum, Hamar, 2005-08-16 tobias b köhler

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NSB 49c 470 "Dovregubben", built 1940, in service until 1962. The usual problem in railway museums: Big steam locomotive in a not much bigger house, I needed to put three photos together and compose this panorama to give this impression (and still some parts are cut off). Norsk Jernbanemuseum, Hamar, 2005-08-16 tobias b köhler

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NSB type 49c no. 470 "Dovregubben" built 1940 by Krupp AG Essen. 1'D2'h4+2'2', 1530 mm diameter of driving wheels, service weight 153.1 t, 90 km/h. These locomotives, developed for the Dovre line between Oslo and Trondheim, were Norway's most powerful steam locomotives, built 1935 to 1941. The first three (49a series) were made by Thune & Hamar, followed by an order to Krupp AG Essen for nine more (of which only two were delivered, seven were destroyed in a world war bombing before delivery) and two by Thune made by the same plans. Four more were never completed due to the war and the post-war decision to order diesel locomotives instead. In 1957 they ended regular service, replaced by diesel. The preserved No. 470 stands in a rather small shed which makes it difficult to take pictures of the whole locomotive, so here is a detail of the cylinder and wheels. Norsk jernbanemuseum, Hamar, 2023-07-18. tobias b köhler

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NSB type 49c no. 470 "Dovregubben" built 1940 by Krupp AG Essen. The cylindrical tender is very typical for type 49. Norsk jernbanemuseum, Hamar, 2023-07-18. tobias b köhler

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NSB 'dovregubben' no. 470 in a specially built house at the museum in Hamar. Mai 1997. Photo and scan by M.Koblischka (koblischka@t-online.de)