NSB El 8

El 8.2060 Hamar 21.07.07, right side

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri AEG Thune Per Kure
Build date	1940-49
Total produced	16

Specifications
AAR wheel arr.	1-D-1
UIC class	1'Do1'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Length	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Loco weight	82.8 t (81.5 long tons; 91.3 short tons)
Electric system(s)	15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC Catenary
Current collection	Pantograph

Performance figures
Maximum speed	110 km/h (68 mph)
Power output	2,080 kW (2,789 hp)
Tractive effort	135 kN (30,000 lbf)

Career
Operators	Norwegian State Railways
Numbers	8 2054 to 8 2061 8 2065 to 8 2072
Locale	Norway
Retired	1987
Disposition	Retired

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 El 13.

There were 16 El 8 engines produced. Four manufacturers were involved in building it: AEG, Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri, Per Kure and Thune. The engines were numbered 8 2054 to 8 2061 and 8 2065 to 8 2072. The last El 8 was retired in 1987. Engine no. 8 2060 is preserved.

El 8.2060 Hamar 02.08.04,left side

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NSB El 8.

Jernbane.net entry on the El 8

Rolling stock of Norway

Locomotives

Steam (NG)	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX

Steam (SG)	A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 61 63

Electric	El 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CE 119

Diesel	Di 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 G12 CD66 CD312

Shunter	Ea 1 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226

Multiple units

Electric	62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75

Diesel	17 83 86 87 88 89 91 92 93 Y1

Cars

Passenger	B3 B5 B7 WLAB-2 Royal Train

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