NSB El 18

The NSB El 18 is a class of 22 electric locomotives built for the Norwegian State Railways by Adtranz and Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works. It is a modified version of the Swiss Re 460 of the Lok 2000 project and was assembled at Adtranz Strømmen outside Oslo, with deliveries between September 1996 and June 1997 at a total cost of about 700 million Norwegian kroner. Each Bo'Bo' unit is 18.5 metres long, weighs 83 tonnes and has three-phase asynchronous motors with regenerative braking and a maximum power of 5,880 kilowatts, giving a top speed of 200 kilometres per hour. Pininfarina styled the exterior and the cabs are pressurised for tunnels. The units are numbered 2241 to 2262 and remain the only mainline electric locomotive used by NSB, working intercity trains and night trains on the Bergen, Dovre and Sørland lines.