DIOC A3 and A4
| DIOC A3 and A4 / NSB Type 54a | |
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 Factory photo DIOC A4 (1902)
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| Numbering: |
Dunderlandsbanen (DIOC): A3 and A4 Norges Statsbaner (NSB): 54a 492 and 493 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: | Kerr, Stuart and Company |
| Year of construction (s): | 1902 |
| Retirement: | last locomotive: No. 492 on November 5, 1957 |
| Type : | 1'C1 'n2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 10,051 mm |
| Empty mass: | 35.5 t |
| Service mass: | 50.0 t |
| Friction mass: | 39.0 t |
| Top speed: | 40/30 km / h |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 990 mm |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 406 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 508 mm |
The Norwegian steam locomotive series DIOC A3 and A4 was built in 1902 with the serial numbers 805 and 806 by Kerr, Stuart and Company in Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire , England for the Dunderland Iron Ore Company (DIOC) and the Dunderlandsbanen it operates .
When the Dunderlandsbane was officially taken over by the Norges Statsbane (NSB), the state railway company in Norway, on June 1, 1947 , the locomotives were added to their inventory.
Use at Dunderlandsbanen
The DIOC operated an island network from its ore mines in the Rana area to the port of Gullsmedvik near Mo i Rana as early as 1902 . With the construction of the Nordlandsbane in 1942, the Dunderlandsbane was connected to the NSB network. The Dunderlandsbane railway line was integrated into the Nordlandsbane.
Used by Norges Statsbaner
The takeover of the Dunderlandsbane by NSB took place officially on June 1, 1947. On April 27, 1948, the locomotives of the Dunderlandsbane were integrated into the NSB's numbering plan. The two locomotives DIOC A3 and A4 were assigned to the NSB Type 54a series . Locomotive 54a 492 (the original DIOC A3 ) was the last of the series to be decommissioned on November 5, 1957 and scrapped.
See also
Web links
- Locomotive types on jernbane.net. Retrieved November 18, 2013 (Norwegian).
- Database over rullende jernbanematerialiell brukt i Norge. Retrieved November 18, 2013 (Norwegian).