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Rail transport in Norway
The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,087 km of track of which 2,622 km is electrified and 242 km double track. There are 696 tunnels and 2760 bridges....
. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB (55% share hold) and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo. The Norwegian CargoNet AS has a subsidiary company in Sweden called CargoNet AB which was purchased as RailCombi AB.
Twenty-three terminals are served by CargoNet, predominantly in Norway and Sweden; operations provide both container
Containerization
Containerization is a system of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers...
and bulk-cargo trains.
Locomotives
Locomotives of type El 14NSB El 14
NSB El 14 is a Norwegian electric locomotive operated by CargoNet for freight trains hauling. Built between 1968 and 1973 by Thune as a general purpose engine for the Norwegian State Railways , they were seen hauling passenger trains until the 1980s...
, CD 66, and some of the El 16
NSB El 16
NSB El 16 is an electric locomotive which is used on the Norwegian railway system by CargoNet to haul freight trains. Until it was replaced by the El 18, the El 16 engines also pulled passenger trains.-History:...
s have a dark gray livery with a checkered yellow and black stripe somewhere. This is a partly "refreshment" of the gray NSB-Gods livery. The Di 8
NSB Di 8
The NSB Di 8 is a class of diesel electric locomotives used by Norwegian railway company CargoNet for freight use.20 engines were built between 1996 and 1997 at the Maschinenbau Kiel plant in Kiel whilst it was part of Siemens Schienenfahrzeugtechnik...
and some shunters tend to use the older yellow livery with a red driver's cab (about half of the Di 8 has got new livery in silver with yellow stripe and yellow checkered "arrow" on the side). The rest of the locomotives (El 16, CE 119 and CD 312) got new livery in silver, with yellow stripe along the side, and an checkered yellow "arrow".
| Image | Model | Number | Power | Top speed | Note |
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El 14 NSB El 14 NSB El 14 is a Norwegian electric locomotive operated by CargoNet for freight trains hauling. Built between 1968 and 1973 by Thune as a general purpose engine for the Norwegian State Railways , they were seen hauling passenger trains until the 1980s... |
30 | Electric | 100 km/h | |
| El 16 NSB El 16 NSB El 16 is an electric locomotive which is used on the Norwegian railway system by CargoNet to haul freight trains. Until it was replaced by the El 18, the El 16 engines also pulled passenger trains.-History:... |
9 | Electric | 140 km/h | ||
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Di 8 NSB Di 8 The NSB Di 8 is a class of diesel electric locomotives used by Norwegian railway company CargoNet for freight use.20 engines were built between 1996 and 1997 at the Maschinenbau Kiel plant in Kiel whilst it was part of Siemens Schienenfahrzeugtechnik... |
19 | Diesel-electric | 120 km/h | |
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CD 66 EMD Series 66 The Electro-Motive Diesel Class 66 is a series of Co-Co six axle diesel locomotives built by EMD for the European heavy freight market.... |
6 | Diesel-electric | 120 km/h | leased. To be replaced with CD 312 during 2010. |
| CE 119 | 10 | Electric | leased, of type Bombardier TRAXX TRAXX Bombardier TRAXX is a modular product platform of electric and Diesel-electric mainline locomotives built by Bombardier Transportation, built in both freight and passenger variants... |
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| CD 312 | 6 | Diesel-electric | leased, of type Vossloh Euro 4000 | ||
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Skd226 | 12 | Diesel | Shunter | |
| Skd224 | 5 | Diesel | Shunter | ||
| Skd220c | 3 | Diesel | Shunter | ||
| Skd225 | 1 | Diesel | Shunter |