SF Ammonia

SF Ammonia is a steam-powered railway ferry on Lake Tinn in Telemark, Norway.

This system was used by Norsk Hydro to transport chemicals from Rjukan to the port in Skien.

[1] Ammonia is capable of carrying 17 railway cars, totalling 630 tonnes, on 120 metres of track – double-track standard gauge, in addition to 150 passengers.

She has two steam engines each of 300 kW (400 hp), and can achieve a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h).

After the sinking of Hydro in 1944, Ammonia had to do the main hauling across the lake, and by September 1944 she was performing eight round trips each day.

DF Ammonia at Mæl