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 (NSB), they were seen hauling passenger trains until the 1980s.

The electrification of the Dovre Line in the late 1960s forced NSB to buy a more powerful universal locomotive than the El 13.

Based on the Swiss Ae 6/6 and NSB El 13, both developed in the 1950s, the El 14 introduced three-axle bogies in Norway while the power was increased to 5,097 kW (6,835 hp) and the weight reduced to 105 tonnes (103 long tons; 116 short tons); remaining more powerful than its successors El 16 and El 17.

The only scrapping occurred in December 2005 when one hit a large pile of rocks from a landslide near Evanger, Hordaland.

CargoNet El 14.2167 hauling a freight train on the Dovre Line
NSB El 14.2175 at Oslo Central Station in 1986