Thamshavn Line
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The Thamshavn Line was Norway's first electric railway, running from 1908 to 1974 in what is now Trøndelag county. Today it is operated as a heritage railway and is the world's oldest railway running
Passenger train at Bårdshaug Station in 1912
Through Løkken
A railcar at Orkanger Station
Electric locomotive No. 3 Ohma Electra. The locomotive was used on the Thamshavn Line from 1908 until the 1950s. In 1972 it was moved to Trondheim and displayed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thamshavn
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Thamshamn or Thamshavn is a small port village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the site of the port for the town of Orkanger and the ferrosilicon plant Elkem Thamshavn. It i
Thamshavn Line
…alternating current electrification scheme, using 6.6 kV 25 Hz AC. It was built to transport pyrites from the mines at Løkken Verk to the port at Thamshavn, as well as passengers. There were six stations: Thamshavn, Orkanger, Bårdshaug, Fannrem, Solbusøy and Svorkmo. The tracks were extended to Løkken Verk…
Elkem Thamshavn