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Norwegen
06.06. 2008
Michel Nr. 1658
Geschichte der Verkehrsverbindungen
Ein Satz mit vier Marken, von denen eine einen Elektrozug zeigt.
Die Thamshavnbahn war die erste elektrische Eisenbahn in Norwegen und
ist die älteste Eisenbahn der Welt, die mit Wechselstrom betrieben
wurde. Sie wurde 1908 eröffnet, um Erz von den Gruben in Løkken Verk
nach Thamshavn in der Kommune Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag zu
transportieren
Norway
History of Communication
A set of four stamps, of which one shows an electric train
The Thamshavn Railway, a meter gauge line which was built to transport cuprous pyrites ore from the Løkken Mines to the harbor at
Orkanger, opened in 1908 and was Norway's first electric railway. From the beginning the railway was carrying passengers
too, and the passenger trains continued until 1963. In 1974 when the Løkken mine production was
reorganized, the pyrite ore trains were also put out of traffic. At present the Thamshavn Railway is the world's oldest alternating-current-driven
railway. But only museum trains are running, and you travel in carriages that were delivered to the inauguration in 1908. A great deal of the original rolling stock has been
preserved. In addition to the passenger wagons, various locomotives have been
preserved. On the stamp you can see no. 8 one of two Bo’Bo’ electric locomotives delivered in 1916 from ASEA
Sweden, hauling 3 passenger cars. |