NSB El 15
NSB El 15 is a class of electric locomotives which are now operated by the Swedish company Hector Rail as Class 161 locomotives. The locomotives were originally built for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) in 1967 to replace the NSB El 3 and NSB El 4 engines on Ofoten Line. The main task there is to pull heavy iron ore freight trains, and the El 15 is the most powerful engine which NSB has ever used.
History
After the electrification of Ofotbanen in 1923 NSB had been using El 3 and El 4 stock on the line. But in the 1960s these were getting worn out, and NSB decided that it needed to get new stock. NSB first acquired the El 12 stock parallel to the Swedish acquisition of the Dm3 locomotive. But unlike Statens Järnvägar, NSB chose to instead buy a newer technology locomotive from ASEA, based on the Romanian CFR 040. Thus NSB managed to get the same power out of their two-engined El 15s as the Swedish got out of their three-engined Dm3s. Since the locomotives were to be operated in pairs, NSB considered only installing driver cabins on one end, but chose in the end to install them on both ends to allow the locomotives to operate more flexibly, including allowing them to operate passenger trains. The locomotives were numbered 15 2191 to 15 2196.
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by: eL BaRRioYa no tendre que rendir cuentas
alla en el cielo, aqui en la tierra.
Y tu eres como el caballo de Atila
por donde pasa nunca crece la hierba.
Permitalo Dios nunca mas tenga que enamorarme
permitalo Dios que este mundo no escuche lo que dices
que el vino sea mas vino y termine por emborracharme
que la niña bonita nunca mas se disfrace de 15.
Permitalo Dios que te canten la nana de insomnio
que el sol que te alumbre sea en tu vida peor que un eclipse
que te toque un viaje donde vive y reside el demonio
pero que la niña bonita nunca mas se disfrace de 15.
Permitalo Dios que te colmen de besos y abrazos
y aquel que te colme sea el apostol Judas Iscariote
que sea la ignorancia la virtud que te lleve al fracaso
para que asi me compares como a un tonto sutil monigote.
Permitalo Dios que te ganen todas tus batallas
que sea persistente la manera de como te quise
que se hagan latentes los recuerdos alla donde vaya
pero que la niña bonita nunca mas se disfrace de 15.
Que no, que no, no preguntes a nadie lo que es el amor
corre mirate al espejo y dime si no eres la desilusion...
Ya no, ya no tendre...
Ya no tendre que rendir cuentas
alla en el cielo, aqui en la tierra
y tu eres como el caballo de Atila
por donde pasa nunca crece la hierba.
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