Introduction to diesel electric heating in Norway
Like other countries steam heating was the standard in Norway for a long time. The first attempts with diesel electric train heating were done in the late 1950's when some former German steam heating cars were convered with diesel generators. In 1964 a small generator car was created for the Arendal line, which would allow a Di2 to bring the passenger and sleepling cars to Arendal. This was a great success and resulted in a serie of 8 generator cars. This allowed ending steam heating in May 1967.
Many of the Di3 locomotives got a diesel generator for electric heating (605, 608, 614-633 & 641-643). The Di4 locomotives provide the electric heating service directly from the main generator, which requires the Di4 to run in notch 4 or higher while providing the electric heating service.
In 1990 an additional 3 new heating generator cars were built. This allowed for retiring all the older heating cars.
Models
| Number: | Fde 19022 |
| Manufacturer: | Romerike Modellservice |
| Catalogus no: | n/a |
| Era: | 1990-now |
| Description: | A special order model offered by Romerike Modellservice. It uses a NMJ Rps. |
| Number: | FVde 19009 |
| Manufacturer: | NMJ |
| Catalogus no: | NMJFVDEG |
| Era: | 1967-1989 |
| Description: | NMJ offered a small serie of the FVde finke vogn, built by Deak (Hungary). This is the gammel design version, with NMJ Authentic weathering. |
| Number: | FVde 19010 |
| Manufacturer: | NMJ |
| Catalogus no: | NMJFVDEN |
| Era: | 12/1989-1999 |
| Description: | NMJ offered a small serie of the FVde finke vogn, built by Deak (Hungary). This is the ny design version. |
| Number: | FVde 19003 |
| Manufacturer: | Skaladesign |
| Catalogus no: | n/a |
| Era: | 1970-1998 |
| Description: | This is a Skaladesign set for the FVde 19003. It uses a Brawa Oppeln freight car as its base. |
| Number: | Fdeo 19955 |
| Manufacturer: | Heris |
| Catalogus no: | 14610 |
| Era: | 1958-1966 |
| Description: | A model of the original steam heater car that was rebuilt to be a diesel generator car in 1958. It was retired and scrapped in 1971. |
Resources
- Jernbane.net page about the NSB Fde
- Jernbane.net page about the NSB FVde
- På Sporet 64 - pages 28-35 (Norwegian magazine of the Norwegian Railway Club (NJK))
Last update: 2022-11-05