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Express Et 44 (Trondheim – Oslo), hauled by the El 18 2255 locomotive, went just behind the Melhus station on the Trondheim – Hamar – Oslo line, about 40 kilometers south of Trondheim, on June 1, 1997. El 18 is a class of 22 locomotives of the Norwegian State Railways NSB. The class is a modification of the SBB Re 460 and built at Adtranz Strømmen in 1996-1997. These locomotices were used to run IC trains and long-distance express trains on all major “long” lines, ie Oslo – Bergen, Oslo – Trondheim, Oslo – Stavanger, Drammen – Skien and Oslo – Kornsjø. It is not without interest that during the first half of 1994, NSB leased two Re 460s to have sufficient locomotives for operation during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
