Strømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in

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, specialising in the production of

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. Founded in 1873, it remains as a part of

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. The plant is located just off

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west of Strømmen Station.

History

The company was established as a mechanical workshop and an iron works in 1873 by engineer Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen, with the name W. Ihlen, Strømmen. The main product was

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s, with the first being produced in 1874. The Ihlen family retained ownership of the company, with Nils Claus Ihlen taking over the works in 1883, changing the name to ''Strømmens Værksted'', and his sons

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and Alf Ihlen in 1908, who transformed it to a

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. Nils Claus Ihlen would later become

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, overseeing the opening of the

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among others. The iron works were rebuilt to steel works in 1902, and the first sterling produced delivered, soon specializing in propellers up to four tonnes. In 1925 Strømmens started production of

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es, with the first delivery in 1929. It was built in aluminum and equipped with a Leyland engine. The most important customer was Oslo Sporveier, and during

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some of the buses were rebuilt to

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es. The works also mounted

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cars for as taxis. In 1970 the company was split in two independent companies. Strømmens Verksted A/S with the railway factory and Strømmen Stål A/S with the steel works. Strømmen Stål was closed in the 1970s, and a few years later Thon Gruppen bought it and transformed to the shopping mall Strømmen Storsenter, now one of the largest in the country. The workshop is still in use. After having been bought by

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, the Norwegian subsidiary of

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(BBC) in 1978, it was later transferred to Asea Brown Boveri in 1988 when it merged with Elektrisk Bureau to form EB Strømmens Verksted,

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in 1996 when it was named Adtranz Strømmen, in 1999 sold to Daimler Chrysler changing the name to Daimler Chrysler Rail System Norway and then to

, changing the name to Bombardier Transportation Norway. The division is mainly occupied with maintenance and modernizing of rolling stock for NSB. The new Norwegian Royal Train is one of the last cars built at Strømmen.

Rolling stock production

Strømmens has been a large manufacturer of railway cars, including several models for Norges Statsbaner as well as local trains, multiple units for the

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and trams for the

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and

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. During the 1990s most of the new electric locomotives and EMUs delivered to NSB were built by Adtranz Strømmen. * Norges Statsbaner ** NSB Cmb14 railcar ** NSB Cmb17 railcar ** NSB Class 69 commuter EMU **

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high-speed tilting EMU ** NSB Class 86 DMU ** NSB Class 87 DMU ** NSB Class 88 DMU ** NSB Class 91 DMU ** NSB El 18 locomotive ** B3 carriages ** B5 carriages ** B7 carriages ** Norwegian Royal Train *

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GMB Class 71 NSB Class 71 () is an electric multiple unit used by Flytoget for the Airport Express Trains on the Gardermoen Line of Norway. Sixteen three-car train sets were built by Adtranz Strømmen between 1997 and 1998. The units are capable of , conn ...

high-speed EMU *

** OS T1000 ** OS T1300 ** OS T2000 *

** SL79 *

** TS Class 4 ** TS Class 6 ** TS Class 7

References

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