NSR XXI Class

The Norwegian State Railways XXI Class are 2-6-2 side tank steam locomotives.
== History ==
The XXI class are a class of four side tank 2-6-2 locomotives designed specially for the Setesdal Line of the Norwegian State Railways for which they became the first locomotives to run on. The first two locomotives of the class were ordered from Dübs and company of Scotland in early 1894 being delivered in the later months of that year. The next member of the class was built in 1901 by Thunes Mechanical Workshop of Oslo, Norway and the last was built by the Hamar Iron Foundry in 1912. The class operated on the line from it's opening to it's closure in 1962.https://forsk.njk.no/mdb/mdb.php?hid=235 (Translated by Google)https://jernbane.net/bo/subpage.php?s=3&t=13740 (Translated by Google)http://www.ebe-data.com/Hobby/Jernbanebilder/Norge/Veterantog_museum/Setesdalsbanen.htm (Translated by Google)http://setesdalsbanen.no/https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/rolling-railway-museum-norway/https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/338585https://www.venturenorway.com/client/setesdalsbanenhttps://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/southern-norway/kristiansand/listings-kristiansand/setesdalsbanen-railway-line/87119/
== Preservation ==
No.1, 2 and 5 have all been preserved with No.5 being operational, No.1 and 2 being in storage. No.7 wasn't so lucky and was scrapped upon the lines closure.
== List of Locomotives ==
Class list of locomotives of the XXI Class.
Image:	No.	Built:	Builder: 	Builder's No.	Status:
 	1 	1894 	Dübs & Co. 	3172 	Stored
 	2 	1894 	Dübs & Co. 	3173 	Stored/Under Repair
 	5 	1901 	Thunes Mechanical Workshop	4 	Operational
- 	7 	1912 	Hamar Iron Foundry 	77 	Scrapped
== Trivia ==
* The class is an iconic Norwegian narrow gauge locomotive due to it's unique and long-lasting design.
== Gallery ==
File:XXI-1.jpg|Builder's photograph of No.1.
File:EarlyXXIno.2.jpg|Side view of No.2.
== Bibliography ==
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