These were to take over the passenger train traffic in Southern Norway while the El 16s and El 14s were moved to the freight division and the El 17s were scrapped, relegated to shunting or sold to the Flåm Line.
Mereka mengambil alih rute kereta penumpang di Norwegia Selatan, sedangkan El 16 dan El 14 dipindahkan ke divisi kargo dan El 17 dirucat, mendapat tugas langsir, atau dijual ke Jalur Kereta Api Flåm.