LKAB iron ore trains with big IORE locomotives Narvik Norway 2015

The new design IORE locomotives from the LKAB. Heavy loaded trains more than 60 railway wagons. And other rolling stock at the station of Narvik Norway in the summer of 2015. With nice and sunny weather.

[@BergfelderVideos780]

Great video! Those LKAB IORE trains are really impressive; thumbs up!

[@johnmoore8016]

What is the HP ratings on those power units? What is the tons per waagon? do these trains run 24/7? Thanks for a very outstanding video ever thing in the video look so clean and neat.

[@hanspetersrailroadmovies3534]

The strongest locomotives in the world. Traction train 800 ton and length 500 meter. They drive depending on the demand for steel in the world, usually every day.

[@Jemalacane0]

@@hanspetersrailroadmovies3534 They are not the strongest, but they are awesome.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

John Moore About 120 tons per wagon.

[@zaphr89]

For every train there is one unit (two single ended locomotives that are always coupled in normal service) with a power of 10800 kW (11000 kw in boostmode) = 14400 HP (14800 HP in boost mode). The trains are 68 wagons long and 8160 tonnes fully laden so the HP/tonne rating is ~ 1.80. The Iron Ore line and Ofoten line have a gradient of 1% in the direction of laden trains so the trains are quite "overpowered" compared to North American freight trains where it is usually HP/ton ~ (gradient in percent) but the trains are also expected to keep a higher speed up the mountains. They've recently upped the maximum allowed axle load to 32.5 tonnes which would permit trains as heavy as 68*32.5*4 = 8840 tonne which would reduce the HP/tonne rating to 1.60. The reason why the trains are limited to 68 wagons is because the meeting tracks are limited to 750 meters. There are plans to extend the train meeting tracks to 1000-1500 meters on some lines in Sweden but not on the Iron Ore Line as far as I'm aware.

[@torquetrain8963]

@@Jemalacane0 which ones are stronger? Are you disqualifying them from being the strongest because they are twin units?