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Norges Statsbaner (''Norwegian State Railways'', commonly known as ''NSB'') is a Norwegian transport company, created in its present form by the Norwegian National Rail Administration through legislation on December 1 , 1996 , but then privatized on July 1 , 2002 , owned privately by Norwegian Ministry Of Transport And Communications . Operations of NSB include passenger trains and buses. Cargo Net owns the freight train transport. ROLLING STOCK During the 1990s NSB modernized their rolling stock, expanding their fleet of multiple units and retiring many of the traditional locomotive hauled trains. Most of the locomotives went to the freight company CargoNet AS, but the El18 and Di4 remain to pull passenger trains. Some of the new trains were plagued with troubles, in particular a brand new BM73 derailed (fortunately at low speed) at Nelaug in 2000 because of an axle breaking due to Metal Fatigue . As of 2005 however, these trains have been performing satisfactorily. Locomotive s
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