Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 2, 2011

Iore, often stylized IORE, is a class of 26 electric locomotives built by Bombardier Transportation for the Swedish mining company LKAB's railway division Malmtrafik. A variation of Bombardier's TRAXX line, they haul iron ore freight trains on the Iron Ore Line and Ofoten Line in Sweden and Norway, respectively. The 8600 t 68-car trains are hauled by two single-ended Co′Co′ locomotives, each with a power output of 5400 kW. Each operates with 600 kN tractive effort and have a maximum speed of 80 km/h. Delivery of the first series of 18 locomotives was made from 2000 to 2004, and they replaced some of the aging Dm3 and El 15 units. In 2007, eight more vehicles were ordered, with production to be completed by 2011.