Thune

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Thunes Mekaniske verksted was a Norwegian industrial company in Oslo, who created, among other locomotives.

History

The company has its roots in the blacksmith shop, which was founded by Anders Paulsen Thune 1815 in Drammen.

His son Halvor Thune took over the company in 1851 and moved to Christiania. 1870 were the workshops in Ruseløkkveien. 1871 Andreas Lauritz Thune took over, the grandson of the founder, the company. The production has been greatly expanded and modernized under his leadership. Andreas Thune moved the workshops to Munkedamsveien ( Westbahnhof ). There he began the production of combines and later by steam engines and locomotives.

Finally, the premises were too small in Munkedamsveien for industrial production in large scale. Because this was in the center of the city, it was difficult to expand. Instead Thune acquired property in Skøyen in the former Aker, at that time a rural community outside of Christiania. In addition Skøyen had a railway station. Thune moved in 1901 to enable Skøyen and all production activities at Munkedamsveien were discontinued during the year 1903. In Skøyen the workshop began with the production of turbines and locomotives.

Thune had about six hundred workers in the 1950s. 1969, the company merged with Eureka Mekaniske Værksted to Thune -Eureka. The manufacturing facilities were moved to Tranby 1976. The name Thune disappeared completely, as Thune -Eureka was purchased by Kværner, which was renamed under the new name Kvaerner Eureka. The old production halls house offices, restaurants and shops. The area is still known as Thune on site.

Start of Thune

The name Thune appeared in Hamar in 1990 again, when Thune maskine was bought out in Hamar out of the Kvaerner Group. The company is now active in the mechanical production for industrial and offshore products. In addition, Thune deals with products for the equipment of hospitals. Thune Produkter AS 2013 had 40 employees.

Locomotive production

Between 1901 and 1920 gave Thune and Hamar Jernstøberi around 250 locomotives to the State Railway, including steam locomotives of the types NSB Type 21, NSB Type 22, NSB Type 23, NSB Type 24, NSB Type 25, NSB Type 26, NSB Type 27, NSB Type 30, NSB Type 31, Type 33 NSB NSB NSB Type 40 and Type 45

From 1920 both plants worked together as Norsk Industri Maskin. This consortium was the main supplier of locomotives for the Norwegian railway companies.

The highlight of the steam locomotive production were the so-called Dovregubbene (NSB type 49), which were built along with Hamar Jernstøberi. Thune and Hamar delivered five of these locomotives 1935-1941. Due to the Second World War, production of the type 49 has been set, four under construction locomotives were not completed.

Thune also built the mechanical part of a series of NSB - electric locomotive types: NSB El 1, NSB El 2, NSB El 3, NSB El 4, NSB El 5, NSB El 8, NSB El 9, NSB El 11 NSB El 13 NSB El 14 NSB El 15 and El 16 NSB diesel locomotive Type NSB Di 2 was built by Thune in 48 copies.