Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk

Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk A/S
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1864
Defunct1959
FateMerger
SuccessorStrømmens Værksted
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
ProductsRail cars

Skabo Jernbanevognfabrikk was a mechanical workshop focusing on design and construction of railcars. It was established by Hans Skabo in Drammen, Norway, in 1864; it became the first rail car factory in the country when it took delivery of the cars for Kongsvingerbanen. Due to the size of the venture, it moved to Tyskerstranden at Skøyen in Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1873.[1][2]

Because the delivery of rail cars is uneven, Skabo participated in other manufacturing, including coachworks for trucks, buses and taxicabs. The first Norwegian-produced trolleybus was delivered from Skabo in 1911.[3] Also technical devices and stalls and in 1926 firewood powered snow melters; the latter contraption rather unsuccessful.[4] In 1948 the company was bought by Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB), who sold it to Strømmens Værksted in 1959; moving all activity to Strømmen and closing the Skøyen plant.[4]

  1. ^ Borgen, Per Otto. Drammen byleksikon (in Norwegian). Drammen: Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie. ISBN 82-91649-08-1.
  2. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
  3. ^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl. "Eivind Heiberg". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  4. ^ a b Norwegian Railway Museum (2008-06-04). "Snøsmelter produsert av Skabo Jernbanevognfabrik".[permanent dead link‍]