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NOHAB
NOHAB (Nydqvist & Holm AB) was a manufacturing company based in the city of Trollhättan, Sweden.
History.
The company was founded by Antenor Nydqvist, Johan Magnus Lidström and Carl Olof Holm in 1847 as "Trollhättans Mekaniska Verkstad" as a manufacturer of turbines for hydraulic power plants. In 1865, the company made its first steam locomotive and in 1912 the 1,000th locomotive steamed out of the factory. In Nohab's anniversary book "The Thousand Locomotive" from 1912, it's mentioned that the company
a test to be delivered in 1955 and then a few months later bought 20 units from Swedish NOHAB. The Frichs locomotives MY 1201-1202 were severely delayed and Frichs was subsequently related to a role as supplier to NOHAB.
The following years was mainly focussed on maintaining existing rail stock and production of industry equipment but production gradually faltered through the 1970s and in 1980 the company was sold to "Kosan" and then restructured and rebased to Horsens. In 1986, the production site in Åbyhøj, Aarhus was repurposed as a