Iore, often stylized
IORE, is a class of 26
electric locomotives built by
Adtranz and its successor
Bombardier Transportation for the Swedish mining company
LKAB's railway division
Malmtrafik. The class is a variation of Adtranz's Octeon modular product platform, thus related to Bombardier's later
TRAXX platform. The locomotives haul
iron ore freight trains on the
Iron Ore Line and
Ofoten Line in Sweden and Norway, respectively. The 68-car trains are hauled by two single-ended
Co'Co' locomotives, each with a power output of . Each operates with
tractive effort and has a maximum speed of . 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 (4 double units) were ordered, with production to be completed by 2011, by which time, another four double units were ordered. These units are scheduled to be delivered from 2013 to 2014.