The Finnish Railway Museum (Finnish: Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.
Suomen Rautatiemuseo | |
Established | 1898 |
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Location | Hyvinkää, Finland |
Coordinates | 60°37′35″N 024°51′03″E / 60.62639°N 24.85083°E |
Type | railway museum |
Director | Tiina Lehtinen |
Owner | Rautatiemuseon Säätiö |
Website | rautatiemuseo |
The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway. In addition to the station building, there is a roundhouse and several other preserved buildings, mainly from the 1870s. The museum also has a live steam backyard railroad track, where train rides are offered to the public during special run days in the summer months.
Exhibits
editImage | Class | Number | Wheel arrangement | Type | Manufacturer | Serial number | Built | Notes (including nickname) |
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A5 | 58 | 4-4-0 | Passenger steam locomotive | Helsingfors / VRHki Valtionrautatiet, Helsingin konepaja | 2 | 1875 | "Lankkihattu" | |
B1 | 9 | 0-4-2ST | Shunting steam locomotive | Beyer, Peacock & Company | 846 | 1868 | The oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Ram" | |
C1 | 21 | 0-6-0 | Freight steam locomotive | Neilson & Company | 1427 | 1869 | The second oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Bristollari" | |
C5 | 110 | 0-6-0 | Freight steam locomotive | Hanomag | 1477 | 1882 | "Bliksti" | |
Sk1 | 124 | 2-6-0 | Mixed-traffic steam locomotive | Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works | 405 | 1885 | "Little Brown" | |
F1 | 132 | 0-4-4RT | Passenger steam locomotive | Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works | 434 | 1886 | "Felix" | |
Vk3 | 489 | 2-6-4T | Local passenger steam locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 1909 | "Iita" | ||
VR Class Hv1 | 555 | 4-6-0 | Passenger steam locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 264 | 1915 | "Heikki", Hv1 555 only was nicknamed "Princess" | |
VR Class Pr1 | 776 | 2-8-2T | Local Passenger Steam Locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 1926 | "Paikku" | ||
Sk3 | 49 | 2-6-0 | Mixed Traffic Locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 49 | 400 | 1903 | "Grandmother" | |
VR Class Tr1 | 1033 | 2-8-2 | Freight Steam Locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 503 | 1941 | "Risto" | |
VR Class Tr1 | 1096 | 2-8-2 | Freight Steam Locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 972 | 1957 | "Risto", No 1096 stored | |
VR Class Tr2 | 1319 | 2-10-0 | Heavy Freight Steam Locomotive | ALCO | 75214 | 1947 | Nicknamed "Truman". Similar to Russian locomotive class Ye | |
VR Class Vk4 | 68 | 0-4-0T | Light Replacement Steam Locomotive | Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG) | 1910 | "Leena", Oldest working broad gauge locomotive in Finland | ||
VR Class Vr1 | 669 | 0-6-0T | Shunting Steam Locomotive | Hannoversche Maschinenbau | 10264 | 1923 | "Hen" | |
VR Class Vr3 | 755 | 0-10-0T | Steam Locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 1926 | "Rooster" / 'Cockerel", stored | ||
VR Class Rro | 2 | Narrow Gauge Steam locomotive | Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy | 230 | 1914 | |||
VR Class Tve2 (OTSO2) | 8 | Small Shunting Engine | Saalasti Oy | 1962–1964 | ||||
VR Class Dr12 | 2241 | C'C' | Diesel-electric locomotive | Valmet / Terex | The Dr12 was known as the Hr12 until 1976, "Huru" | |||
VR Class Dr13 | 2349 | C'C' | Diesel-electric locomotive | Alstom, Lokomo, Valmet | “Alsti”, “Alstikka”, “Alspommi”, “Myymäläauto” (“Mobile shop") | |||
VR Class Hr11 | 1950 | B'B' | Diesel Locomotive | Valmet | 1955 | stored | ||
VR Class Vk11 | 101 | B | Petrol-paraffin locomotive | Ab Slipmaterial, Västervik | 1930 | |||
VR Class Dm7 | 4020 | (1A)(A1) | Diesel Multiple Unit | Valmet Oy Lentokonetehdas, Tampere (by licens from Hilding Carlssons Mekaniska Verkstad, Umeå, Sweden) | 68 | |||
VR Class Ds1 | 1 | 1A A1 | Diesel Multiple Unit | VR Pasilan Konepaja | 3 | 1928 |
See also
editExternal links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Finnish Railway Museum.
- Finnish Railway Museum Official website
- Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
- Photographs of Finnish Steam Locomotives
- Youtube video of the Museum miniature railway in use
- Finnish website with locomotive technical data Archived 2016-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Nykarleby Jernväg Museum Railway
- Veturimuseo at Toijala