Finnish Railway Museum

Coordinates: 60°37′35″N 024°51′03″E / 60.62639°N 24.85083°E / 60.62639; 24.85083
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Finnish Railway Museum
Suomen Rautatiemuseo
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Established1898 (1898)
LocationHyvinkää, Finland
Coordinates60°37′35″N 024°51′03″E / 60.62639°N 24.85083°E / 60.62639; 24.85083
Typerailway museum
DirectorTiina Lehtinen
OwnerRautatiemuseon Säätiö
Websiterautatiemuseo.fi
C1 at the museum in 2006
A propane-fired 1:8 scale live steam train running on the Finnish Railway Museum's 7.25-inch (18.4 cm) gauge track

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.

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[edit]

Image Class Number Wheel arrangement Type Manufacturer Serial number Built Notes (including nickname)
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

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