VR Class Sk1
VR Class Sk1 Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4 | |
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Class Sk1 No 124 at the Finnish Railway Museum | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Builder | Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works |
Serial number | 117-131,134-149,152-172,183-190 |
Build date | 1885 |
Total produced | 60 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 2-6-0 |
Gauge | 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
Length | 12.8 m (42 feet 0 inches) |
Locomotive weight | 42.5 t (41.8 long tons; 46.8 short tons) |
Fuel type | Coal or wood |
Fuel capacity |
Coal: 4.5 m3 (158.9 cu ft) Wood: 5 m3 (176.6 cu ft) |
Water capacity | 4.6 m3 (162.4 cu ft) |
Firegrate area | 1.11 m2 (11.95 sq ft) |
Heating surface: – Total | 68.3 m2 (735.2 sq ft) |
Performance figures | |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
Career | |
Nicknames | "Little Brown". |
First run | 1885 |
Disposition | One preserved (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and one preserved in (No. 135) at Hyvinkää. |
information from [1] |
The VR Class Sk1, originally known as the Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4, were a series of 60 2-6-0 locomotives built for the Finnish State Railways by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1885. Two are preserved, one at (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and the other (No. 135) at Hyvinkää. .
See also
- Finnish Railway Museum
- VR Group
- List of Finnish locomotives
- List of railway museums Worldwide
- Heritage railways
- List of heritage railways
- Restored trains
- Jokioinen Museum Railway
- History of rail transport in Finland
External links
Gallery
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builder’s plate of Societe Suisse locomotive No 405 of 1884 2-6-0 at the Finnish Railway Museum.
References
- ↑ "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry". Srhs.fi. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
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