Finnish Railway Museum

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.

Finnish Railway Museum
Suomen Rautatiemuseo
Established1898 (1898)
LocationHyvinkää, Finland
Coordinates60°37′35″N 024°51′03″E
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 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
ImageClassNumberWheel arrangementTypeManufacturerSerial numberBuiltNotes (including nickname)
A5584-4-0Passenger steam locomotiveHelsingfors / VRHki Valtionrautatiet, Helsingin konepaja21875"Lankkihattu"
B190-4-2STShunting steam locomotiveBeyer, Peacock & Company8461868The oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Ram"
C1210-6-0Freight steam locomotiveNeilson & Company14271869The second oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Bristollari"
C51100-6-0Freight steam locomotiveHanomag14771882"Bliksti"
Sk11242-6-0Mixed-traffic steam locomotiveSwiss Locomotive & Machine Works4051885"Little Brown"
F11320-4-4RTPassenger steam locomotiveSwiss Locomotive & Machine Works4341886"Felix"
Vk34892-6-4TLocal passenger steam locomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy1909"Iita"
VR Class Hv15554-6-0Passenger steam locomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy2641915"Heikki", Hv1 555 only was nicknamed "Princess"
VR Class Pr17762-8-2TLocal Passenger Steam LocomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy1926"Paikku"
Sk3492-6-0Mixed Traffic LocomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 494001903"Grandmother"
VR Class Tr110332-8-2Freight Steam LocomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy5031941"Risto"
VR Class Tr110962-8-2Freight Steam LocomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy9721957"Risto", No 1096 stored
VR Class Tr213192-10-0Heavy Freight Steam LocomotiveALCO752141947Nicknamed "Truman". Similar to Russian locomotive class Ye
VR Class Vk4680-4-0TLight Replacement Steam LocomotiveBorsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG)1910"Leena", Oldest working broad gauge locomotive in Finland
VR Class Vr16690-6-0TShunting Steam LocomotiveHannoversche Maschinenbau102641923"Hen"
VR Class Vr37550-10-0TSteam LocomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy1926"Rooster" / 'Cockerel", stored
VR Class Rro2Narrow Gauge Steam locomotiveTampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy2301914
VR Class Tve2 (OTSO2)8Small Shunting EngineSaalasti Oy1962–1964
VR Class Dr122241 C'C'Diesel-electric locomotiveValmet / TerexThe Dr12 was known as the Hr12 until 1976, "Huru"
VR Class Dr132349C'C'Diesel-electric locomotiveAlstom, Lokomo, Valmet“Alsti”, “Alstikka”, “Alspommi”, “Myymäläauto” (“Mobile shop)
VR Class Hr111950B'B'Diesel LocomotiveValmet1955stored
VR Class Vk11101BPetrol-paraffin locomotiveAb Slipmaterial, Västervik1930
VR Class Dm74020(1A)(A1)Diesel Multiple UnitValmet Oy Lentokonetehdas, Tampere (by licens from Hilding Carlssons Mekaniska Verkstad, Umeå, Sweden)68
VR Class Ds111A A1Diesel Multiple UnitVR Pasilan Konepaja31928

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