Finnish Railway Museum

A painstakingly restored British 0-6-0 "Neilson and Company" 0-6-0 steam locomotive, used in Finland from 1869 well into the 1920's, preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum.

The Finnish Railway Museum (Finnish: Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was originally 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.

Unique objects are on display, including the only surviving imperial train of the Russian Emperor. The locomotives include the British Neilson and Company locomotive (0-6-0 No 1427) dating 1869, a British Beyer Peacock locomotive dating from 1868, and a 2-10-0 steam locomotive Tr2 1319 ALCO No 75214 built 1947, which is one of 20 Russian locomotive class Ye sold to Finland.

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.

Museum Locomotives

Image	Class	Built	Number	Type	Manufacturer	Wheel arrangement	Notes
	A5	1875	58	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Helsingfors No 2	4-4-0	“Lankkihattu”
	Finnish Steam Locomotive Class B1	1868	9	Shunter Steam Locomotive	Beyer Peacock No 846	0-4-2ST	the oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, “Ram”
	C1	1869	21	Freight Steam Locomotive	Neilson and Company No 1427	0-6-0	the second oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, “Bristollari”
	C5	1882	110	Freight Steam locomotive	Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, Hannover No 1477	0-6-0	“Bliksti”
	F1	1886	132	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse No 434	0-4-4RT	“Felix”
	Sk1, G1,	1885	124	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive	Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse No 405	2-6-0	“Little Brown”
	VR Class Hv1	1915	555	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 264	4-6-0	“Heikki” / “Princess”
	Vk3 / I3	1909	489	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	2-6-4	“Iita”
	Otso 2		Small Shunter Engine
	VR Class Pr1	1926	776	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	2-8-2T	“Paikku”
	Sk3	1903	400	Mixed Traffic Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 49	2-6-0,	“Grandmother”
	VR Class Tr1	1941 1957	1033 & 1096	Freight Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 503 & 972	2-8-2	“Risto”, No 1096 stored
	Tr2	1947	1319	Heavy Freight Steam Locomotive	ALCO No 75214	2-10-0	Nicknamed “Truman”. Similar to Russian locomotive class Ye
	VR Class Vk4	1910	68	Light Replacement Steam Locomotive	Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG)	0-4-0T	"Leena", Oldest working broad gauge locomotive in Finland
	VR Class Vr1	1923	669	Shunter Steam Locomotive	Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, No 10264	0-6-0T	“Chicken”
	VR Class Vr3	1926	755	Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	0-10-0T	“Rooster” stored
	RRO 2	1914		Narrow Gauge Steam locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 230	0-4-0T
	Dr12			Diesel-electric locomotive			The Dr12 was known as the Hr12 until 1976, “Huru”
	Dr13		2349	Diesel-electric locomotive	Alsthom, Belfort
	VR Class Hr11		1950	Diesel Locomotive			stored
	Vk11		101	Diesel locomotive	Ab Slipmaterial, Västervik
	VR Class Dm7		4020	Diesel Multiple Unit	Valmet Oy Lentokonetehdas, Tampere, No 68
	Ds1			Diesel Multiple Unit
	Tka		281	Track Truck

Gallery

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  A 1:8 scale live steam train running on the museum's miniature track.

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  Plaque of the British "Neilson and Company" locomotive at the Museum.

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  The Cab interior of the British "Neilson and Company" locomotive at the Museum.

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  Plaque of The British Beyer Peacock locomotive at the Museum.

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  Early rail cars at the Finnish Railway Museum.

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  Builder's Plate 2-6-0 Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse Locomotive No 405 from 1885 at the Finnish Railway Museum

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  Builder's Plate of Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse locomotive No 434 of 1886 0-4-4T at the Finnish Railway Museum

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  Builder's Plate of Hannoversche Maschinenbau locomotive No 1477 of 1882 0-6-0 at the Finnish Railway Museum

See also

• VR Group
• History of rail transport in Finland
• List of Finnish locomotives
• List of railway museums Worldwide
• Heritage railways
• List of heritage railways
• Restored trains
• Jokioinen Museum Railway
• Hanko–Hyvinkää railway
• VR Class Pr1
• VR Class Hr1
• VR Class Tk3
• VR Class Hr11

External links

• 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
• Detailed drawings of a Finnish 4-6-0
• Finnish website with locomotive technical data
• Nykarleby Jernväg Museum Railway
• Veturimuseo at Toijala