List of Finnish locomotives explained

This is a list of locomotives and multiple units that have been used in Finland. VR Group (privatised in 1995, previously Valtionrautatiet, Finnish state railways) had a monopoly on passenger traffic until 1.1.2021, but is currently the only passenger operator on the Finnish rail network. Some trainsets are however owned by other companies such as . The Finnish railways are laid to the gauge of .

Electric locomotives

In service	Numbers	Quantity
1973–present	3001–3112	112
1995–present	3201–3246	46
2017–present	3301–3380	80

Diesel locomotives

Image	Class	In service	Numbers
Lightweight (axle load 8.1–11.1 t)
		1958–1963	406–436
		1978–1979	601–610
Midweight (axle load 11.1–14 t)
	VR Class Tve2 (OTSO2)	1962–1964	441–448
		1950–1960	451–487, 491–495
		1980-1984	3201
		1953–1964	1725 (later 1703)
		1953–1965	1700–1702
		1958–1986	1804–1819
		1963–present	2501–2568 2601–2664 2701–2760
		1958–2004	1955–2012
		1962–2008	2013-2040
Heavy (axle load 14 t and up)
		1978–1983	501–540
		1955–1972	1950–1954
		1959–1991	2200–2241
		1962–2000	2301–2354
		1969–present	1851–1874
		1980	2439
		1986–present	2801–2823
		2015–present	101–105
	VR Class Dr19^[1]	2021–present

Petrol-Paraffin locomotives

Petrol-Paraffin locomotive references

Data from:

Finnish Railway Museum official website^[2]

Steam locomotives

Class	In Service	Numbers	Type	Manufacturer	Wheel arrangement	Notes (including nickname)
	1860–1911	1–6	Passenger Steam Locomotive
	1866–	7–8	Passenger Steam Locomotive
	1869–	11–20, 44–47, 178–182, 222–227	Passenger Steam Locomotive
	1872–1918	63–71	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Baldwin Locomotive Works		Website about the Hanko–Hyvinkää 4-4-0 and Baldwin locomotives used in Finland
	1874– 1927	57–58	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Helsingfors / VRHki Valtionrautatiet, Helsingin konepaja		“Lankkihattu”; No 58 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
	1874–	59–61, 90–99	Passenger Steam Locomotive
	1898–	228–231	Passenger Steam Locomotive
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class B1	1868–1928	9–10, 53–56, 150–151	Shunter Steam Locomotive			“Ram”, No 9 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum. The oldest preserved locomotive in Finland.
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class B2	1880–	100	Shunter Steam Locomotive
	1869–1926	21–30	Freight Steam Locomotive	Neilson & Company No 1427		“Bristollari”, No 21 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum. The second oldest preserved locomotive in Finland.
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C2	1869–	31–43, 48–52	Freight Steam Locomotive			“Bristollari”
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C3	1872–?	74–75	Freight Steam Locomotive
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C4	1875–?	62, 78–89	Freight Steam Locomotive
	1881–1930	101–114	Freight Steam locomotive	Hanomag, Hannover No 1477		“Bliksti”, No 110 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C6		100	Freight Steam Locomotive
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class D1		72–73
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class E1	1875–?	76–77
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class R2		74–75
	1885–1935	63–64, 115–116,132–133	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works Societe Suisse No 434		“Felix”, No 132 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F2	1899–?	65
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class M1	1913–?	66
VR Class Hk1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H1 & H2)	1898–1959	232–241,291–300,322–333	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive	Baldwin Locomotive Works built 232–241, Richmond Locomotive Works built 291–300, 322–333		“Big-Wheel Kaanari”, No 293 preserved at the Finland Station, St.Petersburg, Russia
VR Class Hk2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H3)		437–446,448–451	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		4-6-0
VR Class Hk3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes H3, H4 & H5)		447,452–453,471–486	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		4-6-0
VR Class Hk5 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H6)	1909–1959	439–515	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		4-6-0
VR Class Hr1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class P1)	1937–1974	1000–1021	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Lokomo Oy and Tampella Oy		“Ukko-Pekka”; Not in service 1972; Returned to Service due to oil crisis
VR Class Hr2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H11)	1942–1953	1900–1906	Passenger Steam Locomotive			“Hurricane”;
VR Class Hr3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H11)	1942–1953	1907–1919	Passenger Steam Locomotive			“Hurricane”;
VR Class Hv1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H8)	1915–1967	545–578,648–655	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella, Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy ; Lokomo Oy		"Heikki", Hv1 555 only was nicknamed "Princess"; No 555 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Hv2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H9)	1919–1968	579–593,671–684,777–780	Passenger Steam Locomotive			“Heikki”, No 680 is preserved at Haapamäki
VR Class Hv3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H9)	1921–1970	638–647,781–785,991–999	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella, Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy; L. Schwartzkopff and Lokomo		“Heikki”, The following are preserved No 781 Kerava, No 995 Suolahti, No 998 Haapamäki Detailed drawings of a VR Class Hv3
VR Class Hv4 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class H7)	1912–1964	516–529,742–751,757–760	Passenger Steam Locomotive	Lokomo Oy and Tampella Oy
VR Class Pr1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class N1)	1924–1972	761–776	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive	Hanomag Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy, Lokomo Oy		“Paikku”, No 776 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
	1942–1960	1800–1803	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive			"Henschel" No 1800 preserved at Haapamäki
	1914–?	1–2		Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy		No. 2 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Sk1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4)	1885–	117–131,134–149,152–172,183–190	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive	Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works Societe Suisse No 405	2-6-0		“Little Brown”; No 124 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Sk2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G6 & G9)	1896–1963	196–213,314–321,360–372	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		2-6-0
VR Class Sk3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G3, G5, G10 & G11)	1892–1960	173–177,191–195,214–221,334–359,373–406,427–436	Mixed Traffic Locomotive	Tampella Tammerfors Linne-&Jern-Manufakt.A.B. No 49	2-6-0,	“Grandmother”; No 400 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Sk4 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class G7)		242–253,306–313	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		2-6-0	"Little-Wheel Kaanari"
VR Class Sk5 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class G12)		66–67	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		2-6-0
VR Class Sk6 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class G8)		254–270	Mixed Traffic Steam Locomotive		2-6-0	“Riksmont”
VR Class Tk1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class K1)		271–290				“Amerikan Satikka”
VR Class Tk2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class K2)	1903–1960	407–426, 457–470
VR Class Tk3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class K5)	1927–1975	800–899,1100–1118,1129–1170	Freight Steam Locomotive	Tampella, Lokomo and Frichs		“The Little Jumbo”
VR Class Tr1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class R1)	1940–1975	1030–1096	Freight Steam Locomotive	Tampella, Tampere / Lokomo, Tampere / Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik GmbH, Jungenthal		“Risto”, 1033 and 1096 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
	1946–1968	1300–1319		ALCO (10), Baldwin Locomotive Works (10)		Nicknamed “Truman”. Similar to Russian locomotive class Ye. No 1319 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Tv1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class K3)	1917–1974	594–617,685–741,900–948,1200–1211		Tampella,
VR Class Tv2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class K4)		618–637				“Wilson”
VR Class Vk1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class I1)	1900–1952	301–305	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive			“Amerikan”, “Iita”
VR Class Vk2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class I2)		454–455	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive			“Iita”
VR Class Vk3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class I3)	1906–1964	456, 487–492	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella, Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy		“Iita”, No 489 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Vk4	1910–1962	68	Light Replacement Steam Locomotive	Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG)		"Leena", Oldest working broad gauge locomotive in Finland. No 68 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Vk5		72–75
VR Class Vk6		70–71
VR Class Vr1 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class L1)	1913–1974	530–544,656–670,787–799	Shunter Steam Locomotive	Hanomag, No 10264	0-6-0T	“Hen”, No 669 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Vr2 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class D1)	1930–1975	950–965	Steam Locomotive			"Duck", The following are preserved in Finland No 950 Joensuu, 951 Tuuri, 953 Haapamäki, 961 Jyväskylä, 964 Veturimuseo at Toijala
VR Class Vr3 (Finnish Steam Locomotive Class O1)	1924–1975	752–756	Steam Locomotive			"Rooster" / 'Cockerel", No 755 stored at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Vr4		1400–1423
VR Class Vr5	1948–1971	1400–1423				"Turkey", No 1422 is preserved at Haapamäki.

Steam locomotive references

Data from:

Finnish Railway Museum official website^[3]
Finnish website with locomotive technical data^[4]

Electric multiple units

Image	Class	In service	Numbers
		1969–2016	6001+6201 – 6050+6250
		1975–present	6051+6251 – 6100+6300
		1995–present	7x01–7x18
		1999–present	6301+6401 – 6330+6430
		2009–present	01–81
		2010–2022	7x51–7x54

Diesel multiple units

Image	Class	In service	Numbers
		1928–1955	1, 4 and 5
		1935–1961	13–19
		1952–1971	1500–1509 (Dm3) 1600–1623 (Dm4)
		1954–1988	4000–4014 (Dm6) 4020–4216 (Dm7)
		1964–1986	5001–5012
		1965–1990	5101–5124
		1994–1997	4301
		1997	4401–4406
		2005–present	4401–4416

Literature

Book: Tapio . Eonsuu . Pekka . Honkanen . Tapani . Kilpinen . Eljas . Pölhö . Suomen veturit 1 osa. Valtionrautateiden höyryveturit . Frank Stenvalls Förlag . 1975 . 91-7266-021-X .
Book: Tapio . Eonsuu . Pekka . Honkanen . Eljas . Pölhö . Suomen veturit osa 2. Moottorikalusto . Elokuvan Maailma . 1995 . 952-5060-02-0 .

External links

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Finnish Railway Museum Official website
Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
Photographs of Finnish Steam Locomotives
Finnish website with locomotive technical data
Detailed drawings of a Finnish 4-6-0
Website about the Hanko–Hyvinkää 4-4-0

Notes and References

Web site: Jäärni . Clarissa . 2022-02-09 . Täysin Suomen oloihin tehty dieselveturi saatiin testiin Tampereelle – tällainen on nappeja myöten kuljettajien kanssa suunniteltu investointi . 2024-01-03 . Yle Uutiset . fi.
Web site: http://www.rautatie.org/web/fi/gallerydet.asp?id=14&section=1 . 2013-04-17 .
Web site: Finnish Railway Museum - Welcome! . Rautatie.org . 2012-12-17 . dead . https://archive.today/20120911025639/http://www.rautatie.org/web/en/default.asp . 2012-09-11 .
Web site: Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry . Srhs.fi . 2012-12-17.