VR Class Tr1 | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builddate: | 1940–57 |
Totalproduction: | 67 |
Whytetype: | 2-8-2 |
Length: | 22.25m (73feet) |
Width: | 3.14m (10.3feet) |
Height: | 4.65m (15.26feet) |
Fueltype: | Coal or firewood |
Fuelcap: | 9T, 16m2 |
Watercap: | 27m2 |
Boilerpressure: | 15kg/cm2 |
Firearea: | 3.54m2 |
Totalsurface: | 195.4m2 |
Maxspeed: | 800NaN0 |
Poweroutput: | 1600hp |
Operator: | VR Group Finland |
Fleetnumbers: | 1030–1096 |
Nicknames: | “Risto” |
Firstrundate: | 1940 |
Withdrawndate: | 1975 |
Disposition: | 1030 Haapamäki; 1033 Finnish Railway Museum; 1037 Kurikka; 1047 Lahti; 1051, 1055, and 1057 Haapamäki; 1060 Acton, Suffolk, England; 1067 and 1071 Haapamäki; 1074 Munsala, RM-Trucks, Finland; 1077 Acton, Suffolk, England; 1082 Haapamäki; 1087 Haapamäki; 1088 Toijala; 1092–1095 Haapamäki; 1096 Finnish Railway Museum |
The VR Class Tr1 is a class of heavy freight locomotive built in Finland and Germany. Before 1942 VR Class Tr1s originally had the class name R1.[1] They were nicknamed “Risto”,[1] after the Finnish President Risto Ryti.[2] They were numbered 1030–1096.[1]
67 locomotives were built between 1940–57[1] by Tampella, Lokomo and Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik GmbH, Jungenthal of Germany.[1] The "Risto" is a product of the same era as the express train locomotive Ukko-Pekka (Hr1), and they share a similar appearance as well as several common components. Because of their high tractive effort the Tr1 locomotives were also called upon for passenger service of a heavy intermediate character. Tr1 1096 was the last steam locomotive manufactured for VR in 1957.[1] Tr1 locomotives were withdrawn during the 1970s, with the last being withdrawn in 1975.[1]
Two Tr1 locomotives are located in the United Kingdom. One is owned by millionaire railway enthusiast David Buck, while another lies abandoned in a secluded forest in Acton, Suffolk.[3]