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Harvey has now sent three further pictures of plinthed Finnish steam locomotives
courtesy of Juha Rissanen (added 29th April 2025)..
The first shows Hv3 4-6-0 781 at Kerava in May 2022.
This is TK3 2-8-0 1159 at Kokkola and was taken in April 2025
This is Tr1 2-8-2 1088 at Toijala also taken in April 2025.
This page had lain dormant on the site for more than 10 years. Harvey has now (23rd April 2023) sent the following: This photo from Juha Rissanen is of Finnish locomotive Tv1 Number 940 plinthed at Lapinlahti. Sergei Pogodin states: "There are four Tv1 existing. One, 933 of Toijala, is in working order. Perhaps it will be steamed next autumn.
Some time back, Harvey Smith produced a page on Railway Museums in Finland. This page concentrates on active preserved steam and Harvey would like to thank Juhani Katajisto with his assistance with this update on Finland, but any errors are Harvey’s. I previously reported the existence of the Ukko-Pekka locomotive, but it now appears that there are two Ukko-Pekka Pacific locomotives stabled at Pasila in Helsinki – Hr1 1009 and 1021, 1009 is pictured here in December 2008 on a Christmas special at Pasila.
Finnish Railways will celebrate their 150 year birthday in 2012. So some mainline steam running in 2012 is predicted. There is a current private restoration project, namely wood burner Hv3 995 (4-6-0), forecast completion is for 2011, see the links below:
It seems that more restrictions are being imposed on steam hauled services, but they do operate. Finland possesses at least nine (the first draft suggested just seven) 1524mm gauge steam locomotives which appear to be in working order;
Wood burner Tk3 1168 is pictured with 2 Finnish steam enthusiasts, so steam enthusiasm is alive and well in Finland.
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