#0459
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C5
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Hanomag· from 1881· class of 14 Finnish 0-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Finland Hannoversche2: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C5 were ordered in 1880 by the Finnish State Railways from the German Hanomag factory for the Tampere–Vaasa railway line. The locomotives were completed between 1881–1882 and received the Class designation C5. The C5 locomotives had inside cylinders, as in other C-series locomotives.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 145 years ago, in 1881.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1882–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881–1882
- in service from
- 1882
- retired
- 1930
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag
- operators
- Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 11.7 m
- weight
- 33 t
- nicknames
- “Bliksti”
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16957547, Wikipedia: Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.