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- 1. Höyryveturin vetämä paikallisjuna Helsingin rautatieasemalla - N211273 - hkm.HKMS000005-000004dd: Volker von Bonin· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
VR Class Pr1 (original classification N1, nickname Paikku, from Finnish “paikallinen”, local) was a tank steam locomotive for local passenger services of Finnish railways.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1924–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924–1926
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1972
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- Hanomag, Tampella, Lokomo
- operators
- VR Group, Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2T
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 88.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7907512, Wikipedia: VR Class Pr1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.