2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VR Class Vk11 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 1: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. VR Class Vk11 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 2: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VR Class Vk11 No 101 locomotive was purchased for testing on a six-mile stretch of track between Vuokatti and Sotkamo, where the use of steam locomotives had proved to be uneconomical due to low traffic. The locomotive was ordered from the Swedish act called Ab Slipmaterial of Sweden, and it was completed in 1930. The locomotive had a six-litre Wisconsin petrol-paraffin internal-combustion engine.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Served for 39 years (1930–1969).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1930–1936
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1969
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Paraffin locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- Lokomo
- operators
- VR Group, Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17099630, Wikipedia: VR Class Vk11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.