#0221
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1869· class of 10 Finnish 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Class C1 Steam Locomotives were introduced in 1868 for use in the Grand Duchy of Finland, then an autonomous region of the Russian Empire. Built by Neilson & Company in Glasgow, Scotland, these locomotives reflected the design principles of Victorian-era British 0-6-0 freight engines. They featured inside cylinders and Stephenson link motion.
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 157 years ago, in 1869.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 60 years (1869–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1869
- in service from
- 1869
- retired
- 1929
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- operators
- Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 26.2 t
- nicknames
- Bristollari ("the Bristolian")
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16836868, Wikipedia: Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.