#4107· VR Sr 1
VR Class Sr1
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant· from 1971· electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sr1 3107 Helsinki: Antti Havukainen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. VR Sr1 3043 Kv: Otto Karikoski· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. I11 610 Bf Turku, Sr1 3084: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Sr1-3036: trainsru· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Sr1 3046 at Oulu railway station 19860614: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Sr1 hauling freight train in Jarvenpaa in 1987 cropped: Sr1_hauling_freight_train_in_Jarvenpaa_in_1987.jpg : Felix O derivative work: Yaamboo ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Sr1 kaksinveto yhteenkytkentä: Psl10i· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Sr1 ohjaamo: Psl10i· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. 01 248 Bf Tampere, Dr13 2324, Sr1 3040: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 05.07.16 Turku Sr1 3069 (27671971323): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Sr1 is a class of electric locomotives built for VR of Finland. These 25 kV locomotives were built in the Soviet Union at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Factory between 1973 and 1985. Two additional locomotives of this class were built at the VR Hyvinkää Machine Workshop in 1993 and 1995, number 3111 from spare parts and number 3112 from the original prototype locomotive (number 3000) that was never used by the VR. The official classification given by the manufacturer is VL70 or ES40.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 3.1 MW is about 36 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1973–1996).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1971–1995
- in service from
- 1973
- retired
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 112
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, Škoda Transportation, ABB Oy
- operators
- VR Group
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 3.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19 m
- weight
- 84 t
- Dutch name
- VR Sr 1
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1188716, Wikipedia: VR Class Sr1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.