#0555
Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1
🇨🇭 Switzerland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1885· class of Finnish steam locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1 1: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1 was a class of tank locomotives, which did not have to be turned at terminal stations. The water tank was located below the space behind the cab, in contrast to more modern tank locomotives where the water tanks usually placed either side of or on top of the boiler. F1 locomotives were used in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Viipuri for local traffic, which they could easily handle.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 50 years (1885–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1898
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1935
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4
- length
- 8.6 m
- weight
- 26.1 t
- nicknames
- “Felix”
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17067383, Wikipedia: Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.