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VR Class Sk1
🇫🇮 Finland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1885· Finnish steam locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Finland SocieteSuisse1: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. VR Class Sk1 124 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VR Class Sk1, originally known as the Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4, were a series of 60 2-6-0 locomotives built for the Finnish State Railways by Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works in 1885. Two are preserved, one at (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and the other (No.
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 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885
- in service from
- 1885
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- VR Group, Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 42.5 t
- nicknames
- Little Brown
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17099312, Wikipedia: VR Class Sk1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.