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#5006· VR Sr 2

VR Class Sr2

🇫🇮 Finland ·built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1995· electric locomotive

⚡ electric locomotive electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. VR-Sr2-3204-Turku: No machine-readable author provided. Bobo11 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY 2.5
  2. 2. VR Sr2 3202 Tampere 2012-06-22: Otto Karikoski· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Sr2 3206 Helsinki: Psl10i· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. 04.07.16 Helsinki Sr2 3215 (28202661901): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 06.07.16 Joensuu Sr2 3225 and Dm12 4413 (28319899045): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 12.07.16 Helsinki Sr2 3246 (28567056165): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. D08.17a Bf Helsinki Hbf, Sr 2 3245: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  8. 8. I11 577 Bf Turku Hafen, Sr2 3228: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. I11 593 Bf Turku, Sr2 3228: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. I11 600 Bf Turku, Sr2 3203: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
VR Class Sr2, photo 1 of 10
1/10 No machine-readable author provided. Bobo11 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY 2.5

what is it?

The Sr2 is a class of electric locomotives of the VR Group. They were built by SLM/ABB and later by Adtranz and finally Bombardier Transportation and assembled by Transtech Oy. They are closely based on the class Re 460 (or Lok 2000) locomotives of Swiss Federal Railways.

who runs it

VR Group

base stats

  • speed 210 km/htop speed
  • power 6 MWpower output
  • weight 82 tin working order
  • built 46made in total

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 31 years ago, in 1995.
  • Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
  • 6 MW is about 71 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.
  • Still in service after 31 years.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1995–2003
in service from
1995
status
in service
number built
46
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇫🇮 Finland
builders
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, ABB Group, Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Škoda Transtech
operators
VR Group
top speed
210 km/h
power
6 MW
gauge
1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
electric system
25 kV AC 50 Hz Overhead lines
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
19 m
weight
82 t
Dutch name
VR Sr 2

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q948522, Wikipedia: VR Class Sr2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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