3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Finland Sk3 1: Harveyqs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. VR Class locomotive Sk3 nr404 in Pasila: Reino Kalevi Lehtonen· Public domain
- 3. Finnish Railway Museum Sk3 400: Nina Laakso· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The VR Class Sk3, originally known as the Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G3, G5, G10 & G11, was a class of 88 2-6-0 steam locomotives, built for the Finnish State Railways from 1892 to 1903 at Tampella. One is preserved (No.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.1 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
- 1892–1903
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 88
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- Tampella
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 14.1 m
- weight
- 34.5 t
- nicknames
- "Mummo" ("Grandmother")
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17099324, Wikipedia: VR Class Sk3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.