Finnish Railway Museum

Railway museum in Hyvinkää, Finland

C1 at the museum in 2006

A propane-fired 1:8 scale live steam train running on the Finnish Railway Museum's 7.25-inch (18.4 cm) gauge track

The Finnish Railway Museum (Finnish: Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.

The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway. In addition to the station building, there is a roundhouse and several other preserved buildings, mainly from the 1870s. The museum also has a live steam backyard railroad track, where train rides are offered to the public during special run days in the summer months.

Exhibits

See also

• Jokioinen Museum Railway
• Hanko–Hyvinkää railway

External links

• Finnish Railway Museum Official website
• Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
• Photographs of Finnish Steam Locomotives
• Youtube video of the Museum miniature railway in use
• Finnish website with locomotive technical data Archived 2016-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Nykarleby Jernväg Museum Railway
• Veturimuseo at Toijala