VR Class Vr1

Before 1942, the VR Class Vr1 were originally classified as L1.^[1] The Vr1 was a powerful and effective locomotive. Part of them were built by Tampella and part by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG of Germany.^[2] They were numbered 530–544, 656–670, 787–799^[3] and were nicknamed “Kana” ("Hen").^[4] They were operation from 1913-1974.^[5]

Preservation

Gallery

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  VR Class Vr1 steam locomotive No. 670. Built by Hanomag in Hannover-Linden, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1923 as No. 10265. Now on display at the salder castle museum in Salzgitter-Salder, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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  VR Class Vr1 steam locomotive No. 670. Built by Hanomag in Hannover-Linden, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1923 as No. 10265. Now on display at the salder castle museum in Salzgitter-Salder, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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  Vr Class Vr1 steam locomotive no. 656 on a turntable outside Salo Art Museum in Salo, Finland
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  Vr Class Vr1 steam locomotive no. 656 on a turntable outside Salo Art Museum in Salo, Finland
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  A 1:8 live steam scale model of a VR Class Vr1 type 0-6-0 tank locomotive from 1914.
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  VR Class Vr1 #665 (ex-VR Class L1 #665) in Pieksämäki
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  Finnish Steam Locomotive Class Vr1 No 669 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
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  Finnish Steam Locomotive Class Vr1 No 669 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum
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  Builder's Plate of Finnish Steam Locomotive Class Vr1 No 669 preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum

See also

• Finnish Railway Museum
• History of rail transport in Finland
• Jokioinen Museum Railway
• List of Finnish locomotives
• VR Class Pr1
• VR Class Hr1
• VR Class Tk3
• VR Group

References

1. "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
2. "Finnish Railway Museum - Welcome!". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
3. "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
4. "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
5. Katajisto, Juhani. (1985). Eilispäivän kulkuneuvoja.. Hämeenlinna:Tietoteos. ISBN 951-9035-79-6

• Salo, Sakari K. (2009). Höyryveturikirja, s. 14. Helsinki: Kustantaja Laaksonen. ISBN 978-952-5805-12-3.
• Pölhö, Eljas; Pykälä-Aho, Mia (1996). Suomen juna- ja raitiovaunukuvasto [Finnish Motive Power 1.1.1996] (in Finnish and English). ISBN 91-7266-133-X.
• Katajisto, Juhani (1985). Eilispäivän kulkuneuvoja. Hämeenlinna: Tietoteos. ISBN 951-9035-79-6.
• "Finnish Railway Museum". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2012-01-30. Official website
• "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-28.

External links

• Finnish Railway Museum
• Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum