Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1
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![]() Class F1 No 132 photographed in Jakobstad, Finland. It operated between 1886–1932. It is now preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum | |||||||||||||||||||
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Finnish Steam Locomotive Class F1 was a class of tank locomotives, which did not have to be turned at terminal stations. The water tank was located below the space behind the cab, in contrast to more modern tank locomotives where the water tanks usually placed either side of or on top of the boiler.
F1 locomotives used in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Viipuri for local traffic, which they could easily handle. When the local transport in the early 1900s increased the F1 locomotives proved no longer sufficiently powerful, and they were replaced by more powerful Vk1 / I1 locomotives. They were employed moving lightweight mixed trains short distances, a task for which they were well suited. The F1s were withdrawn in the 1930s. The only surviving F1, is the number 132 at the Finnish Railway Museum which is painted in the livery in which it was delivered from the factory. and Anniversary 150 Years and 1851 to 2021 and North Shore Line and Central to Gordon and Via By Lindfield and Gordon to Central and Via By Lindfield and 3801 and F1 4 Cars
See also[]
- Finnish Railway Museum
- VR Group
- List of Finnish locomotives
- List of railway museums Worldwide
- Heritage railways
- List of heritage railways
- Restored trains
- Jokioinen Museum Railway
- History of rail transport in Finland
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Gallery[]
Class F1, Societe Suisse locomotive No 434 at the Finnish Railway Museum.
builder’s plate of Societe Suisse locomotive No 434 of 1886 at the Finnish Railway Museum.
References[]
- VR locomotives
- Steam locomotives of Finland
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1885
- SLM locomotives
- 0-4-4 locomotives
- 5 ft gauge locomotives