VR Class Sk1

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Serial number	117–131, 134–149, 152–172, 183–190
Build date	1885
Total produced	60

VR Class Sk1
Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4
VR Class Sk1; Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4
	Class Sk1 No 124 at the Finnish Railway Museum
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Serial number	117–131, 134–149, 152–172, 183–190
Build date	1885
Total produced	60
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-6-0
Gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Length	12.8 m (42 feet 0 inches)
Loco weight	42.5 t (41.8 long tons; 46.8 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal or wood
Fuel capacity	Coal: 4.5 m3 (158.9 cu ft); Wood: 5 m3 (176.6 cu ft)
Water cap.	4.6 m3 (162.4 cu ft)
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	1.11 m2 (11.95 sq ft)
Heating surface	68.3 m2 (735.2 sq ft)
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Nicknames
Career
Nicknames	Little Brown
First run	1885
Disposition	One preserved (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and one preserved in (No. 135) at Hyvinkää.
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The VR Class Sk1, originally known as the Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4, were a series of 60 2-6-0 locomotives built for the Finnish State Railways by Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works in 1885. Two are preserved, one at (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and the other (No. 135) at Hyvinkää.

External links[]

VR Class Sk1 124 at the Finnish Railway Museum in 2017
builder's plate of Societe Suisse locomotive No 405 of 1884 2-6-0 at the Finnish Railway Museum
VR Class Sk1 146 at Kotka railway station

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