VR Class Sk1

VR Class Sk1
Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G1, G2 & G4

Class Sk1 No 124 at the Finnish Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Serial number 117-131,134-149,152-172,183-190
Build date 1885
Total produced 60
Specifications
Configuration 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)
Performance figures
Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
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.
information from [1]

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 and Machine Works in 1885. Two are preserved, one at (No. 124), at the Finnish Railway Museum, and the other (No. 135) at Hyvinkää. .

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura ry". Srhs.fi. Retrieved 2013-07-17.


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