VR Class Sk1

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

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:;
• 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)
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.
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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 and 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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