The Finnish Railway Museum ( fi, Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It was founded in 1898 and located in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974. The museum is on the original station and yard site of the

Hanko–Hyvinkää railway The Hanko–Hyvinkää Railroad, 1872–1875 ( sv, Hangö–Hyvinge järnväg), was Finland's first privately funded railway. Hanko is the southernmost town in Finland. Hanko has a seaport which, thanks to its location, can be used for the ...

. In addition to the station building, there is a roundhouse and several other preserved buildings, mainly from the 1870s. The museum also has a

live steam Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. The steam is used to operate stationary or moving equipment. A live steam machine or device is one powered by steam, but the term is usually reserved for those that ar ...

backyard railroad __NOTOC__ A backyard railroad is a privately owned, outdoor railroad, most often in miniature, but large enough for one or several persons to ride on. The rail gauge can be anything from to or more. Smaller backyard or outdoor railroads that c ...

track, where

train ride A train ride or miniature train consists of Rail transport modelling, miniature trains capable of carrying people. Some are considered amusement rides and some are located in amusement parks and municipal parks. Backyard railroads and ridable mi ...

s are offered to the public during special run days in the summer months.

Exhibits

External links

Finnish Railway Museum
Official website

* ttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotives_of_Finland Photographs of Finnish Steam Locomotives
Youtube video of the Museum miniature railway in use

Nykarleby Jernväg Museum Railway

Veturimuseo at Toijala
{{Authority control History of Helsinki Hyvinkää Museums established in 1898 Museums in Uusimaa Railway museums in Finland 1898 establishments in Finland

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