The VR Class Ds1 Also known as "Puumotti" (Roughly translated to Wood Cubic meter "motti" being a means to measure wood volume) was the first
railbus
A railbus is a lightweight passenger railcar that shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies. Originally designed and developed ...
of the Finnish State Railways. It was ordered in 1927. The Ds1 was built by the Pasila workshop, but the automotive parts including the engine were supplied by the Swedish company DEVA. Ds1 has a diesel engine and an electric drive, with a diesel generator providing power to the wheels. A cab is at either end of the vehicle, so that the vehicle did not have to be turned at terminal stations. The vehicle consisted of a motor room, a luggage compartment, and a 3rd class passenger compartment bare on a wooden bench seating.
The Finnish State Railways started ordering
Diesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...
s and railcars, as road transport began to compete with rail passenger services. To compete with car and bus services the state railway added a number of train services and intermediate halts to its network. The use of steam locomotives on quiet railway lines would have been inappropriate, and the associated costs would have been too high.
The last Ds1 was withdrawn in 1955, the same year as the first
VR Class Dm7
The Dm6 and Dm7 were diesel multiple units built by Valmet in the 1950s and 1960s for Valtionrautatiet. They are known by their nickname ''lättähattu'' (Finnish for "flat cap", the first widespread youth culture movement in Finland).
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was completed.
Numbering and Duration of Operation
See also
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Finnish Railway Museum
The Finnish Railway Museum ( fi, Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.
The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hank ...
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VR Group
VR-Group Plc ( fi, VR-Yhtymä Oyj, sv, VR-Group Abp), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 co ...
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List of Finnish locomotives
This is a list of locomotives and multiple units that have been used in Finland. VR Group (privatised in 1995, previously ''Valtionrautatiet'', Finnish state railways) had a monopoly on passenger traffic until 1.1.2021, but is currently the only ...
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List of railway museums
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam locomotive, steam, diesel locomotive, diesel, and electric locomotive, electric), railroad car, railway cars, tra ...
Worldwide
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Heritage railways
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
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List of heritage railways
This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and often seeks ...
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Restored trains
Conservation and restoration of rail vehicles aims to preserve historic rail vehicles.
Trains
It may concern trains that have been removed from service and later restored to their past condition, or have never been removed from service, like UP ...
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Jokioinen Museum Railway
The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the gauge Jokioinen Railway.
The museum was established on February 2, 1978, four years after the dis ...
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History of rail transport in Finland
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The history of rail transport in Finland began on January 31, 1862, with the opening of the railway line between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. By 1900 most of the future mai ...
External links
Finnish Railway Museum
Gallery
File:VR Class Ds1 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 1.jpg, VR Class Ds1 railcar at the Finnish Railway Museum
The Finnish Railway Museum ( fi, Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.
The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hank ...
File:VR Class Ds1 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 2.jpg, VR Class Ds1 railcar at the Finnish Railway Museum
File:VR Class Ds1 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 3.jpg, VR Class Ds1 railcar at the Finnish Railway Museum
File:VR Class Ds1 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 4.jpg, VR Class Ds1 railcar at the Finnish Railway Museum
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Multiple units of Finland