The VR Class Vk11 No 101 locomotive was purchased for testing on a six-mile stretch of track between Vuokatti and Sotkamo, where the use of steam locomotives had proved to be uneconomical due to low traffic. The locomotive was ordered from the Swedish act called Ab Slipmaterial of Sweden, and it was completed in 1930. The locomotive had a six-litre
Wisconsin petrol-paraffin internal-combustion engine. In January 1931 the locomotive was delivered to Finland, it initially received the number Mt 101. Another very similar locomotive was ordered home in 1935. It was built by
Lokomo
Oy Lokomo Ab was a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. The company was founded in 1915 by a group of Finnish businesspeople, including Jalmar Castrén and Emil Aaltonen. The Lokomo fac ...
in Finland and had an 80 hp paraffin
Andros petrol-paraffin engine. It initially received the number Mt 102. In 1953 locomotive class designation was changed to Vk11, and in 1962 they were renumbered again to Tve-ko1 and Tve-ko2.
Vk11 locomotives were broadly similar to each other, but there were a number of detail differences. Both were two-axle and weighing 12 tons. Both had engines that ran on kerosene / paraffin as fuel but required gasoline / petrol to start them. Locomotives had different lengths of 5.6 m and 6.0 m.
Locomotive Vk11 No. 101 was tested on Vuokatti-Sotkamo line for four months. When the passenger rail in this case was discontinued, it was transferred to the locomotive workshop in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
on internal traffic. In 1935, the locomotive was placed in a shunting yard in
Siuro
Siuro () is a village in the western part of the Nokia town in Pirkanmaa, Finland. In 2015, the population of the village was measured to be 2,526 inhabitants. Siuro is a fairly large area, which includes the western part of the nearby Siuronkosk ...
. After that the locomotive was used at
Vaasa and the workshop at
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
as a shunter. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1962.
Numbering, Duration of Operation and Manufacturer
See also
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Finnish Railway Museum
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VR Group
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List of Finnish locomotives
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List of railway museums Worldwide
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Heritage railways
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List of heritage railways
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Restored trains
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Jokioinen Museum Railway
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History of rail transport in Finland
External links
Finnish Railway Museum
Gallery
File:VR Class Vk11 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 1.jpg, VR Class Vk11 Petrol-paraffin shunting locomotive at the Finnish Railway Museum
File:VR Class Vk11 Hyvinkaa Rly Mus Finland 2.jpg, VR Class Vk11 Petrol-paraffin shunting locomotive at the Finnish Railway Museum
References
{{Finnish locomotives
Vk11
Vk11
Railway locomotives introduced in 1930