The locomotive that came to form VR Class Vk4 was originally one of a pair of

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T locomotives ordered from Rheinmetall

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, Germany to work at Ino fortress at Terijoki on the

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. The locomotives had 2 axles, they were the wet-steam type, and used a slip-Walschaert valve gear. Production numbers and years were 7268/1909 and 7858/1910. The fortress was in Finnish hands when Finland became independent. The fortress was not needed after the Treaty of Tartu in 1920. It was therefore decided to cancel the order for the locomotives. But this was not possible so it was decided to use the locomotives in the dismantling of the fortress. In 1919, the second locomotive, 7858/1910, was sold to as an industrial locomotive. The first locomotive continued to work dismantling the fort until 1922 when it was acquired by a building company in

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. After this the locomotive was sold to Enqvist Ltd Ab,

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who scrapped it in 1951. The second locomotive was purchased by the VR Kuopio depot and given the running number 68. The locomotive was still running in the 1960s. The locomotive was used until 1962 and finally withdrawn in 1967. In the early 1980s it was restored externally and placed in the Kuopio locomotive shed. It was discovered in 1986 by Savo Steam Transport Museum. Unfortunately, the museum project floundered and the locomotive was plinthed outside a restaurant. In 2008 it was decided to restore the locomotive. On 24 March 2009, the locomotive was moved to

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workshop, where ultrasound measurements were taken. The final restoration was carried out by ABB Services and the

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, where the locomotive arrived on 8 May 2009. The locomotive was presented to the public on 17 June 2010. The locomotive is currently situated at the

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, and is steamed up several times every summer.

References

* Resiina 3/2010: Sakari K Salo: Kulttuuriteko - Vk4 LEENA, s. 26 - 31 * http://yle.fi/alueet/hame/2010/06/leena_on_pieni_hidas_ja_tehoton_1776781.htm
Finnish Website about Vk4
* Sakari K. Salo: Höyryveturikirja, s. 14. Helsinki: Kustantaja Laaksonen, 2009. . * Pölhö, Eljas – Pykälä-Aho, Mia: Suomen juna- ja raitiovaunukuvasto / Finnish Motive Power 1.1.1996., 1996. . Finnish / English * Katajisto, Juhani. (1985). Eilispäivän kulkuneuvoja.. Hämeenlinna:Tietoteos. . * https://web.archive.org/web/20130516182252/http://www.rautatie.org/web/en/default.as
Finnish Railway Museum
Official website * http://www.srhs.fi/index4.htm

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