The Finnish VR Class Tk3 (original classification 'K5') was a 2-8-0 light freight locomotive. It was the most numerous steam locomotive class in Finland with 161 built. 100 locomotives were constructed between 1927 and 1930,Katajisto, Juhani. (1985). ''Eilispäivän kulkuneuvoja''. p. 42. Hämeenlinna:Tietoteos. . with a further 61 ordered and constructed 1943–53.Sakari K. Salo:Höyryveturikirja, They were numbered 800–899, 1100–1118, and 1129–1170. They were designed for a low axle load of just . This allowed them to operate on lightly laid secondary lines, but during their many years of service, up to the end of the steam era, they were also widely used on main lines hauling slow passenger trains that made frequent stops. They were affectionately called "Pikku-Jumbo" (The Little Jumbo) because of their good performance despite their low weight. They had a low fuel consumption (usually Tk3s used birch wood) and good riding characteristics. They also had good steaming characteristics and were very popular among locomotive crews. The livery of Tk3 was the same as other VR steam locomotives: dark locomotive green with a black smokebox. When new some locos were lined with thin gold decoration. The gold decorations were not repainted during maintenance, so they were seldom seen. Two Tk3-type engines were originally supplied by Tampella to Rauma Rautatie as Nos. 9 and 10 (ex-No. 8) in 1935 and 1927 respectively. These engines became Tk3 1117 and 1118 after the private railway was absorbed by the State network in 1950.

Preservation

Thirty-eight members of the class have been preserved: *852

Pieksämäki Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. Th ...

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Kouvola railway station The Kouvola railway station ( fi, Kouvolan rautatieasema, sv, Kouvola järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Kouvola in Finland. The Kouvola railway station is an important crossing point station. It is located about from the Helsinki Cen ...

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...

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Haapamäki Haapamäki is a village in the municipality of Keuruu, Finland. It is historically an important meeting point of major railway lines, which converge at Haapamäki railway station. It is from Haapamäki to the center of Keuruu and to the city of ...

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Russian Railway Museum The Russian Railway Museum is situated next to Baltiysky railway station in Saint Petersburg. The museum was established in 1978, its current site and exhibition opened to public on 1 November 2017. The museum utilizes the nineteenth century lo ...

Baltiysky railway station St. Petersburg-Baltiysky (russian: Балти́йский вокза́л) is a railway station in St. Petersburg, one of the busiest railway stations in Russia by volume of suburban traffic. The station was modelled by architect Alexander Kra ...

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Parola Parola is an urban area in the municipality of Hattula in Finland. It is located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki. Cities nearby include Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Lahti and Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located al ...

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Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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Vaala Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality ''Säräisniemi'', established in 1867), the municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which ...

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Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

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Acton, Suffolk Acton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Cuckoo Tye and Newman's Green. Etymology According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the name is "''Village by the Oaks''". History T ...

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Suolahti Suolahti is a former list of towns in Finland, town and List of former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finl ...

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Bressingham Steam and Gardens Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or sci ...

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Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Per� ...

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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Pasila Pasila (; sv, Böle, ) is a part of Helsinki, Finland, that is both a central-northern neighbourhood and district, bordering the areas of Alppila to the south, the Central Park ( Keskuspuisto) to the west, and Vallila to the east. Pasila is ...

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Rauma, Finland Rauma (; sv, Raumo) is a town and municipality of around () inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Its neighbouring municipalities are Eura, Eurajoki, Laitila and Pyhäranta. Granted town privileges on 1 ...

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Karis Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori. It is located in the Finnish province of Southern ...

Gallery

File:Finnish 2-8-0.jpg, Tk 3 -class locomotive (most numerous steam locomotive class in Finland), in a commercial livery for the Sinebrychoff brewery (normal livery was black/forest green) File:Steam special (231970043).jpg, Tk 3 locomotive in a commercial livery File:Steam special (231970204).jpg, Tk 3 locomotive in a commercial livery File:Steam special (231970343).jpg, Tk 3 locomotive in a commercial livery File:Tk3-1105 Finnish locomotive Russian Railway Museum.jpg, Tk3 1105 at the

, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (1).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Varshavsky Rail Terminal Varshavsky station (russian: Варша́вский вокза́л, ''Varshavsky vokzal''), or Warsaw station, is a former passenger railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located to the south of the city centre, and was in operation ...

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (2).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (3).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (4).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (5).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (6).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (7).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (8).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (9).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (10).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (11).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (12).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (13).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (14).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (16).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Грузовой паровоз ТкЗ 1105 (17).jpg, Tk3 1105 at

Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia File:Tk3 steam locomotive.jpg, Tk3 no. 1136 steam locomotive running as special service from

Kotka Kotka (; ; la, Aquilopolis) is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish ...

File:Tk3 in Helsinki.jpg, Tk3 steam locomotive in Helsinki File:Tk3 1147 in Rovaniemi 20120210 01.jpg, preserved VR Class Tk3 steam locomotive (no. 1147) covered with snow at

railway station in Rovaniemi, Finland File:Locomotora de Rovamieni - panoramio.jpg, VR Class Tk3 1147 at

railway station File:Locomotive at Ongar Station - geograph.org.uk - 1163337.jpg, Tk3 1151 at Ongar Station

Epping Ongar Railway The Epping Ongar Railway is a heritage railway in south-west Essex, England, run by a small number of paid staff and a team of volunteers. It was the final section of the Great Eastern Railway branch line, later the London Underground's Centr ...

File:Tk3 1159.jpg, Tk3 1159 at

File:Porvoo - panoramio - jampe (2).jpg, Tk3 1168 File:Old steam locomotive - panoramio.jpg, Tk3 1170 at

File:Tk3 1170 Karjaalla (1).jpg, Tk3 1170 at

File:Tk3 1170 Karjaalla (2).jpg, Tk3 1170 at

File:Tk3 1170 Karjaalla (4).jpg, Tk3 1170 at

File:Tk3 no1167.jpg, Tk3 no1167 at Rauma Finland

References

Literature

Valtionrautatiet 1937-1962, Helsinki 1962 {{Rolling stock of Russia Tampella locomotives Tk3 2-8-0 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1927 Tk3 5 ft gauge locomotives

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