VR Class Sk3

VR Class Sk3
Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G3, G5, G10 & G11

Class Sk3 No 400 at the Finnish Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Tampella
Serial number 173–177, 191–195, 214–221, 334–359, 373–406, 427–436
Build date 1892–1903
Total produced 88
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-0
Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Length 14.07 m (46 ft 2 in)
Loco weight 34.5 t (34.0 long tons; 38.0 short tons) (G3)
33.5 t (33.0 long tons; 36.9 short tons) (G5)
35.3 t (34.7 long tons; 38.9 short tons) (G10 and G11)
Fuel type Coal or wood
Fuel capacity Coal: 5.5 m3 (194.2 cu ft)
Wood: 3.7 m3 (130.7 cu ft)
Water cap 7.9 m3 (279.0 cu ft)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 1.38 m2 (14.85 sq ft)
Heating surface 87.2 m2 (938.6 sq ft)
Performance figures
Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
Career
Nicknames "Mummo" ("Grandmother")
Disposition One preserved (No. 400), at the Finnish Railway Museum
information from [1]

The VR Class Sk3, originally known as the Finnish Steam Locomotive Classes G3, G5, G10 & G11, was a class of 88 2-6-0 steam locomotives, built for the Finnish State Railways from 1892 to 1903 at Tampella. One is preserved (No. 400), at the Finnish Railway Museum

See also

The builder’s plate of Sk3 No 400 of 1903 at the Finnish Railway Museum 

References

  1. ↑ http://www.srhs.fi/index4.htm
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