Finnish Locomotives

Finnish Locomotives

If we start with the Finnish VR 1524 mm gauge steam locomotives I can see that list Based to Rakov is correct regarding the days of The Grand Duchy of Finland. Except for class K4 1D-h2 Nos 618-637 ( ALCo 1917 ). True, they were ordered on 20.10.1916 and built by ALCo (The American Locomotive Company) in 1917 but they were delivered to Finland in 1918 and 1919 when Finland was independent state, declared her independence on December 6.1917. The first five locomotives were shipped to Narvik in Norway in April 1918 and transported as " kits " to Tampere where newly founded Lokomo started to compile them. The locomotives were ready for service in June 1918. The remaining 15 locomotives stayed in United States and were shipped by spring 1919 to Helsinki.They were compiled to running order at VR Helsinki and Viipuri Works. They entered into service in summer 1919. Thus, they were not delivered to Grand Duchy of Finland. In their working life the only commection what they had to Soviet Union was that a number of them were allocated to Ддnislinna ( Petroskoi / Petrozavodsk ) depot in 1942- 1944 hauling trains to Karhumдki,Syvдri and Suojдrvi. ( original Karelian / Finnish place names ). Vitali Rakov did not know this and placed them also in his 1991 book.

But during the days when Finland was part of Russian Empire there were lot common in railway field. SVR ( Suomen Valtionrautatiet )[ Finlandґs State Railways ] owned and operated also the line from Valkeasaari to St.Petersburg Finland station ( double track 41 km ) and paid also 1 / 3 of the connecting line expenses.
Here you have those which were in Petrograd when the border was closed in April 1918.

A4 71 2B-n2 Baldwin 3567 1873 ( used as mobile steam boiler ) + 1918

C1 30 C-n2 Neilson 1436 1869 + 1918 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

C2 36 C-n2 Avonside Engine 765 1869 + 1918 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

C4 81 C-n2 SiglN 2211 1875 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia ) ¹⁾

C4 83 C-n2 SiglN 2213 1875 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia ) ¹⁾

C4 89 C-n2 SiglN 2219 1875 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia ) ¹⁾

H1 232 2C-n2 Baldwin 15751 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

H2 293 2C-n2 Richmond 2991 1900 bought back to VR in 1925

H2 297 2C-n2 Richmond 2995 1900 bought back to VR in 1925

H2 329 2C-n2 Richmond 3153 1901 bought back to VR in 1925

H2 332 2C-n2 Richmond 3156 1901 bought back to VR in 1925

H2 333 2C-n2 Richmond 3157 1901 bought back to VR in 1925

H5 479 2C-h2 Tampere 136 1909 bought back to VR in 1923

H5 482 2C-h2 Tampere 146 1909 bought back to VR in 1923

H5 483 2C-h2 Tampere 147 1909 bought back to VR in 1923

H5 484 2C-h2 Tampere 148 1909 bought back to VR in 1923

H5 485 2C-h2 Tampere 149 1909 bought back to VR in 1923

H8 548 2C-h2 Tampere 239 1915 bought back to VR in 1928

H8 558 2C-h2 Tampere 249 1915 bought back to VR in 1928

H8 564 2C-h2 Tampere 255 1916 bought back to VR in 1928

H8 565 2C-h2 Tampere 257 1916 bought back to VR in 1928

H8 567 2C-h2 Tampere 259 1916 bought back to VR in 1928

H8 568 2C-h2 Tampere 260 1916 bought back to VR in 1928

H7 516 2C-h2 Tampere 189 1912 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 517 2C-h2 Tampere 190 1912 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 518 2C-h2 Tampere 191 1912 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 522 2C-h2 Tampere 196 1912 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 523 2C-h2 Tampere 200 1912 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 524 2C-h2 Tampere 202 1913 bought back to VR in 1923

H7 525 2C-h2 Tampere 203 1913 bought back to VR in 1923

G3 173 1C-n2v SLM 730 1892 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

G10 351 1C-n2v Schwartzkopff 2935 1901 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

G10 358 1C-n2v Schwartzkopff 2942 1901 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

G11 379 1C-n2v Tampere 28 1902 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

G11 381 1C-n2v Tampere 30 1902 bought back to VR in 1928

G11 395 1C-n2v Tampere 44 1902 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

G11 396 1C-n2v Tampere 45 1902 bought back to VR in 1928

G11 401 1C-n2v Tampere 50 1903 bought back to VR in 1928

G11 402 1C-n2v Tampere 51 1903 bought back to VR in 1928

G7 242 1C-n2 Baldwin 15700 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 243 1C-n2 Baldwin 15701 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 248 1C-n2 Baldwin 15729 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 249 1C-n2 Baldwin 15730 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 251 1C-n2 Baldwin 15732 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 253 1C-n2 Baldwin 15734 1898 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 306 1C-n2 Baldwin 17557 1900 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 312 1C-n2 Baldwin 17563 1900 bought back to VR in 1925

G7 313 1C-n2 Baldwin 17564 1900 bought back to VR in 1925

K3 605 1D-h2 Tampere 274 1917 bought back to VR in 1928

K3 607 1D-h2 Tampere 276 1917 bought back to VR in 1928

K3 608 1D-h2 Tampere 277 1917 bought back to VR in 1928

K3 609 1D-h2 Tampere 278 1917 bought back to VR in 1928

K3 611 1D-h2 Tampere 280 1917 bought back to VR in 1928

L1 532 Ct-n2 Tampere 215 1913 bought back to VR in 1928

L1 537 Ct-n2 Tampere 220 1914 bought back to VR in 1928

L1 538 Ct-n2 Tampere 221 1914 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

L1 539 Ct-n2 Tampere 222 1914 bought back to VR in 1928

L1 540 Ct-n2 Tampere 223 1914 bought back to VR in 1928

L1 543 Ct-n2 Tampere 226 1914 + 1920 ( stayed in Soviet Russia )

¹⁾ These three were renumbered:

SiglN 2211 1875 VR 1875-1879 No 62 1879-1887 No 214 1887 -> No 81

SiglN 2213 1875 VR 1875-1879 No 64 1879-1887 No 216 1887 -> No 83

SiglN 2219 1875 VR 1875-1879 No 70 1879-1887 No 222 1887 -> No 89

Class K3 locomotives were sent in 1917 to Omsk to haul grain trains back to Finland but were blocked to Petrograd and stayed there for 10 years. The above mentioned locomotives were mostly allocated to Petrograd / Leningrad Finland station depot.Those which stayed in Soviet Russia were not at the time at Leningrad when other members were bought back to Finland.
Then during the Finnish Civil War 28.01 - 30.04.1918 a number of VR locomotives were driven by the Finnish Reds to Soviet Russia. They stayed there to to 1923-1928 before being bought back to Finland. But not all. Some stayed in Soviet Russia and were never returned.

In Winter War VR lost six locomotives to Soviet Union. All others were evacuated behind the new Moscow Peace Border.

G10 353 1C-n2v Schwartzkopff 2953 1901 no trace afterward

H2 294 2C-h2 Richmond 2992 1900 found in bes serija

K2 470 1D-n2v Tampere 123 1907 Leningrad Junction Zh.D./ October Zh.D.

K3 615 1D-h2 Tampere 284 1917 reported ( wrongly) as NKO 613

K3 617 1D-h2 Tampere 286 1917 October Zh.D. Sold back to VR in 1951

I1 301 1C2t-h2 Baldwin 17565 1900 no trace afterward

Then in summer 1940 Soviet Union started to pressure and blackmail Finland to cede 75 locomotives to Soviet Union to operate the railway lines ( 972 km ) which were ceded under Moscow Peace Treaty to Soviet Union. These 75 locomotives were ceced to Soviet Union between July 15. and September 7.1940.

G7 306 1C-h2 Baldwin 17557 1900 -> Zh-306 ²⁾

G7 307 1C-h2 Baldwin 17558 1900 -> ( no information )

G9 360 1C-h2 Tampere 9 1901 -> ( no information )

G9 362 1C-h2 Tampere 11 1901 -> Zh-362 +1943? ²⁾

G9 363 1C-h2 Tampere 12 1901 -> bes serija 363

G9 370 1C-h2 Tampere 19 1901 -> ( no information )

G10 350 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2934 1901 -> Zh-350 ²⁾

G10 352 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2936 1901 -> Zh-352 ²⁾ reclassifeid to K-352

G10 354 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2938 1901 -> Zh-354 ²⁾ 1941 EAW Dunaburg ( Latvia ) DR-Ost

G10 355 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2939 1901 -> Zh-355 ²⁾

G10 356 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2940 1901 -> Zh-356 Sverdlovsk Zh.D. MPD Nizhni Tagil 1952 -> industrial use ²⁾

G10 357 1C-h2 Schwartzkopff 2941 1901 -> Zh-357 ²⁾

H1 232 2C-h2 Baldwin 15751 1898 -> N1-232 ³⁾

H1 234 2C-h2 Baldwin 15753 1898 -> N1-234 1942 Kaganovitsh Zh.D. -> Sverdlovsk Zh.D. MPD Nizhni Tagil 1951 -> industrial use ³⁾

H1 235 2C-h2 Baldwin 15754 1898 -> N1-235 1946 -> industrial use ³⁾

H1 236 2C-h2 Baldwin 15755 1898 -> ( no information )

H1 237 2C-h2 Baldwin 15756 1898 -> ( no information )

H2 291 2C-h2 Richmond 2989 1900 -> N2-291 Oktober Zh.D -> Kaganovitsh Zh D. 1946 -> industrial use ³⁾

H2 295 2C-h2 Richmond 2993 1900 -> N2-295 Oktober Zh.D. ³⁾

H2 298 2C-h2 Richmond 2996 1900 -> N2-296 Oktober Zh.D. ³⁾

H5 452 2C-h2 Tampere 104 1906¹⁾ -> N5-452 1946 Rjazan-Ural Zh.D. ³⁾

H5 453 2C-h2 Tampere 105 1906¹⁾ -> ( no information )

H5 478 2C-h2 Tampere 135 1909 -> N5-478 Sverdlovsk Zh.D.MPD Nizhni Tagil 1951 -> industrial use ³⁾

H5 479 2C-h2 Tampere 136 1909 -> N5-479 1944 Stalin Zh.D 1946 -> ? ³⁾

H5 480 2C-h2 Tampere 137 1909 -> N5-480 1945 Kovel Zh.D. +1955 ³⁾

H5 481 2C-h2 Tampere 145 1909 -> N5-481 October Zh.D.1944-1947 MPD Dno ³⁾

H5 482 2C-h2 Tampere 146 1909 -> N5-482 1945 -> industrial use ³⁾

H5 483 2C-h2 Tampere 147 1909 -> FBw Nikolajev ( Ukraina ) DR-Ost -> NKPS 1944 bes serija

H5 484 2C-h2 Tampere 148 1909 -> ( no information )

H7 516 2C-h2 Tampere 189 1912 -> 1946 Stalin Zh.D.

H7 517 2C-h2 Tampere 190 1912 -> 1947 Juzhnij Zh.D

H7 518 2C-h2 Tampere 191 1912 -> 1946 Stalin Zh.D. Numbered 47.518

I1 305 1C2t-h2 Baldwin 17569 1900 -> I1-305 Gulag SZhD 1946 -> industrial use

K1 271 1D-h2 Baldwin 17301 1899 -> K1-271 1946 -> industrial use

K1 272 1D-h2 Baldwin 17302 1899 -> K1-272 1946 -> industrial use

K1 273 1D-h2 Baldwin 17303 1899 -> industrial use

K1 274 1D-h2 Baldwin 17304 1899 -> 1945 Leningrad Junction Zh.D.

K1 277 1D-h2 Baldwin 17312 1899 -> K1-277 1946 -> industrial use

K1 284 1D-h2 Baldwin 17416 1900 -> K1-284 1941 EAW Dunaburg ( Latvia ) DR-Ost 1943 -> VR Tk1-284 +1958

K3 712 1D-h2 Hanomag 10301 1923 -> K3-712 Oktober Zh.D. 1946 -> Estonia shale industry

K3 713 1D-h2 Hanomag 10302 1923 -> K3-713 Kirov Zh.D +1954

K3 714 1D-h2 Hanomag 10303 1923 -> 1945 in industrial use

K3 715 1D-h2 Hanomag 10304 1923 -> 1946 Gorki Zh.D.

K3 716 1D-h2 Hanomag 10305 1923 -> K3-716 Oktober Zh.D. Bought back to VR in 1951 Tv1-716 +1969

K3 717 1D-h2 Hanomag 10306 1923 -> K3-717 1947 -> industrial use

K3 718 1D-h2 Hanomag 10307 1923 -> K3-718 1948 -> industrial use

K3 719 1D-h2 Hanomag 10308 1923 -> K3-719 1946 -> Estonia shale industry

K3 720 1D-h2 Hanomag 10309 1923 -> K3-720 Oktober Zh.D. Bought back to VR in 1951 Tv1-720 +1969

K3 721 1D-h2 Hanomag 10310 1923 -> K3-721 Oktober Zh.D.1946

K5 818 1D-h2 Tampere 383 1928 -> Kirov Zh.D.+1954

K5 819 1D-h2 Tampere 384 1928 -> Severnij Zh.D.+1955

K5 820 1D-h2 Tampere 385 1928 -> Oktober Zh.D.1947 -> Estonia shale industry

K5 821 1D-h2 Tampere 386 1928 -> Oktober Zh.D.Bought back to VR in 1951 Tk3-821 +1969

K5 822 1D-h2 Tampere 387 1928 -> Oktober Zh.D.Bought back to VR in 1951 Tk3-822 +1966

K5 824 1D-h2 Tampere 389 1928 -> Oktober Zh.D.1946 -> Estonia shale industry

K5 825 1D-h2 Tampere 391 1928 -> industrial use

K5 826 1D-h2 Tampere 392 1928 -> Krasnojarsk Zh.D.

K5 827 1D-h2 Tampere 393 1928 -> Kirov Zh.D.+1954

K5 828 1D-h2 Tampere 394 1928 -> 1946 Lvov Works +1956

K5 870 1D-h2 Lokomo 101 1930 -> Kalinin Zh.D. 1949 MPD Novo Sokoliki

K5 874 1D-h2 Tampere 414 1929 -> K5-874 1941 EAW Dunaburg ( Latvia ) DR-Ost 1942 -> VR Tk3-874 +1966

K5 875 1D-h2 Tampere 415 1929 -> K5-875 Kirov Zh.D.? +1954

K5 876 1D-h2 Tampere 416 1929 -> K5-876 Kuibyshev Zh.D.1948

K5 877 1D-h2 Tampere 417 1929 -> Oktober Zh.D.-> Perm Zh.D.-> Severnij Zh.D.1946 -> Estonia shale industry

K5 882 1D-h2 Tampere 422 1929 -> ( no information )

K5 883 1D-h2 Tampere 423 1929 -> Oktober Zh.D.-> Severnij Zh.D.+1954

K5 885 1D-h2 Tampere 425 1930 -> ? locomotive written off from MPS locomotive register in 1951.

K5 886 1D-h2 Tampere 426 1930 -> Oktober Zh.D.Bought back to VR in 1951 Tk3-886 +1965

K5 887 1D-h2 Tampere 427 1930 -> K5-887 1941 EAW Dunaburg ( Latvia ) DR-Ost 1942 -> VR Tk3-887 +1967

K5 888 1D-h2 Tampere 428 1930 -> ? 1945?

K5 889 1D-h2 Tampere 429 1930 -> Oktober Zh.D. 1946 -> Estonia shale industry

K5 890 1D-h2 Tampere 430 1930 -> ? 1948 -> industrial use

K5 891 1D-h2 Tampere 431 1930 -> Oktober Zh.D. +1954

L1 530 Ct-h2 Tampere 213 1913 -> ( no information )

L1 531 Ct-h2 Tampere 214 1913 -> L1-531 +1951

¹⁾ No 452 and 453 were,when built, two sylinder compound locomotives using saturated steam. 2C-n2v. In 1929-1930 both locomotives were rebuilt to two sylinder simple expansion locomotives. They received also new class H5 superheated boilers.Thus the class was changed from H3 to H5 but the numbers remainad the same. Also the Vmax 80 was increased to Vmax 85.Class from 1942 Hk3.
²⁾ So really shown in Leningrad archive locomotive cards. I think when VR G10 was built by Schwartzkopff someone at MPS " paperworkers department " decided to that the Cyrillic Zh represents better this class than German sound G10.
³⁾ Regarding VR classes H ( in Latin letter ) it was not altered to Cyrillic X this these locomotives become Class H = N ( Cyrillic! ).
I think all locomotives marked ( no information ) were captured by the Germans in 1941 and become DR-Ost locomotives. As late as on 15.06.1943 there were 15 " unknown " locomotives registered by DR-Ost.
RVD Minsk - 1 locomotive
RVD Kiew - 1 locomotive
RVD Djepro - 4 locomotives
FEKdo 4 - 9 locomotives ( this railway covered the lines east of Baltic States )

Actually in March 1940 there were some already abandoned VR locomotives without number plates at Vдrtsilд Iron Works waiting to be scrapped.The Russians demanded these wrecks to be left there.In April 1940 this iron works become part of Gulag Kдkisalmi lager ( Keksholmskaja lag ) and these locomotives become property of NKVD.They seems to have been repaired(!)and later used on Sorokka ( Belomorsk) - Obozerskaja 353 km railway building which was carried out by Gulag Sorotskoje lag in 1940-1942.

H2 331 2C-h2 Richmond 3155 1901 + 1939 ( accident )

G1 143 1C-n2 SLM 507 1888 + 1939

G1 158 1C-n2 SLM 665 1891 + 1938

G1 200 1C-n2 SLM 995 1896 + 1938

G8 255 1C-n2 Richmond 2750 1898 + 1938

G8 258 1C-n2 Richmond 2753 1898 + 1938

G8 264 1C-n2 Richmond 2759 1898 + 1939

G8 265 1C-n2 Richmond 2760 1898 + 1938

G9 365 1C-n2 Tampere 14 1901 + 1939

There have migh been even more.

Then,from Enso-Gutzeit Company at least these ex VR locomotives had to be ceded in March 1940

Enso No 1 C-n2 Hanomag 1476 1882 ( ex VR C5-109 ) bes serija 1 01.07.1945 Severnij Zh.D.!

Enso No 2 C-n2 Hanomag 1470 1881 ( ex VR C5-103 ) bes serija 2/1470 01.10.1947 Severnij Zh.D.!

Enso No 3 1C-n2 SLM 398 1885 ( ex VR G1-117 )

Enso No 5 1C-n2 Tampere 19 1901 ( ex VR G9-369 ) bes serija 5 01.02.1947 Lithuanian Zh.D.!

Enso No 6 1C-n2 Tampere 10 1901 ( ex VR G9-361 ) recaptured at Pitkдranta 1941 ceded again in 1944. bes serija 01.07.1947 Gorki Zh.D.

In June-July 1944 VR lost to the battle zone 9 locomotives. ( in addition also some war booty locomotives )

G3 215 1C-h2 SLM 1110 1898 -> 01.06.1945 Oktober Zh.D.( actually was left in 09.1944 to Alakurtti ) become ? UVVR 11 ?

G8 259 1C-h2 Richmond 2754 1898 -> + 1945 VR ( actually was left in 09.1944 to Alakurtti )

K1 279 1D-h2 Baldwin 17314 1899 -> K3-279 ¹⁾

K1 287 1D-h2 Baldwin 17419 1900 -> K1-287 1949 -> industrial use

K2 416 1D-n2v Tampere 66 1904 -> K5-416 ¹⁾

K3 596 1D-h2 Tampere 298 1920 -> Damaged at Jдppilд -> Oktober Zh.D.+1950

K3 709 1D-h2 Tampere 329 1924 -> Oktober Zh.D. MPD Malaja Vishera +1951

K3 728 1D-h2 Tampere 336 1924 -> Kirov Zh.D. 1948 -> Forest Ministry

K3 903 1D-h2 Nohab 1826 1928 -> Kirov Zh.D. +1954 ( was left to Mдkriд 28.06.1944 with 26 freight car train full of war material )

K5 871 1D-h2 Tampere 411 1929 -> Kirov Zh.D. 1946 -> Oktober Zh.D.1947 -> Leningrad Zh.D.

¹⁾The last two are really errors made by the person in Soviet Union who registered these locomotives to NKPS books.

During the war in 1943 three VR locomotives were returned by the Germans from Latvia to Finland. There were in Finland a total of 302 so called " War Booty " locomotives from various sources.Most of them were sent by the Germans from Tallinn to Helsinki in 1941-1943. The list includes ex EVR,LVD,LG,PKP and NKPS locomotives all 1524 mm gauge.But there were also some from Soviet industry. All were returned to Soviet Union in 1944-1945.
I have noted a big error in Leningrad ( now St.Petersburg ) archive.The person who registered them in Leningrad marked all ex PKP class Tp104 ( former Russian Ov ) locomotives to class S 1C1-h2 !
Class E 2000-2026 were " War Booty " locomotives which VR renumbered to class Tr2 2000-2026.When returned to Soviet Union in 1944-1945 they retained their VR numbers but become again class E.

Tr2-2000 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4366 NyHo 1551 1922

Tr2-2001 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 725-45 . . .

Tr2-2002 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4481 NyHo 1666 1923

Tr2-2003 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4123 NyHo 1308 1922

Tr2-2004 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4420 NyHo 1605 1923

Tr2-2005 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 735-42 . . .

Tr2-2006 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4358 NyHo 1543 1922

Tr2-2007 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 725-40 . . .

Tr2-2008 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4393 NyHo 1578 1922

Tr2-2009 E-h2 ex NKPS Ek 1400 Luga .

Tr2-2010 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4350 NyHo 1535 1922

Tr2-2011 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4379 NyHo 1564 1922

Tr2-2012 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 716-11 . . .

Tr2-2013 E-h2 ex NKPS Ek 1406 Luga .

Tr2-2014 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 724-80 . . .

Tr2-2015 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 734-65 . . .

Tr2-2016 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 725-54 . . .

Tr2-2017 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 725-50 . . .

Tr2-2018 E-h2 ex NKPS Eu 702-89 . . .

Tr2-2019 E-h2 ex NKPS Eg 5411 LiHo 2438 1922

Tr2-2020 E-h2 ex NKPS E 2447 Luga . 1917

Tr2-2021 E-h2 ex NKPS E 2804 Hark 2804 1922

Tr2-2022 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 725-14 . . .

Tr2-2023 E-h2 ex NKPS Em 735-46 . . .

Tr2-2024 E-h2 ex NKPS Er 743-13 Luga . 1935

Tr2-2025 E-h2 ex NKPS Esh 4298 NyHo 1483 1921

Tr2-2026 E-h2 ex NKPS Er 740-09 . .

Then in 1951 VR bought from Soviet Union back class K3 locomotives 617 and 716.Also class K5 locomotives nos 821,822 and 886.

As the war reparation VR had to cede in 1945 one class Tk3 ( K5 ) locomotive direct from the factory. The VR class Tk3 ( formely K5 ) locomotive which was ceded to Soviet Union in 1945 due late war reparation deliveries was Tk3-1115 ( Lokomo 153 / 1945 ). This brand new locomotive went direct from factory to war reparations.
But since the archives of that period opened in 1995 ( after 50 years secrecy time ) it was found out that Lokomo had given to Soteva,an organisation who handled the war reparation deliveries, " railway material " Originally VR had ordered from Lokomo nos 1117-1128 on 27.05.1943 but the factory was unable to build these and the whole order was cancelled in 1945. But Tk3-1117 was nearly completed and Tk3-1118 was partly completed by the time of order cancellation. Both locomotives ( or " railway material " ) were also given to Soteva which sent them as war reparation material to Soviet Union.Both locomotives were compiled and finished at one Leningrad Works and placed into service as Fl ( in Cyrillic letters! ). Fl 10,7-1117 had even its locomotive book in Finnish but Fl 10.7-1118 had Russian locomotive book. The 10.7 shows maximum axle load. Both had been allocated to one Leningrad depot. Have you heard of this type of other locomotive classes in Soviet Union.? This is new history.Fl was in Cyrillic letters. Fl = Finlandij 10.7 ton axle load locomotive No 1117 and 1118.

Next year 1946, the Danish Frichs built B shunting tractors ( Frichs 363-366 / 1946 ) were also ceded as war reparations by Soteva to Soviet Union. As far as I know they were sent across the border only with their danish factory works numbers.

Then the American World War Two deliveries. Did you know that 20 locomotives which were not delivered to Soviet Union were rebuilt and sold to Finland becoming VR class 1300-1319. We have tried to find out which locomotives they were in original numberings but we have not been able to solve these numbers. Class Tr2 " Trumans " were written off VR books in 1964-1969. This was a most powerful steam locomotive class to operate in Finland. They were replaced by 2800 hp Hr13 C_OC_O-de locomotives.

1300 Baldwin 73227 1946 + 1965

1301 Baldwin 73228 1946 + 1965

1302 Baldwin 73229 1946 + 1966

1303 Baldwin 73230 1946 + 1965

1304 Baldwin 73231 1946 + 1969

1305 Baldwin 73232 1946 + 1969

1306 Baldwin 73233 1946 + 1969

1307 Baldwin 73234 1946 + 1969

1308 Baldwin 73235 1946 + 1969

1309 Baldwin 73236 1946 + 1964 ( collision )

1310 ALCo-S 75205 1947 + 1969

1311 ALCo-S 75206 1947 + 1966

1312 ALCo-S 75207 1947 + 1966

1313 ALCo-S 75208 1947 + 1969

1314 ALCo-S 75209 1947 + 1969

1315 ALCo-S 75210 1947 + 1966

1316 ALCo-S 75211 1947 + 1965

1317 ALCo-S 75212 1947 + 1969

1318 ALCo-S 75213 1947 + 1966

1319 ALCo-S 75214 1947 + 1969

In addition in 1915-1916 few private railways and industrial locomotives were confiscated by the Imperial Russian Army from The Grand Duchy of Finland to Russian Empire.

Jukka Nurminen