Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C1

Finnish Steam Locomotive Class C1
Class C1 Nº 21 in the Finnish Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNeilson and Company
Serial number1427–1436
Build date1869
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge1,524 mm (5 ft)
Driver dia.1,250 mm (49.21 in)
Length12.77 m (41 ft 10+34 in)
Axle load9.2 t (9.1 long tons; 10.1 short tons)
Loco weight26.2 t (25.8 long tons; 28.9 short tons) + 15.8 t (15.6 long tons; 17.4 short tons)
Fuel capacityCoal: 5 m3 (180 cu ft) / 4 t (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons); Wood: 5.7 m3 (200 cu ft)
Water cap.5.5 m3 (190 cu ft)
Firebox:
 • Grate area1.15 m2 (12.4 sq ft)
Boiler pressure8.5 kp/cm2 (830 kPa; 121 psi)
Heating surface83.4 m2 (898 sq ft)
Performance figures
Maximum speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Tractive effort3,200 kp (31 kN; 7,100 lbf)
Career
Numbers21–30
NicknamesBristollari ("the Bristolian")
First run1869
Withdrawn1926–1929
DispositionOne preserved (No. 21), at the Finnish Railway Museum, remainder scrapped

The 1868 Steam Locomotive Class C1s used in the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire until 1917, were typical of the Victorian principles of locomotive design and the British 0-6-0 of the period, with inside cylinders and Stephenson link motion.[1] There is a similarity with the NER Class C1, Caledonian Railway 294 and 711 Classes, Caledonian Railway 812 and 652 Classes, LB&SCR C class, and SER O class. The wood-burning smoke stacks and wooden cab sides were installed for Finnish conditions. Neilson and Company also supplied a number of similar 5-foot-gauge 0-6-0s to other railways in the Russian Empire, but few photographs and drawings remain. No.1427 at the Finnish Railway Museum is the only preserved example, and is the only surviving example of the varied 0-6-0 types that were once common across the Russian Empire in the 19th century. No.30 ended up remaining in Finland Station, St. Petersburg, Russia in 1918 during the civil wars in Finland and Russia.[1]

No.1427 is the second-oldest locomotive in Finland, after the 1868 Beyer Peacock's 0-4-2T. It is builder's numbers 1427, a Finnish class C1 and carried running number 21.[2] It was the first freight locomotive for Finnish Railways, then called SVR.[1] In particular it was the first of a batch of 10 supplied (builder's numbers 1427–1436 and running numbers 21–30) to the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway in 1869.[1] They later also ran to Helsinki and Turku. No 1427 was withdrawn in 1926,[2] and the last of the class was withdrawn in 1929.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Finnish Railway Museum – Welcome!". Finnish Railway Museum. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Suomen Rautatiehistoriallinen Seura ry". Suomen Rautatiehistoriallinen Seura ry. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2012.