millerhillboy Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Been spending some time in Finland recently and popped out today to get some pictures. Plenty of loco action with very occasional units and the odd pendolino tilting train but most stuff is loco hauled and plenty freight action too. Only downside it appears only two types of loco....both electic. There is the very occasional diesel, often double headed but they've eluded me with the camera A pair of Russian built SR1's. General workhorse's, mostly freight and second tier passenger workings. One of many regular freight workings....and yes it was very cold! The other main class, the SR2. Mostly sort of inter-city level passenger work and also often freight as well. A study of the SR1 Picture of the roundhouse beside the station with an SR1 poking into view Double decked coaching...a bit odd but you get used to it... Busy station scene, always a good amount of movements going on Hope these are of some interest..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Hope these are of some interest..... Absolutely - thanks for sharing, if anyone's interested I've found one VR modeller whose website is in english http://www.dlc.fi/~j...nsFrameSet.html Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 ... if anyone's interested I've found one VR modeller whose website is in english http://www.dlc.fi/~j...nsFrameSet.html Blimey - I went through a few of his projects, expecting at first to see a bit of cutting and shutting, and a few nice resprays, but no! This guy is seriously good. He's starting out with little more than a likely-looking bogie, and building his locos from scratch using rapid prototyping and CNC milling. Those long Finnish winters must surely fly by... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Absolutely - thanks for sharing, if anyone's interested I've found one VR modeller whose website is in english http://www.dlc.fi/~j...nsFrameSet.html Nick Hey great link thanks, I was curious to see if there was anybody doing any Finnish modelling and this guy is certainly doing so with knobs on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Blimey - I went through a few of his projects, expecting at first to see a bit of cutting and shutting, and a few nice resprays, but no! This guy is seriously good. He's starting out with little more than a likely-looking bogie, and building his locos from scratch using rapid prototyping and CNC milling. Those long Finnish winters must surely fly by... Indeed, his finished models really look like the real thing for sure and as you say he starts with not much more than a bogie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 70000 Britannia Posted December 14, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2009 Excellent set of photos there millerhillboy - I think they are the first Finnish railway pics I've ever seen. You've caught the misty and frosty feel most appropriately for this festive season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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