The highlight of the summer of Jokioinen Museum Railway was once again Minkiö Steam Festival from 24 to 25. July. Despite the poor forecast, was weather once again favoring the event, as the sun shone on both days of the event.

Steam Festival was held this year for the sixth time. Also next year the event takes place, namely the standard in place the last weekend of July - 30 to 31 July 2011. The festival site is at www.hoyryfestivaali.fi.

View image gallery and video of Steam Festival 2010.

Jokioinen Museum Railway steam trains will frequently run in the summer of 2010 for a total of 15 days. Museum trains are running on 14 km narrow gauge line between Jokioinen and Humppila on Sundays in June, July and August. In addition, the museum trains are also running on the Saturday of  the Minkiö Steam Festival in July and the Saturday of the Starlight Train in September. You will find all details on the event calendar.

Two ballast wagons arrived at Jokioinen Museum Railway this and last week. The wagons are Russian made in the 1970s and they were bought and overhauled in Estonia. At Minkiö depot the wagons were lifted on top of russian boogies bought a year ago and reapared at the museum railway.

On 27.5. a full truck load of rolling stock arrived at Minkiö station from Estonia. On the load ther were four brand new hand cars made in Estonia for Jokioinen Museum Railway, two flat goods cars for work train use and new couplers for locomotives and cars.

Jokioinen side embankments of Jänhijoki railway bridge repaired on Sunday 17 May. Melting of winter snow had flushed out some gravel from the end of stone embankments.