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A good sign of coming spring is all the work that has started at the Jokioinen Museum Railway. This time in addition to a steam locomotive hand cars were under renovation. Fendesr of the hand cars were fixed and some adjustments were made to the gauge of wheel sets. Now it will be even more njoyable to rent a hand car and take a trip on rails of the Jokioinen Museum Railway. The hand cars can be rented as soon as the snow cover has melted and rails are agin visible!
In the photo above Marko Tuominen and Lauri Niemi are fitting the new fenders. During the past weekend the old storage building of Minkiös station got newly renovated doors!
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While the spring sun is shining on the white snow outside, inside the workshop a lot of work has been done on Tubize boiler renovation. After hard work almost all the tubes are already in their place and the smoke box ends are expanded. After all the tubes are in it is the time to call the welder on the site to weld the fire box end of the tubes.
Also the smoke box has been fitted on its place and the next phase will be drilling of 250 holes for the bolts to fix the smoke box in to the boiler. Meanwhile many smaller parts of the boiler have been cleaned and fixed. There will be still a lot of work before the boiler is completely ready. In despite this the water pressure tests of the boiler are scheduled for this summer and after that there is left the final inspection before the locomotive can be running again at the traffic at the Jokioinen Museum Railway.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Jokioisten Museorautatie Oy (Jokioinen Museum Railway Ltd) will be held at the Humppila municipal office on Thursday the 4th of April 2013 at 13.00. The meeting will address the Articles of Association of the Annual General Meeting and in addition proposal of the board to mandate the board to buy in the own sahres of the comppany with the non-restricted equity capital.
Hyvinkää 14.2. 2013
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Even though the track of Jokioinen Museum Railway is covered by a thick layer of snow, the work shop keeps running like it has been all the winter. On the locomotive side there are two locomotives under reparation. The TU4 diesel locomotive has been undergoing service and upgrades of some of its systems. The JR 4 Tubize steam locomotive is going through a boiler renovation. Work with the Hyvinkää-Karkkila railway coach is also continuing.
On the first weekend of February the leaking radiator of TU4 was repaired. The radiator elements were removed and tested. The problem was finally found to be a leaking gasket as the element itself was fine and there was no oil leakage.
New tubes were installed in the boiler Tubize and the first ones were also fixed by expanding one end of the tubes. Tube expanding is also now officially certified work at Jokioinen Museum railway as two of the members were officially certified to do the work.
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Jokioinen Museum Railway and Museum Railway Association wishes all the friends of museum railway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2013!
Christmas card of this year is - once again - illustrated by locomotive engineer PTJ Koskinen. Santa Claus with his little helpers are just emptying Minkiö station warehouse building for upcoming renovation. You may also visit our image gallery with a collection of Christmas cards previously illustrated by PTJ Koskinen.
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After the operating season is over it is the time to concentrate in the boiler renovation of JR 4. The aim of the reparation is to retube the boiler, to build a new smoke box for the locomoyive and get it up and running next summer.
In the beginning of the last first week of September the badly corroded smoke box was lifted off and all the boiler tubing was removed. There is a new smoke box built by using the original drawings. At the same time all the tubes will be changed to new ones.
At the same time some other parts pf the locomotive like the ash box under the boiler will be renewed. During the renovation the boiler will go through also official internal boiler inspection.
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The operating season of the Jokioinen Museum Railway ended with the Star Light Train on Saturday 8.9. The operating season was officialy closed with a fire works show just before the last trains of the evening departed Minkiö station.
However the charter trains pulled by a vintage diesel locomotive continue running before the heavy snow conditions will definetly close down the operating season usually in December-January time frame. You can find more information of the charter trains on the "Hire a Steam Train" page.
You can also rent the railway hand cars at Minkiö station until the snow will cover the tracks. Because the narrow gauge museum is already closed for season you need to book the hand cars in advance. For more information please visit the "Hand Trolley Trips" web page.
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Minkiö is the only place in Finland where you can experience an old time countryside market with real steam trains. The Sunday 19th of August is the time of the traditional Minkiö harvest market. Plenty of people crowd the market at Minkiö station and ride steam trains to Humppila and Jokioinen.
At Minkiö station it is also possible to ride on railway hand cars and pop in the Narrow Gauge Museum.
We kindly ask you the arrive to Minkiö by trains, as there is very limited parking at Minkiö station. The market is organised by Kiipu Village Association.