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The first train of this spring to Humppila pulled by TU4 diesel locomotive ran on Good Friday on 2.4. The crew of the train was Marko Laine, Tuomas Juhantila and Teemu Virtanen. The trip went well, even there was quite a lot of snow on the track and especially the railway crossings were packed with frozen snow.
Aftre lot of shoveling of snow and removing ice the train arrived at Humppila making the trip in little bit less than two hours.
The track is in good condition after winter. In spring the track needs to be lifted a little bit at Saustila culvet near Minkiö station. In addition to that there are two renovated switches to be installed at Minkiö. The traffic to Jokioinen and Minkiö station tracks will be only possible after the switches are on their place.
Film of the first spring run
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Minkiö yard is covered with thick white layer of snow. Inspite of this the newest locomotive at Jokioinen Museum railway, a TU4 diesel locomotive has already been running twice this year. The first run of year 2010 was on Saturday 13.2. and the second run exactly a month later on Saturday 13.3.
One of the first signs of coming spring is the arrival of first migrating birds, and the first trains on the line. In the middle of cold and snowy winter one cannot really speak of spring, but at least we are a step closer to it as the thick snow is now plown away of the tracks and the dark brown rails are showing under the white snow.
Photos of the second run of the year 2010 on 13.3.
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Old-time tradition of the skills are at a premium when the Jokioinen Museum railway rehabilitated the old railway rolling stock. Currently under construction in the Hyvinkää-Karkkila railway passenger coach of the third category deals with painted oak reminiscent.
Karkkila wagon surfaces are painted by PTJ Koskinen, who is thoroughly familiar with the old-fashioned working practices. The traditional paint mix several ingredients, which include natural pigments, vinegar and beer. Disseminated to a range of paint and brushes, which spread to achieve the desired simulating a parquet panel. Finally, the surface is protected by varnish.
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Railcar "More" of Jokioinen Museum Railway is used for the track maintenance and inspection.
It is made by Wihuri Ltd Teijo factory in 1950s and it was used to 70's in Finnish State Railway (VR) track department. It have been converted into a narrow gauge in the early 1980's. Railcar is powered by Volkswagen petrol engine, a kind of the legendary VW Beetle-propulsion.
Railcar is currently under the fundamental repair, where it has already got the new engine, the electrical system has been renewed and rusted body panels have been renovated and painted.
You can read more details of renovation on blog.
The first test runs of More will be reached in spring of 2010. Before them You can access the noisy charm of More via the attached video, which is recorded in the spring of 2006 between Kermala and Palomäki halts. Driver is Lauri Virtanen and in the passenger seat sits Marko Laine.
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Two ex Kuusankoski-Voikkaa railway passanger cars are under renovation Aat the Jokioinen Museum Railway. The work is beeing done with support of Kymin Osakeyhtiön 100-vuotissäätiö foundation and the cars should be ready and running in 2010. The cars that have been standing outside for tens of years were in very bad condition and lot of the wood structures have to be rebuilt.
You can follow the progress of renovation with this blog. You can read the blog directly from here.
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The year 2010 board of the Museum Railway Association, an association which maintains and operates the Jokioinen Museum Railway has been elected. The annual meeting of the association was held on last Saturday in Minkiö.
Marko Laine from Helsinki was elected as a President of the association. He will replace Markku Nikander in the post in the begin of January. The Vice President continues to be Lauri Niemi from Vantaa. As a new secretary was elected Teemu Virtanen from Lahti.
Janne Rutonen from Hämeenlinna was elected to replace new President Marko Laine as a board member. All other board members were re-elected.
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Two important turnouts of track number 1 of Minkiö yard will be fully rebuilt in winter 2009-2010. In the weekend 24.-25.10 the turnouts were removed in elements with the help of an excavator and piled next to a road. Today 3.11. the elements were picked up by a truck and taken to a shop for a complete rebuild. The points, frogs and the mechanism will be rebuilt and new cross ties installed. The renovated turnouts will be put back in their place in spring 2010. This work is part of the Minkiö yard rebuilding which started in 2006.
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The TU4 diesel hydraulic locomotive arrived at Jokioinen Museum Railway on Thursday October 29 after being fully rebuilt in Estonia. Testing of locomotive started immediately after the locomotive was crane lifted on rails and continued the following day. The locomotive has already been running to Humppila several times both hauling a train and as a single locomotive.
After two days of tests the four axle locomotive with a 290 horse power Scania engine is really showing its real skin. The trucks of the TU4 locomotive are very well designed and the locomotive is running really well with speeds up to 50 km/h. The locomotive is also quite easy to operate.
The locomotive built in 1970 in ex Soviet Union has been fully overhauled at the ship yard of Baltic Marine Group in Tallinn. Some additions and adjustments will be still added to the locomotive at the Jokioinen Museum Railway. For example a hand brake and a new cab heating system will be built and bearings of one axle will be replaced.
Pictures of crane lifting the TU4 locomotive and its first test runs on 29.-30.10.2009
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Video of the fist test run of TU4 locomotive with a train on 30.10.2009
Pictures of the locomotive in Lithuania and while overhauled in Estonia
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