Jokioinen Museum Railway

Jokioinen Museum Railway

Reporting mark	JMR
Locale	Jokioinen and Humppila, Finland
Dates of operation	1978–present
Predecessor	Jokioinen Railway
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Length	14.2 km (8.8 mi)
Headquarters	Minkiö

Lovisa & Wesijärvi Railway #6 (a 2-8-0 built in 1909) at Minkiö station.

Jokioinen Museum Railway
Legend
0.2 Humppila station 1.7 Kermala 3.7 Palomäki 4.1 Soravaihde(spur lifted) 6.1 Vuorela 8.0 Minkiö station 8.5 Jänhijoki railway bridge 10.0 Salminen 11.7 Raemäki 13.3 Kirkkotie 14.2 Jokioinen station 15.0 Siirappiraide

The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the 750 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in) gauge Jokioinen Railway.

The museum was established on February 2, 1978, 4 years after the discontinued operation of the actual railway, when the specifically established joint stock company Jokioinen Museum Railway Ltd. (Jokioisten Museorautatie Oy) bought the Minkiö-Jokioinen rail line with its land and associated buildings. Museum steam trains began running that same year. In 1994 the line was extended with an 8 km stretch between Minkiö and Humppila.

The museum railway station at Humppila is beside the station of the Turku-Toijala VR line, providing a convenient access to the museum.

The Minkiö station has a narrow gauge museum with a collection of carriages and locomotives. There are a number other attractions in the vicinity of the railway.

Gallery

• Jokioinen railway no. 4.jpg

  A 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947

• J. Railway1.JPG

  Driver firing a 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947

• HKR5 with crew at Palomäki halt.jpg

  HKR5 locomotive (ex. Hyvinkää–Karkkila Railway) at Raemäki halt.

• Porterajaa1.jpg

  Porter engine (builder: H.K. Porter, 1901, no. 2313, gauge: 750 mm)

• LWR6 cow catcher.jpg

  Obstruction clearing device ("Cow catcher") on narrow gauge locomotive LWR6

See also

• Finnish Railway Museum
• VR Group
• List of Finnish locomotives
• List of railway museums Worldwide
• Heritage railways
• List of heritage railways
• Restored trains
• Hanko–Hyvinkää railway
• History of rail transport in Finland
• VR Class Pr1
• VR Class Hr1
• VR Class Tk3
• VR Class Hr11

External links

• Jokioinen Museum Railway website (trilingual, English included)
• Finnish Railway Museum Official website
• Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
• Write up on a visit to the Jokioinen Railway