Finland: Helsinki, early morning commuters arrive on a VR Sr1 passenger train from Riihimaki

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Finland: Helsinki, early morning commuters are seen arriving on the 0629 from Riihimaki worked by Class Sr1 locomotive number 3047. Fellow classmate 3031 is seen propelling an empty set of coaches to the Pasila area sidings having earlier arrived on the 0537 commuter service from Kouvola. Recorded 8th July 2013. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Sr1 is a class of electric locomotives built for VR (Finnish railways). These 25kV locomotives were built in the Soviet Union at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Factory between 1973 and 1985. Two additional locomotives of this class were built at the VR Hyvinkää Machine Workshop in 1993 and 1995, number 3111 from spare parts and number 3112 from the original prototype locomotive (number 3000) that was never used by the VR. The nicknames for these locomotives are "Siperian susi" (Wolf of Siberia; in Finnish slang "susi" can also mean a poorly manufactured object, compare English "dog" or "lemon"). In 1970, Valtionrautatiet ordered 27 electric locomotives from Energomachexport, which were delivered between September 1973 and the end of the year 1975. 82 additional locomotives were ordered and delivered between 1973 and 1985. The first prototype locomotive, number 3000, was bought from the constructor in 1994 by VR, which rebuilt it into number 3112. Electrical equipment for the locos was supplied by the Finnish company Oy Strömberg Ab (later part of ABB). Locomotives number 3098-3110 were rebuilt with new bogies allowing a higher maximum speed (160 km/h) in the 1990s (3111 and 3112 were originally built for this speed), but since 2003 they have been restored back to the original top speed due to the speed being raised at the expense of tractive effort (possibly the delivery of the faster Sr2 class also had an effect). The last Sr1 to be equipped with bogies allowing 160 km/h was number 3107. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Established in 1936, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant is based in the Russian town of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region. It is now part of Transmashholding. Built on NEVZ locomotives lead trains transporting 80% of all cargo on electrified railways of Russia and CIS countries. On the production lines of the plant produced more than 16,000 locomotives for more than 65 types. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The VR class Eil and Eilf are passenger cars used mainly during rush hour in Helsinki commuter rail traffic. The cars were built between 1982 and 1987 by VR Pasilan konepaja. The seating capacity is of 105 for Eil-class and 89 for Eilf-class cars. Maximum speed was 140 km/h increased to 160 km/h after modernisation. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ VR or VR Group (Finnish: VR-Yhtymä Oy, Swedish: VR-Group Ab) is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Railways) until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna (State Railways) until 1995. Its most important function is the operation of freight and passenger rail services. As of 2011, the company operates two classes of electric locomotives (Sr1 and Sr2) and three classes of diesel locomotives (Dv12, Dr14 and Dr16). The use of diesel locomotive hauled passenger trains has declined due to electrification of all main lines and the (re)introduction of railbuses (Dm12) on secondary routes. In October 2010, VR announced plans to renew its locomotive fleet by ordering around 200 new locomotives, which are expected to enter service in 2015-2025. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Helsinki Swedish: Helsingfors, is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki has a population of 620,982 an urban population of 1,2 million (31 December 2013) and a metropolitan population of 1,4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east north east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill" in English) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Helsinki and 109 km (68 mi) southeast of Tampere. The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ More FrontCompVidsclips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Click http://www.youtube.com/user/FrontComp... for more details :-)