A pair of VR class Sr1 electrics working a steel coil train southbound past the Näsinneula tower, an iconic landmark of Tampere. Built in 1971, Näsinneula (The needle of Näsi) was inspired by t... (more)

Political strikes has put the VR's freight traffic under a hold, but there are few exceptions. A freight train from Talvivaara has stopped at red lights to wait upcoming trains from South. After t... (more)

A red class Sr1 has arrived at Jyväskylä railway station for crew exchange and to wait upcoming traffic from west, while the mood of the night progresses further.

Sr1 3004, celebrating it's 51st year of service hard at work. Today's assignment: an empty timber train 55590 from Seinäjoki to Oulu

Shadows are watching as clear skies and scenes are glowing bright. Between those extremes, an empty freight to Kajaani rushes by as the class Sr1 is pulling the train.

Empty freight train comes behind the frozen bend as the class Sr1 pulls empty Russian wagons to Kajaani, which shall be loaded with wooden chips.

Winter has got a painful grip from the doomed class Sr2 and type Sm3, but the indestructible class Sr1 comes to a rescue, as it pulls the two to Jyväskylä.

An empty timber train to Kajaani rushes towards North in a landscape just shaped by snow and ice. The trusty class Sr1 leads the empty train, while leaving faint mist of flying snow behind it.

A class Sr1 electric locomotive curves into the scene as it is pulling some empty wagons from Lauritsala to Kajaani. The train itself approaches into a landscape where snow has already taken major... (more)

Empty freight train hauled by the class Sr1 electric locomotive is on its final stretch before arriving at Yara's factory in Ruokosuo.

Sun is setting behind the horizon as its final touches appear in the clouds giving space to darkness to flourish in the Finnish landscapes. The late night freight train from Siilinjärvi to Kotka ... (more)

A freight train from Talvivaara is curving in the landscapes of Kuopio as evening is setting up in the sky. The class Sr1 is hauling the containers to Kotolahti harbour in Kotka, so the train has ... (more)

Today morning started with thick fog which got me to take a camera to Vaajakoski and photograph this empty VR timber train from Äänekoski pulp mill to Pieksämäki. The train had been waiting on... (more)

VR class Sr1 electric number 3026 pulling a loaded timber train southbound on the finnish mainline

The peace and quitness of a relatively warm spring evening gets broken by VR freight train 53057 making it's way towards Raahe steel mills with a load of empties