A windy, freezing day is starting to darken, when the sound of freezing wind gets broken by the sound of Dv12 2538 pulling a transformer transport at the very slow speed of 30km/h (18mph) from the... (more)

VR class Sr3 electric locomotive number 3345 seen at Jyväskylä station with a northbound freight train number T 3495

VR class Sr1 electric locomotive number 3032 with an loaded timber train from Pori to Lauritsala seen rounding a curve just north of Tampere station

The time has come and once again the sound of MGO V16 diesel engines are roaring in the cold fields and forest of the Finnish winter landscape. Two class Dv12 diesel locomotives belonging in the 2... (more)

Five VR Dv12 class diesel hydraulic locomotives waiting for their assignments as snow slowly falls over them. Dv12 is the most common diesel locomotive found on Finnish railway network with 192 bu... (more)

Southbound VR freight train T 3084 transporting paper from Alholma paper mills in Pietarsaari to Tampere freight yard has stopped at Seinäjoki for a crew change on a rainy monday evening

More colors of autumn in Central Finland region! Here Sr2 class electric locomotive is seen pushing Pieksämäki bound IC 145 over Hiidenlahti embankment. In the background, behind the small pen... (more)

Autumn colors are here! Inspired by this I set out to do some drone photography to catch as many yellow and orange trees as possible. For a spot for this photo I chose the Kanavuori canyon where J... (more)

Pair of Dv12 diesel hydraulic locomotives hauling an empty timber train T 3274 from the small coastal town of Kaskinen on the west coast of Finland. Here the train is seen slowing down to a red si... (more)

Loaded timber train T 3384 from Alavus to Jyväskylä passing Haapamäki station

Pair of Dv12 locomotives hauling empty timber train trough the wilderness of Central Finland

Pair of Dv12 class diesel hydraulic locomotives pulling the daily Ristiina-Kouvola plywood train out of Ristiina yard

VR class Dr14 heavy diesel shunter number 1861 taking a cut of cars to VR Fleetcare freight car repair shops on the side of sorting tracks of Tampere Viinikka hump yard

Newest Sr3 electric locomotive, 3344, which was delivered to VR in the end of january is seen here preparing to take timber train number 4338 to Äänekoski

This is what the spring in Finland looks like.. Due to a relatively steep incline (and wet rails) when departing Jyväskylä yard towards Haapamäki, the heavy timber train, even with three Dv12'... (more)