Jokioinen Museum Railway
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| Jokioisten Museorautatie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Lovisa & Wesijärvi Railway #6 (a 2-8-0 built in 1909) at Minkiö station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Headquarters | Minkiö | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reporting mark | JMR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Jokioinen and Humppila, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates of operation | 1978[1]–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Jokioinen Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Jokioinen Museum Railway (Finnish: Jokioisten Museorautatie) is a heritage railway running between Jokioinen and Humppila in Finland.[1] It is located on part of the route of the last commercially operating narrow gauge railway in Finland, the 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Jokioinen Railway.
In August 1971 the Friends of the Locomotive Society (Finnish: Veturien Ystävät r.y.) began operating steam-hauled passenger trains at weekends on the Jokioinen Railway, which at that time was still open for commercial freight traffic.[2][3] The closure of the railway on 1 April 1974 ended the operation of these trains. An attempt was made to take over the entire line as a heritage railway but this was not possible.[4]
The museum was finally established on 2 February 1978, four years after the closure of the commercially-operated railway, when the new Jokioinen Museum Railway Limited joint stock company (Finnish: Jokioisten Museorautatie Oy) bought the rail line from Jokioinen railway station to Minkiö railway station, with its land and associated buildings.[citation needed] Museum steam trains began running on this section on 25 June 1978, and in 1994 the line was extended 8 km (5.0 mi) from Minkiö back to Humppila.[1]
Route
The museum railway station at Humppila is beside the station on the Turku-Toijala line, operated by VR, providing a convenient access to the museum.[1]
Minkiö station has a narrow gauge museum with a collection of carriages and locomotives.[1][4]
Gallery
HKR5 locomotive (ex. Hyvinkää–Karkkila Railway) at Raemäki halt.
Porter engine (builder: H.K. Porter, 1901, no. 2313, gauge: 750 mm)
Obstruction clearing device ("Cow catcher") on narrow gauge locomotive LWR6
