SIN001E/R

working on a new sona again

omg i love the white panels,,,

(to be fair i may be a bit biased on that)

The OG Finnish electric locomotive. The Beast from the East. The Wolf of Siberia. The Soviet wonder that outlasted the Soviet Union. The locomotive so robust VR's Finnish machine workshop was able to build two extra ones from spare parts. Arvoisat matkustajat, we present to you the Sr1!

An Sr1 in the current green on white VR livery. Photo: Ilves Valta

A total of 110 of these versatile daddies were delivered from the Novocherkassk (Новочерка́сск, and that’s transliterated Novotšerkassk if you’re Finnish!) locomotive factory between 1973 and 1985. Two further units were built by VR’s Hyvinkää workshop in 1993 and 1996.

Sr1 3026 in Helsinki, 1976, in the original livery. Photo: Vesa Venho

Originally painted in the dashing red livery with yellow highlights, these chunky daddies were the flagship of the Finnish railways for over two decades, used in everything from the flagship special express trains to commuter services (as in the picture above) and freight trains. With a top speed of 140 km/h and power output of 3 280 kW, rugged gents could do anything. Originally, the class designation stood for mixed use locomotive, heavy (sekajunaveturi, raskas), but with the 1976 classification change it changed to electric locomotive, heavy (sähköveturi, raskas). Starting from 1977, the wolves were repainted in a slightly modified livery, with more high-visibility yellow in the front ends.

Celebrations for the delivery of the 100th Sr1 at Novocherkassk, 1983. Photo source unknown (seriously, I had this saved on my computer and Google image search only finds a much smaller resolution version from the Finnish equivalent of 4chan.

With the introduction of the new Intercity services in the late 80s, the newest beasts were retooled for a higher 160 km/h service speed, and all of them were repainted in the new handsome white and red Intercity livery. Our rugged daddies have been gradually phased out of flagship services after the introduction of 200 km/h coaches and locomotives in the 1990s. At the same time, all Sr1's were restored to the original 140 km/h top speed.

An Sr1 in the Intercity livery, hauling a rake a single-decker Intercity carriages that have already been painted in the new green on white livery. Photo Ilves Valta

Since the 2010s, some of the sexy wolves have been repainted in the new white and green livery (which unfortunately suits them exceptionally poorly), and they are still encountered in all kinds of trains around the country. The original plan was to retire the Sr1's by 2024 with the arrival of the new Sr3 locomotives, but the current plan is to keep some of wolves around at least until 2030. By the end of 2023, 18 Sr1's had been withdrawn from service, either as a result of accidents or to serve as sources of spare parts for the remaining units.

(This is another introduction I expanded and mostly re-illustrated compared to the Tumblr version).

btw i airfried this take with a hot air gun; but i think the Sr1 looks kinda better with the dual centre lamps tbh; it suits the very boxy industrial vibe they have (which i love btw) more than the singular one

also i do wonder how they'd look in the second livery but in green/white, i think it might actually work, possibly, too lazy to put together an edit to test though

I agree the dual headlamps work surprisingly well, especially with all the other stuff they've added to the roof, and the changed livery where the roof grey extends around the side of the loco up top. I'm not sure how well the dual lamps would work with the original livery.

It would be interesting to see what the second livery would look like in green/white. I agree it might just work! The currently livery has just too much white going on, I'm really happy they've reversed the green and white in newer locos. If only they'd repaint the older ones to match!

Come to think of it, there is of course one green Sr1: the 3018, which is the Digirata ETCS system test loco,

The OG Finnish electric locomotive. The Beast from the East. The Wolf of Siberia. The Soviet wonder that outlasted the Soviet Union. The locomotive so robust VR's Finnish machine workshop was able to build two extra ones from spare parts. Arvoisat matkustajat, we present to you the Sr1!

An Sr1 in the current green on white VR livery. Photo: Ilves Valta

A total of 110 of these versatile daddies were delivered from the Novocherkassk (Новочерка́сск, and that’s transliterated Novotšerkassk if you’re Finnish!) locomotive factory between 1973 and 1985. Two further units were built by VR’s Hyvinkää workshop in 1993 and 1996.

Sr1 3026 in Helsinki, 1976, in the original livery. Photo: Vesa Venho

Originally painted in the dashing red livery with yellow highlights, these chunky daddies were the flagship of the Finnish railways for over two decades, used in everything from the flagship special express trains to commuter services (as in the picture above) and freight trains. With a top speed of 140 km/h and power output of 3 280 kW, rugged gents could do anything. Originally, the class designation stood for mixed use locomotive, heavy (sekajunaveturi, raskas), but with the 1976 classification change it changed to electric locomotive, heavy (sähköveturi, raskas). Starting from 1977, the wolves were repainted in a slightly modified livery, with more high-visibility yellow in the front ends.

Celebrations for the delivery of the 100th Sr1 at Novocherkassk, 1983. Photo source unknown (seriously, I had this saved on my computer and Google image search only finds a much smaller resolution version from the Finnish equivalent of 4chan.

With the introduction of the new Intercity services in the late 80s, the newest beasts were retooled for a higher 160 km/h service speed, and all of them were repainted in the new handsome white and red Intercity livery. Our rugged daddies have been gradually phased out of flagship services after the introduction of 200 km/h coaches and locomotives in the 1990s. At the same time, all Sr1's were restored to the original 140 km/h top speed.

An Sr1 in the Intercity livery, hauling a rake a single-decker Intercity carriages that have already been painted in the new green on white livery. Photo Ilves Valta

Since the 2010s, some of the sexy wolves have been repainted in the new white and green livery (which unfortunately suits them exceptionally poorly), and they are still encountered in all kinds of trains around the country. The original plan was to retire the Sr1's by 2024 with the arrival of the new Sr3 locomotives, but the current plan is to keep some of wolves around at least until 2030. By the end of 2023, 18 Sr1's had been withdrawn from service, either as a result of accidents or to serve as sources of spare parts for the remaining units.

(This is another introduction I expanded and mostly re-illustrated compared to the Tumblr version).

btw i airfried this take with a hot air gun; but i think the Sr1 looks kinda better with the dual centre lamps tbh; it suits the very boxy industrial vibe they have (which i love btw) more than the singular one

also i do wonder how they'd look in the second livery but in green/white, i think it might actually work, possibly, too lazy to put together an edit to test though

i deserve financial compensation for having to exist in the same world as json

same but for having to coexist with yaml and xml instead