The ex Äänekoski-Suolahden Railway H.K. Porter steam locomotive made its first moves at Minkiö depot on Saturday evening 18. of June at about 18.30 after standing still almost 40 years. Test runs at Minkiö station continued for about an hour. Also first tests to pull a train were made when the locomotive moved a six carriage long train.
The runs went well and the over 100 years old locomotive worked quite well. There were some minor steam leaks and one of a bearings of a rear wheel set heated up a little bit. However this bearing problem leveled out when test runs continued the following day.