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This season will be opened like last year on Sunday 6.6. with old automobiles as invited guests. The Museum railway welcomes all old automobiles to attend the opening day at Minkiö station from 11 to 15.
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The 1901 H.K. Porter steam locomotive was finally lowered on its wheels in the beginning of February. The locomotive which was originally used at Äänekoski-Suolahden Railway was renovated for several years at the Jokioinen Museum Railway.
The next step is to install the valve gear, breaks, and buffers. After that the woodwork inside the cabin has to be completed. The locomotive should be running either in 2004 or 2005.
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On Sunday 30.11. 2003 the annual meeting of the Museum Railway Association was held at the Finnish Railway Museum in Hyvinkää. The meeting dealt with the issues. The membership fee for 2004 will be 24 euros for adults and 12 euros for under 18 years old. The meeting approved the budget and the plan of action for year 2004. The board of directors will continue with the existing members under the leadership of Chairman Mr Martti Virtanen. Also, the current master craftsmen will remain in office.
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On Saturday 4.10 a vintage diesel locomotive will pull the Autumn Colors Train. The locomotive was built by Valmet in 1948 and it was originally built as part of the war reparations effort for the Soviet Union. The locomotive will pull the last train of the 2003 operating season, because the steam locomotives will start going under the winter service straight after Star Light Train on Saturday 20.9. Two of the steam locomotives will have a large boiler inspection coming spring and that will require lot of work in winter shop period.
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The reparation work of Saustila culvert on Minkiö-Humppila line will effect the timetable of the Autumn Colors special on Saturday October 4th. Because of the extent of the work the board of the railway decided on Thursday August 28 to change the timetable. The Autumn Colors Train will run only between Minkiö and Jokioinen. In addition there will be one public coach connection to Humppila.
The work on the culvert will start immediately after the Star Light Train running on September 20th. The renovation should be ready later in autumn. The aim of the work is to renovate over 100 years old stone culvert and stabilize the embankment on top of the culvert.
For more information, please contact: Track Foreman Teemu Virtanen, Chief of Operations Jussi Tepponen.
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During the last two weeks a TV mini series written by Laila and Eve Hietamies has been filmed at Jokioinen Museum Railway. The series tell a story of a family evacuated from the Finnish Karelia during the Second World War. After a long trip on-board an evacuation train the family is trying to settle down in small village in Western Finland.
The railway scenes of the series are filmed at Jokioinen Museum Railway. The evacuation train is built up using old box and flat cars and the ex Lovisa-Wesijärvi railway steam engine number 6. The mini series will be shown weekly on TV 1 (Finnish TV) starting from the 1st of December 2003.
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The 2003 scheduled steam train traffic of Jokioinen Museum Railway started on Sunday 1st of June. The opening ceremony was held without speeches. The sunny opening day had a large number of old automobiles gathering at Minkiö station. There was also an old tractor and Sampo treshing machine on display at Minkiö station.
The scheduled steam trains will be running in summer 2013 on every Sunday in June, July and August and two Saturdays in September and October. You can find the timetables on Timetable page.
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In September - October 2003 several culverts on line Minkiö-Humppila will be repaired. During the work starting on Sunday September 21st and ending on Friday October 3rd there will be no charter train traffic between Minkiö and Humppila. The work does not effect traffic on line Minkiö - Jokioinen which continues as usual.
The work starts immediately after the night of Starlight Train on Saturday September 20th and the line will be back in operation for the Autumn Colors Special running on Saturday October 4th.
For more information, please contact the Track Foreman of Jokioinen Museum Railway, Mr Teemu Virtanen, phone +358 40 586 1976.